The project is the second phase of the district's master plan, which describes facility improvements across the school district.
"Part of a uniform system is adequate school facilities. Because of a variety of unique challenges, the Red Lake District does not have the resources necessary to construct a desperately needed middle school," Pawlenty says.
"We must step up and provide for these students."
Red Lake Independent School District 38 is facing a variety of challenges, including unexpected student enrollment growth, which has resulted in crowded and deteriorated facilities. While funding for school facilities has historically been viewed as primarily a local responsibility, the Red Lake School District has extremely low property values and very little private ownership of land as most of the land is owned in common by Tribal members.
Construction for the middle school is planned for a new site leased from the Red Lake Tribal Council. The site is large enough to accommodate future construction. In 2002, the Legislature appropriated $12.5 million to begin additions and renovations to the high school, two elementary schools and early childhood classrooms.
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