The District 1–50 school board tonight voted to designate the current Glen Oak Primary School site as the new birth through eighth– grade school building.
They chose the site over the White Middle School site.

The board has not determined whether they will go with the North Glen Oak site or the South site.
The difference between the two sites is in how the campus would be designed.
That decision will be made at a later date.

Superintendent Ken Hinton says this is a good beginning, and the district has already initiated talks with the city about the Glen Oak school site. "The board of education is saying I believe in our children, I believe in our parks, I believe in our community as we are going to invest in our future. So I commend you for that and I will let you know that the city is very interested in assisting the school district."

Martha Ross said, "The citizens in that area have said they want us in this site so we're going to help us figure out how we're going to pay for a lot of this in addition to the city of Peoria."

The price tag for the new school is upwards of $60 million.