Board officials said the district has a “green light to go” on the first phase of a referendum-funded construction program and outlined a public-facing schedule meant to keep families informed.

At the board’s final meeting of 2025, the Board Secretary presented an abbreviated Gantt chart showing tasks, tentative start and end dates and a plan to post a version of the chart on the district website. He said the dates are tentative and “not locked in stone” and emphasized the chart’s purpose is to communicate next steps to the public and committees.

Superintendent remarks noted a groundbreaking photo scheduled for Friday at 9:00 a.m. and described the event as the start of phase 1 of the referendum project, including work on the auditorium and a broader middle-school reconfiguration. The superintendent said the district celebrated the final concert in its nearly 75-year auditorium and that construction will follow, with visible activity such as construction fencing and other preparations starting in the coming weeks.

Board members and staff repeatedly cautioned the timeline is flexible. The Board Secretary said the chart breaks tasks down by semester and highlighted the district’s target that Lawrence Middle School (grades 6–8) would open in the 29/30 school year, noting the exact school calendar had yet to be finalized.

District staff said committees have reviewed the chart and that a simplified public version would show forward-looking items rather than the full internal timeline. The presentation also referenced ongoing community conversations and studies tied to reconfiguration; staff asked the public to submit questions to info@ltps.org and said responses from a prior community conversation are posted under the referendum tab on the district website.

The board did not take a separate vote on the timeline at this meeting; instead, members approved related business and personnel items on the consent agenda and were invited to attend the scheduled groundbreaking.