Learn how facility challenges impact
Worthington High School
District 518 is proud to provide quality academic programming, fine arts, community education, and extracurricular activities for our students and community. However, as programming evolves, we face space constraints to best support our students. The district is currently taking full advantage of several available facility alternatives to do this. However, some facilities have reached or exceeded their capacity.
District 518 is asking residents to consider a bond referendum to improve Worthington High School to address key needs, including:
Worthington High School requires additional, reconfigured, and enhanced space to best support students and staff.
We need additional general classrooms and space to support Career and Technical Education (CTE). In addition, these spaces do not meet educational adequacy guidelines as recommended by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).
We currently lack adequate science classrooms and lab space, and our current science labs require updates to best support our students and staff.
Our kitchen and servery area were not originally built to serve the number of students we have today (over 1,200) for both breakfast and lunch, which limits functionality and takes additional time, requires additional safety items to serve students well, and lacks a functional work environment for staff.
We lack adequate dining space to serve our students, and there is no central student commons area.
Our administrative offices are not connected to our secured vestibule, which impacts overall building security for our students and staff.
We need additional space to provide student services such as Special Education and mental health. As our district has grown, we have been forced to use alternative spaces that are, in some cases, not ideal to provide these services.
The building’s circulation and overall layout are inefficient, which impacts students traveling between classes, and the east and west sides of the building are currently not connected on the second level.
Worthington High School requires key deferred maintenance improvements to best position the facility for the future.
The building lacks single-stall, accessible privacy restrooms.
The metal panel and aluminum windows in the north classroom wing require replacement as the existing window systems have limited access to natural light. A part of the building since the 1970s, these systems require updates to improve heating and cooling efficiency.
Various finishes require upgrades, including flooring, paint, and ceilings.
Various built-in items require replacement, including doors, hardware, casework, and lockers.
Several existing sections of roofing are scheduled for replacement.
