 The new Jean Dillon Elementary School in Bemidji is moving into its next phase as the bids to build the new school are being reviewed. The bidding process began on December 8th. The school district received over 150 different bids to build the new school. Now, the work of reviewing each proposal is up to Krause Anderson, who will then present its findings to the school board. Bids received by the school district have a wide range in price points. Some bids had a huge variance, you know, upwards of a million dollars. And so those might involve more services or, you know, more manpower labor hours. So we had some bids that were very close and some bids that were far apart. Krause Anderson will present recommended bids to the school board for approval in January. Back in 2014, the Bemidji School District voted to approve a tax increase to build Jean Dillon Elementary School. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.