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The La Crosse School Board has promised more opportunities for citizens to offer their opinions on a $53 million elementary school building project, which includes a new elementary school at the site of the Hogan Administration Center and an addition to State Road Elementary School. The board has launched a series of community engagement sessions, and board members promised more sessions during the summer.

The La Crosse School District has launched a community engagement campaign to pass a $53 million building referendum this fall, which calls for building a new $42 million elementary school and an $11 million addition at State Road Elementary School. The district is facing an annual operating deficit of $2 million and is seeking to upgrade facilities and reduce square footage during a time of declining enrollment.

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Three new members were sworn into La Crosses Board of Education Monday night.

Juan Jimenez has been elected as the new La Crosse School Board president, replacing Annie Baumann. Three new members, Tim Alberts, Adam Manka, and Jim Bagniewski, were sworn in for 3-year terms.

The La Crosse School Board chose a consolidation of Emerson and Spence Elementary Schools as a "preferred starting point." The vote was 7-2.

No elementary schools in La Crosse will shut their doors at the end of the 2023-24 school year.

The potential closing of two elementary schools is likely to be part of a long-range facilities plan that impacts school buildings throughout the School District of La Crosse.

On the April 4th ballot in La Crosse one item that the public will vote on is choosing 4 candidates on the La Crosse School Board.

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- In La Crosse, one of the biggest races on the ballot is the school board race. This is the first time in over 31 years that

LA CROSSE (WKBT)- With 100 percent of precincts reporting, La Crosse District voters now know the eight candidates who are advancing to the April general election.