Meeting set for tonight on public schools' needs

The Jefferson City Public Schools' Long Range Facility Planning Committee is hosting a public information meeting tonight to present the group's recommendations for a 20-year building plan.

The meeting is scheduled from 7-9 p.m. at Lewis and Clark Middle School. The public is invited.

For several months members have weighed three main ideas for solving overcrowding issues at the high school.

The task force plans to present its main recommendation - renovating the existing JCHS campus and building a new senior high on land east of Missouri 179 - but they also want to explain the two alternate concepts they contemplated and rejected, mainly because they were deemed too expensive or unpopular with voters already.

At the elementary and middle school levels, the group is proposing a series of ideas to address space needs for the next 20 years.

To preview the committees presentation and recommendations, visit jcschools.us.

For more information about this evening's meeting, call co-chairs Bob Weber at 659-3007 or Lorelie Schwartz at 230-6559.