Duluth Superintendent Keith Dixon, along with members of the school district's administration and representatives of consulting firm Johnson Controls traveled to the Minnesota Department of Education today for a meeting on the district's long-range facilities plan.
Dixon was vague about the nature of the meeting.
"Sharing and getting information is simply part of what we have to do," Dixon said. He would not elaborate on what specific information the department was looking for from the district.
The department had been expected to issue a decision on the district's restructuring plan, known as the red plan, on Monday but asked for a delay and hasn't announced a new release date yet for its decision.
Under the $293 million red plan, a handful of schools would close, others would be renovated and expanded and some built new. By the time construction wraps up in about five years, every remaining school would be new or like new, according to the administration.
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The department has the power to thwart the red plan if it issues an unfavorable review of the document the district submitted outlining its intentions with the long-range plan.
An earlier statement released from the state department indicated it hoped to close its review sometime next week.
