Shawnee School Board Election Set for April 2

Proposals Would Fund Building Improvements, Drop New Elementary

Shawnee Superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt speaks to a crowd of more than 100 people during a Shawnee Board of Education Special Meeting held at Jefferson Elementary on Jan. 29. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Shawnee Superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt speaks to a crowd of more than 100 people during a Shawnee Board of Education Special Meeting held at Jefferson Elementary on Jan. 29. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Shawnee Superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt said the question that he has been asked the most since taking the job in July is “Where is the new elementary school?”

But the question proposed at the Shawnee Board of Education Special Meeting on Jan. 29 was “Does Shawnee really need a new elementary school when the rest of the district’s elementaries are in dire need of renovation?”

To illustrate his point…