The leadership of St. Paul the Apostle Parish is committed to making our school a great place for students, families, and staff and a source of pride for our parish community.

While our focus at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School will always be on student learning, we have other challenges ahead. Prior studies and a current review of our facilities identified that a significant investment is needed soon.

Before we finalize plans, parish leadership would like input from you before a plan is finalized.

The parish needs your input on potentially expanding St. Paul the Apostle School to address the following needs:

• Expand the Early Learning Center: Art, band, and music utilize rooms within the same building as our preschool and daycare programs. The preschool is a valuable feeder program for our elementary school. Enrollment is limited by a lack of space and inadequate daycare openings.

• Maximize instruction time: Traveling between buildings for fine arts classes, especially during winter months, uses valuable instruction time that could be better spent in the classroom.

• Additional safety and security: Student safety is a priority and we have recently installed secure doors and an exterior camera system. This summer security film will be installed on all ground floor windows. Art, band and music classes are in a separate building which creates safety and security concerns for students traveling between buildings.

We would love to hear your opinions on these matters. Please take a few minutes to respond and share your thoughts with us in one of the following ways: