Facilities Roadmap & Planning
Upon the successful completion of district improvement projects that greatly expanded learning spaces at Hillcrest Elementary, Sunnyside Elementary and Pulaski High School's technical education wing, the district began the process of evaluating and updating the short and long-term facilities roadmap. This involves assessing the conditions of all district buildings, identifying both outgrown and underutilized areas, and exploring ways to expand educational and extracurricular offerings to meet evolving student and community needs.
The district is currently in the sharing and listening phase of creating its facilities roadmap. A series of community engagement nights, beginning in fall 2025, are ongoing to gather feedback on what our community would like to see in terms of facility expansions and updates. In the presentations below you will find building condition recaps, a brief report on the district's financial outlook, examples of facility upgrades at other Wisconsin schools, and prospective floor plans at several schools.
The next community engagement night is 6 p.m., January 14 at Lannoye Elementary. It is open to all PCSD residents.
Early Feedback
"This community needs a new pool and community fitness center. Those facilities are a necessary part of our infrastructure. Important now and in the future; pay now or pay more down the line."
"This community needs both a warm pool and cool pool. The parent/tot classes need that warm pool. These programs are always filled to the maximum."
"Education first. The pool is a community asset as well as a student need."
"Thank you for bringing the athletic facility and new weight room and pool back in front of the community as a priority for our students. The size of our school warrants these needs and our students/community deserve this. We need to stay competitive with neighboring districts and our kids deserve the amenities."
"PCSD is currently on our tax bill to end 2028 and 2043. Don't think we can afford higher rates."
Questions Received
"How are you educating the community so they don't have misconceptions about who can and can't have access to all the new facilities?"
"You've talked about community and youth groups using our facilities, but you've not done that with our Field of Dreams, so how do we know this will happen?"
Response
Community use is a top priority for the district as we explore fitness and aquatics projects. More information on this is shared in the presentations linked above and available at our community engagement nights.