USD 383 board gives first round approval for new elementary/middle school boundaries
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The USD 383 school board has approved on first reading new boundaries for its elementary and middle schools for the upcoming school year.
The board voted 6-1 to accept the redistricting committee’s option 4, which allows students living along Scenic and Ledgestone Drives as well as Stone Pointe to stay in Manhattan instead of being bussed to Ogden.
Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid says the difficult nature of meeting priorities set forth by both the district and the public, balancing demographics and building utilization, came at the cost of sacrificing other priorities, such as keeping neighborhoods intact and contiguous attendance areas.
Bison, brown and gold approved for Oliver Brown Elementary mascot, school colors
Aerial view of the under construction Oliver Brown Elementary School in Blue Township. (USD 383 courtesy photo)
The USD 383 school board voted 5-2 in favor of Oliver Brown Elementary welcoming the new brown & gold color scheme and bison mascot.
Following more than 1,600 responses to an online survey late last year, the public had the final say in deciding the colors and mascot for the new school. Newly elected board president Jurdene Coleman held out for “Ollie the Owl”, and said she was saddened by the resulting polls and was joined by board member Brandy Santos.
Pottawatomie County Commissioner Pat Weixelman
While the idea of putting in a bridge in a bridge on Junietta Road near Oliver Brown Elementary School has been around for a while, it likely won’t come to fruition anytime soon.
Speaking on KMAN’s In Focus Dec. 22, Pottawatomie County commissioner Pat Weixelman said that it’s largely a matter of how it could be funded.
“That’s something we’re going to have to address in the next year or two to try to come up with some funding and make this thing a little more toward reality. As of now there just isn’t any funding available for it,” he said.