School district begins facility assessment

The Eagle Grove Area School District took their first step towards possible expansion on Friday, Oct. 14, by conducting a facility assessment. The study was done in anticipation of student enrollment growth due to the upcoming Prestage Foods project.

“My gut tells me it will be younger kids moving (to the Eagle Grove school district) because if your kids are in high school, it’s harder to move your whole family,” Toliver told members of the assessment crew as they prepared to start their tour of Eagle Grove school buildings.

Carl A. Nelson & Company (out of Burlington) and SVPA Architects Inc. (out of West Des Moines) were hired to do the assessment with three basic goals - 1. To document existing conditions of buildings 2. The evaluaate space available, and 3. Look at how the buildings are currently being used.

Read the full article in the October 20 edition of the Eagle.