A school district plan to merge La Crosse’s two public high schools into one turned into one of the area’s biggest news stories in the past year.
In November, a referendum for building a new school on Trane Company property was voted down, by a 70 per cent majority. Much of the opposition came from the north side of La Crosse, where Logan High School would be shut down under the plan. Retiring city council member Andrea Richmond offered another suggestion.
La Crosse School District Superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, takes questions from the audience during an informational session at Longfellow Middle School in late August, 2022, (PHOTO: Rick Solem)
“If the population is declining in La Crosse, I don’t believe it is, but don’t take the high schools and make ’em middle schools,” Richmond said. “Build a middle school.”
