Parkview School District Administrator Steve Lutzke described an “overwhelming” feeling of gratitude about two local residents’ decision to donate a large plot of land to the district.
February 22, 2021
A local school district will be expanding opportunities for outdoor education thanks to the donation of 75-acres of land. Parkview School District residents Norm and Carol Aulabaugh have donated the land with the understanding it will remain a prairie conservancy. An endowment to maintain the property came with the gift. District Administrator Steve Lutzke says the land will be used for outdoor laboratories and athletics.
ORFORDVILLE
Rising enrollment has prompted the Parkview School District to move its sixth-graders from the elementary school to its junior and senior high school building.
The change was approved by the school board last week and will take effect next school year.
District Administrator Steve Lutzke said increasing enrollments in lower grades pushed administrators to pursue moving the sixth-graders to the larger building, which has more space and better facility offerings.
Parkview Elementary School, which houses 4K through sixth grade, has seen enrollment increases in each of the last five school years, according to the state Department of Public Instruction.