Champaign school board OKs plan to expand 2 elementaries

CHAMPAIGN – The Champaign school board approved a plan Monday night to increase the size of both Garden Hills and Washington elementary schools, and now voters will decide whether the district will get the money to do so.

The plan calls for rebuilding Washington and increasing it from a two-strand to a three-strand school. A strand is a continuum of classrooms from kindergarten through fifth grade. The plan also calls for adding a wing to Garden Hills, increasing its size from three strands to four.

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