The price tag is in on upgraded facilities for a consolidated Carlton and Wrenshall school district: $47.3 million.

That was the estimate presented to district superintendent and school board members during a meeting Monday in Wrenshall. The firm ARI is working with the districts on the idea of a two-site option for consolidation - an elementary at Carlton's South Terrace school and a high school in Wrenshall. Both current campuses would need significant upgrades under the two-site plan.

But the estimate is just that. Fine tuning will continue into meetings in the coming month. And a conso...