Dunkirk City Schools seems prepared to “get going” with a significant consolidation plan next month.

Board members, during a Tuesday workshop held via Zoom, were unified in moving forward with an option that calls for splitting students up into developmental stages that include the reduction of one elementary school building. The biggest stumbling block for some members was whether to begin the plan this September or delay it for another year.

Under the proposed model, three early childhood centers would be created and include prekindergarten to grade two in three of the four existing elementary sites. There would be one intermediate elementary school in the current middle school building for grades three to six and one middle and high school for grades seven to 12 in the current facility at Sixth Street.

Complete story in Wednesday’s edition.