Background
The Board of Education continues to focus on the educational needs of the students and the operational needs of the current buildings. While previous referendums failed, most recently by a very narrow margin, the District remains committed to finding a solution.
Community Survey
The Board of Education remains committed to finding a facilities solution that will result in the approval of the community through a referendum vote. Late in March 2022, a survey was delivered to each residence in the Peshtigo School District. The results were shared at the regular board meeting on May 11th. A link to the results can be found on the right of this page.
If you have questions about the survey, please contact Patrick Rau, District Superintendent at [email protected].
Facility Background
Peshtigo Middle/High School has pressing concerns, especially the older sections, built in 1936. Some of the school’s issues are summarized below.
- Major building systems, including the plumbing, heating/ventilation, temperature
- control, and electrical have exceeded their service life and need to be replaced.
- The size of the site and its location next to wetlands limit options for expansion and create safety issues for pedestrians.
- Portions of the building, including locker rooms and many restrooms, do not comply with
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations.
- External brickwork is cracking, separating, and must be replaced because it allows water into the building.
- External doors are rusting and should be replaced to improve safety and security.
- Many windows are aging, growing more energy inefficient, and do not allow much natural light to reach classrooms.
- Due to age, floors, walls, lights, doors, ceilings, and cabinetry need to be replaced.
- Lighting is inefficient.
- Current electrical work cannot support our technology infrastructure.
- Air supply to classrooms does not meet current code
- Inefficient building insulation
Programming Impact:
- Many classrooms are too small, and some are experiencing water damage.
- Many labs are too small to support high-demand courses and hands-on learning (including science, manufacturing, construction, life skills, and automotive).
- Band and choir do not have appropriate soundproofing or acoustics and lack a performance space with audio, visual, and acoustic equipment.
- There is not enough gym space for both school and community use (including youth athletics).
- One of the gyms also serves as the cafeteria, which limits phy ed programming, creates
- congestion and scheduling issues, and requires daily set-up and take-down of tables/chairs.
- There are no classroom temperature controls, leading some classrooms to be far too warm and others are far too cold.
- There are not enough media/computer lab spaces to support business and tech ed courses (such as computer-aided design, photography, etc.).
- The art room lacks natural light and does not have appropriate ventilation.