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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Community members, teachers and parents came together to discuss the growth in the community and the best way for the school district to prepare for it.

DLR Group’s Member Chris Gibbs addressed the small crowd with their findings from the first of several community meetings to be held. He stated that the communities input would ultimately help design the direction that DLR would recommend when it came time to decide on what would better benefit the future growth of the district.

Exercises were held with the members of the group as well to see what they saw when asked what the new school would look like. Items such as school pride, security and safety, and better technology dominated the opinions of the group. Gibbs also stated that the review of the facilities in the Jamestown School District did not focus on the faculty at the schools, but rather the structure and ability to maintain growth in the community.

Superintendent of the Jamestown Public School District Robert Lech pointed out that the turnout wasn’t the greatest. He mentioned that these early meetings were important so that when it came time to decide, they would have the best information to proceed with future projects. The next community meeting will be announced at a later date.