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The Sauk Rapids-Rice school district is looking to improve the way they send out information.

Residents in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district have agreed to invest $37.1 million to replace Pleasantview Elementary School with a new school building on the current site.

The Sauk Rapids Rice School District is hosting a series of community meetings to discuss their facility needs. Back in June, a community task force recommended the district build a fourth elementary school and replace Pleasantview Elementary with a new building.

A community task force has recommended that the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District build a fourth elementary school and replace Pleasantview Elementary with a new building. A task force of nearly 100 community members have been gathering over the last two years as part of an ongoing facility study to address space concerns in the district.

The Obama Administration is telling public schools they must allow transgender students to use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. The letter doesn't set any legal requirements, but the guidance is meant to clarify school districts' obligations to "provide students with nondiscriminatory environments."

A community task force will recommend in June that the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District build a fourth elementary school and replace Pleasantview Elementary with a new building. Sauk Rapids-Rice is grappling with space concerns due to growing enrollment numbers (the district has grown by 800 students within the last six years).