The fire at the Roosevelt Education Center in St. Cloud has delayed a public hearing on the future of Tech High School. The St. Cloud Area School Board had planned to hold the public hearing next Thursday, June 26th, during their regular board meeting.
The St. Cloud Area School District is working to relocate programs that were held in the Roosevelt school. District 742 officials say the Birth to 2 Early Childhood Special Education program is temporarily located at Apollo High School.
The St. Cloud Roosevelt School building was destroyed in a fire over the weekend. The original part of the building was built in 1920, and was used as an elementary school for District 742.
The Roosevelt Boys and Girls Club in St. Cloud is open today (Monday). A fire destroyed the neighboring school building over the weekend. Executive Director Mark Sakry says their building was not damaged.
The St. Cloud area school district is spending the day assessing the damage, and making a plan to move forward, after a fire destroyed the Roosevelt school over the weekend. School Board Chair Jerry Von Korff says summer school was supposed to begin this week in that building.
The historic Roosevelt Early Childhood Center building has been destroyed after a fire that was caused by an apparent lightning strike on Saturday night.