GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Green Bay Area Public School District wants to meet the needs of its students.
For the past year, the district has been working on a facilities master planning study called, “Envisioning a Brighter Future.”
At Monday night’s school board meeting, the results of the study were revealed.
Nick Kent is an architect with Plunkett Raysich and headed the study. He says the first goal is to address overcrowding issues in the district.
“Some buildings have too many kids in them, for what they were designed to accommodate, and others have available space in them, so again we don’t know what the solution will be yet”
The second goal is modernizing the district’s schools.
“Modernization really means encompasses everything from what we call modern learning spaces, flexible learning spaces, things that are a little bit different from the typical classrooms that we’ve seen for decades”
Andrew Sarnow is chief financial officer for the district. He says overcrowding has been an issue in the past and no solution is off the table at this point.
“There might be new buildings, there might be renovations, expansions and what not, and with that comes a potential for changing the boundaries”
The district says while no solution is in the works, eventually there will be one and with that comes a cost, and a possible referendum.
School board member Brenda Warren says after listening to the results of the study, she’s counting on community members for their input.
“We have not made any decisions as a board and we will really take what the community says into consideration during our conversations”
The district says the next step in the master plan is hold listening sessions with community members.
Those listening sessions start next month.
The first session will be held September 13, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at West High School.
The second will be held September 15, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at Preble High School.
The third will be held on September 20, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at Southwest High School.
The final session will be held on September 26, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at East High School.
