Minneapolis Public Schools board members, fresh from their field trip to Boston, will get their first public peek at the district's $43.5 million proposal to expand, renovate and reopen buildings to handle an enrollment surge expected to bring thousands more students to the district by 2015.

U.S. Census data and enrollment trends point toward a flood of new elementary and middle school students, particularly in the city's southwest, northeast and southeast neighborhoods, district leaders say.

There is little change from the proposal rolled out last month, though officials did tweak the plan after hosting meetings to gather resident input.

One significant change: Jefferson Community School may remain a kindergarten through eighth grade building. Last month's proposal suggesting making the school a kindergarten through fifth grade school; staff and parents submitted a building reorganization plan that would allow them to maintain the current grade configuration.

The district has placed two proposals on hold while they gather more community input:

--Expanding the Wellstone International High School program for English language learning students to include middle school students.

--Placing two K-8 schools, Lucy Laney and Nellie Stone Johnson, in the attendance zone for North High School. Students from the north Minneapolis schools currently transition to Patrick Henry High School.

Money from bond sales plus funds the district's general and deferred maintenance budgets will cover the construction costs and more than $1.4 million in architecture fees. The school board has already approved more than $27 million of the project for additions and upgrades at Lake Harriet School's lower campus and the Lake Nokomis Keewaydin campus.

Here's a look at the proposal that board members will review tonight. The plan could force close to 4,000 students to switch schools:

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