GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – It was the ceremonial beginning for a new Green Bay school.
Students and staff gathered for the groundbreaking of the new Baird Elementary School off of Laverne Drive Thursday.
In April, voters approved a referendum question that included costs to build the new school.
The new school will have the capacity for 600 students.
Baird Elementary School principal Michael Sheean tells FOX 11 one of the issues is overcrowding at the school.
“We have a lot of issues in our current building, and as we go through another year that we still have to be in there, it will make things a little bit easier than when we’re done, we’re going to be moving out into a new building that will be fantastic for everybody.”
Construction is expected to be completed by August 2019.
