LEWISTON — The public is invited to a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at City Hall to hear about possible plans for a new elementary school and to offer comments.

The meeting will be televised on local cable Channel 11.

A redistricting committee is considering recommending one of three possibilities. They are:

* Option B: Build an 860-student school that would combine Longley Elementary School and Martel Elementary School.

* Option C: Build a 1,100-student school to replace Martel and Longley schools and relieve overcrowding at the city’s elementary schools.

* Option F: Build a 700-student school that would replace Martel, ease some overcrowding but leave Longley separate, with renovations paid by local property taxpayers.

The rub on not building big is the future costs to local taxpayers. The state would pay for about 95 percent of one new school; Lewiston taxpayers would pay the remaining 5 percent.

The state will only pay for one project, which means if Longley is not included, any building renovation costs would not be covered by the state.

Architect Jeff Larimer has estimated it could cost $10.8 million to $11.7 million to renovate Longley and make it on par with the city’s other schools.

The redistricting committee, chaired by Linda Scott, will give an overview of work it has done so far and hear from the public.

The committee is scheduled to give its recommendations to the Lewiston School Committee on Feb. 2.

Plans call for the new school to open in the fall of 2018.

For more information, go to https://sites.google.com/a/lewistonpublicschools.org/lewiston-public-schools-redistricting/purpose.