K-12 Schools

Brainerd School Board Heaps Praise on Districtwide Construction Crews
The article originally appeared in the Brainerd Dispatch. While the Brainerd School District prepares for an unusual and challenging 2020-21 school year, construction crews have been rushing to install $39.5 million in new construction on facilities across the district. The...
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How COVID-19 is Changing the Way Shools Arrange Classrooms & Ventilate Buildings
This article originally appeared in the St. Cloud Times. How do you keep students 6 feet apart in classrooms built for 30? How do you assign lockers so students can maintain social distance? St. Cloud school district partnered with consultants...
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Community Impact at Brainerd Public Schools
Brainerd Public Schools continues its journey to implement $205 million of extensive facility and educational infrastructure improvements spread across 12 buildings. Developing a plan of this size required extensive strategy and community outreach, including over 25 District listening sessions, 100...
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ISD 181 gives bus tour of Nisswa, Baxter and Harrison sites under construction
This article originally appeared in the Brainerd Dispatch. Three schools are three of the largest — and most expensive — projects in a district-wide revamp that includes 12 separate facilities and $205 million bond referendum funding. Having acquired the funding...
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ICS Receives Recommendation Letter
ICS Receives Recommendation Letter
To Whom It May Concern: It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of recommendation for ICS Consulting and Mr. Kyle Walter, Project Manager. ICS is the complete package. Their staff is knowledgeable in finance, educational programming, communications,...
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Brainerd Public Schools Board Awards Bids for BHS Project
Brainerd Public Schools: Board Awards Bids for BHS project
This article originally appeared in the Brainerd Dispatch. Construction bids for renovations to Brainerd High School came in under budget, meaning the district will be able to incorporate several add-ons into the project. A total of 44 companies bid on...
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ICS Receives Special Note of Thanks
Dear ICS Employees, On behalf of our students, staff, parents, and communities, it's my pleasure and privilege to extend to you a special note of thanks to all of you for our new school. Through your commitment, dedication and hard...
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An Auditorium in Evansville? B-E School District Looking At Options
This article originally appeared in the Echo Press. Emotions were in high gear at Wednesday night’s Brandon-Evansville School Board work session. They surfaced when the question of keeping two schools or going to a one-school model was raised by Lori...
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Preliminary Pleasantview plan unveiled; cost set at about $35 million
This article originally appeared in the SC Times. Sauk Rapids-Rice school district has the first preliminary plan for a new Pleasantview Elementary School, which would cost about $35 million and serve almost 800 students. District administrators invited community members to two ice...
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Aitkin School Board Discusses Goals and Operations at Work Session
Article originally posted on Aitkinage.com. As Aitkin Schools prepare for a transition in leadership with the incoming superintendent, the school board met to discuss the future of the district during a work session on June 13. Among the topics of focus were board...
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