What Green Bay school referendum projects are completed or underway?

GREEN BAY ― In November, the Green Bay School District passed a $92.6 million capital referendum to improve facilities at almost 20 schools. The district has completed 11 projects over the summer and has another 41 slated for the next two years.

Larger projects like Edison Middle School's and East High's renovations will start this year and continue into 2024. Preble High's classroom additions will begin in 2024 and continue into 2025.

Some projects were paused pending the outcome of the district's facilities master plan, which will reconfigure the district's schools. A few of the schools recommended to close, like Washington Middle and Kennedy Elementary, had referendum projects scheduled.

The district has budgeted out the total $92.6 million with $84.8 million for schools, $5 million for the district Auxiliary Services Building and $2.8 million for other districtwide projects.

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Check out the status of projects at your child's school.

Aldo Leopold, K-8, $250,000

Aldo Leopold will get a renovated playground, which is currently in the design phase. The project is slated to be completed in 2024 and is estimated to cost $250,000.

Baird Elementary, $250,000

Baird's playground upgrades are in the design phase and are estimated to cost $250,000.

Danz Elementary, $100,000

Danz's playground renovations are being coordinated with the city of Green Bay and are expected to cost $100,000.

East High, $9.8 million

East High's fire alarms are complete, costing $725,000, and the district is coordinating with the city of Green Bay on the school's tennis courts. Those are estimated to cost $600,000.

The locker rooms; auditorium balcony, seating, sound, stage area and storage; concessions; gym bleachers; and weight room renovations are being designed. The physical education and sports-related renovations are estimated to cost $7.5 million and the auditorium $620,000.

The roof renovation hasn't started. It's estimated to cost $1 million.

Edison Middle, $2.3 million

Edison Middle School's track and long jump areas are completed, costing $395,000. Renovations of the school's auditorium sound system, carpet and seats are being designed with an estimated budget of $620,000.

The district is accepting bids for updates to the windows, ceiling, lighting, flooring and doors. It estimates those updates will cost $1.2 million.

Franklin Middle, $3 million

Franklin's roof is near complete, and the district hasn't started on the auditorium projector, screen control box, sound system and lighting. Renovations to the large gym bleachers and sound and the small gym volleyball court have yet to start.

The roof cost about $1 million, and the district projects the other renovations will total $2 million.

Howe Elementary, $3.8 million

Howe's HVAC system, ceiling, lighting, flooring, wall and emergency generator upgrades haven't started. The HVAC is estimated to cost $1.78 million and the other renovations $2 million.

Jackson Elementary, $316,000

Jackson's accessible playground renovations are completed. They cost $316,000.

John Dewey Academy of Learning, $1.5 million

Updates to John Dewey Academy of Learning's mechanical system is paused, pending the outcome of the facilities master plan. It's estimated to cost $1.5 million.

Kennedy Elementary, $250,000

Kennedy's playground upgrades are paused depending on whether the school closes. The district predicts this project would cost $250,000.

Lombardi Middle, $5.3 million

Lombardi's new chiller has been ordered for $900,000, and its other projects haven't started. It's scheduled to get ceiling and lighting upgrades ($2.4 million) along with batting cages, a repainted gym ($26,000), solar panels ($1.2 million) and new cabinetry and appliances in the family and consumer sciences lab ($835,000).

Preble High, $17.4 million

Preble's stadium renovations consist of three phases, the first of which is nearly complete. This includes the football field, restrooms expansion, track, long jump, triple jump and team room. The stadium renovations are estimated to cost $7 million.

Upgrades to the school's auditorium and weight room are in the design phase. The school will also get additional classrooms and an expanded common area, also in the design phase. These projects are estimated to cost $9.8 million.

The redone parking lot is complete at a cost of $573,000.

Red Smith K-8, $945,000

Red Smith's new playground asphalt, cooler and freezer are completed for a total of $945,000.

Southwest High, $9 million

Southwest's new roof and tennis courts are near completion, and its stadium has new asphalt. Those projects cost about $1.1 million. Construction is underway on the school's baseball field which is budgeted for $4.9 million.

Updates to the weight room, gym floor, bleachers, locker room, and auditorium sound have not started but are estimated to cost $2.1 million.

Sullivan Elementary $8.4 million

Renovations to Sullivan's HVAC system ($5.8 million) and windows ($$2.4 million) haven't started. The district is coordinating with the city on updates to the playground, which are estimated to cost $100,000.

Washington Middle, $1 million

Washington was one of the schools recommended to close so its new roof ($1 million) and updates to the orchestra doors, humidifier and sound panels ($20,000) are in limbo.

West High, $22.4 million

West has a slew of projects that are out for bid or being designed. The school is getting renovations to the auditorium; lighting; locker rooms; large gym bleachers, scoreboard, air conditioning and ceiling fans; weight room, stadium, turf and track.

The stadium, turf and track upgrades are estimated to cost $7 million, while all the other renovations are estimated to cost $11.5 million.

Chief Operating Officer Josh Patchak said at the Aug. 28 school board meeting he hopes to have detailed designs and 3D modeling of West High's stadium renovations available soon.

West will also get a new roof ($1 million). That project hasn't started.

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