By MELANIE ASMAR An architectural firm is expected to provide cost estimates early next month for renovating two of the city's elementary schools and building the two schools anew.

By MELANIE ASMAR Two teachers and an elementary school principal will move next year into three new assistant principal jobs.

By MELANIE ASMAR The principalships at Concord's elementary schools will be different next school year. The school board has approved a plan to reduce the number of principals from seven to five and add three assistant principals.

Re "Visions for Kimball School win awards" (Monitor front page, Jan. 21): On the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects website it states, "The program for the 2008 design competition will be a new elementary school for the city of Concord.