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Alexander vote set

In 2007, Alexander Public Schools K-12 enrollment was at 53 and falling.

After seven years of oil boom, enrollment has tripled to 185 and the community is considering doubling the size of its school.

We need more space because right now we are cramped, said Superintendent Leslie Bieber.

We need to be able to fit comfortably in our building in order to provide quality education.

Oct. 7, school district patrons will go to the polls to decide on a proposed $17.1 million bond issue to finance construction that would enlarge the school building and renovate some of the existing space.

If the bond issue is approved, Bieber said, construction will begin next spring on a 50,000-square-foot addition that would include 11 classrooms, and a new cafeteria and kitchen.

Also included in the project would be the addition of a second gym equipped with lockers and bathrooms, and 8,000 square feet of existing space would be renovated.

-- McKenzie County Farmer, Watford City

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