The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District invites the public to tour a sampling of school facilities. The tour is scheduled for Monday, March 8, 2010 and will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Education Service Center at 3115 Pole Line Road.

School Superintendent Mary Vagner said people have expressed an interest in touring school facilities and seeing the upgrades, maintenance and safety and security supported by the School Plant Facilities Levy. Included in the tour will be an elementary, middle and high school.

The tour will start at the Education Service Center at 5:30 p.m. People will be loaded on yellow school buses, purchased in part with levy funds, and transported to Irving Middle School. They will see renovations that combined two schools into one, the addition of a gymnasium, upgraded classrooms, new lighting and windows and the Irving field renovation.

From Irving, the group will go to Pocatello High School where they will tour the school’s new gymnasium and see a comparison of the old gym and its limitations.

The last stop on the tour will be at Lewis and Clark Elementary School. This stop will showcase the difference improved lighting makes on a positive learning experience for school children. In addition, the group will see an elementary school computer lab which provides 21st Century instruction and learning for school children.

The tour will be conducted by Superintendent Vagner and Business Operations Director, Bart Reed. During the bus ride between facilities, the pair will discuss the purchase and future use of the former Stocks Building Center and answer any questions posed by the group.