Facilities Roadmap & Planning

Classroom Updates & Addition

After Peaceful Beginnings closed their four-year-old kindergarten (4K) program, many of those students were shifted to Lannoye. At the same time, Lannoye Elementary continues to experience enrollment growth. As a result, Lannoye is out of space, especially for classroom instruction and special education support. Portions of the library, offices and conference rooms are being used for teaching.

This project would add six classrooms on Lannoye’s north side to serve 4K and the expected enrollment growth in this area of the district and renovate existing spaces to better serve the current and future needs for the school. 

Estimated Cost: $15.5 million
 

Summary of Lannoye Elementary Facility Needs

• Improvements for parking and parent pick-up included in November 2022 referendum
• Two classrooms per grade level
  • Limited flexibility if a third classroom is needed in the future
• Early Childhood program
  • A larger room is desired with appropriately sized toilets
• 4K classroom recently added 
  • This reduced available Early Childhood space
  • A larger room is desired with appropriately sized toilets
• Two-story building with cafeteria in lower level
  • Lower level is accessible and meets needs
• Library space reduced to create more classroom space
  • Limited space for collaborative learning
  • No Innovation Lab (Hillcrest & Sunnyside)
• Special education spaces created from closets and storage
  • Lack proper space for specialized need
  • No storage for equipment
• Lack office space for specialists 
• Physical therapy space is in the lower level and challenging to access
• Bathrooms are original and need to be updated
  • Improve handicap accessibility

Middle and High School Career & Technical Education (CTE) Updates

Enrollment in high school CTE courses is up nearly 60% since 2012. However, at almost 30 years old, these areas are also outdated and too small. The lack of space limits course offerings in agriscience, business, culinary arts, health occupations, and child development. 

This project would update CTE areas that were not addressed in the previous referendum, including the agriscience, business and information technology, and family and consumer science programs at the middle and high school and the technology and engineering program at the middle school, helping us better prepare students for jobs in our region.

The middle school used to be the high school. When the building was converted to the middle school in 2000, the CTE areas were not fully renovated. As a result, equipment and lab spaces are dated and struggle to support middle school instruction. During the CTE Advisory Committee meetings, the committee developed the following CTE Feedback Summary to help guide our work.

Estimated Cost: $13.1 million

High School Locker Room 

The locker rooms are nearly 30 years old, worn, and outdated. This project would renovate these facilities, update the restrooms and showers, expand storage and office space, and improve the athletic training area. 

Estimated Cost: $4.5 million
 

High School Wrestling Area

The current wrestling area is too small to support students’ growing interest in the sport. The girls’ program practices in classroom areas within the high school. The limited space also reduces access for youth club teams.

This project would build a larger wrestling area on the high school’s north side. 

Estimated Cost: $9.7 million

Weights & Fitness Center

The fitness area is too small to support physical education, athletics, and community access. Its location on the second floor means the community cannot access the facility during the school day. Before and after school, users have access to the whole building.

This project would build a fitness area on the north side of the school (next to the potential wrestling room) with a secure entrance for community use during the day and flexible student use for before and after school. 

Estimated Cost: $4.4 million

High School Multipurpose Area

The high school lacks indoor space for athletics, especially during inclement weather in fall and spring.

This project would build a facility next to the proposed fitness center and wrestling room on the northwest side of the campus. It would be used for physical education, athletics, marching band, and the cheer/dance team

Estimated Cost: $22.4 million

Swimming Pool Planning 

Pulaski’s pool was built in 1975 and has had numerous repairs since. The six lanes are in near constant use between 6:00am and 10:00pm for grades K-8 physical education, swim team practices and meets, swimming lessons, community swim club, fitness classes, and open swim hours.

Unfortunately, the pool has exceeded its expected service life and is in disrepair. Some issues include:

• Existing pipes are corroded and nearing failure.
• Leaking water lines are encased in concrete, making them unable to be repaired.
• The pool vessel/basin is past its life expectancy and needs to be fully replaced.
• The surge tank is severely corroded.
• The facility does not meet current ADA requirements.
   

We’ve studied updating the current pool. However, that was not a realistic option:

• If it’s updated, current codes will reduce the number of lanes (the standard is eight). As a result, student and community access will be further reduced.
• Any renovations would mean the pool cannot retain legacy rights under current codes and would not pass inspection.
   

Therefore, we have three options: 

• Build a new competition pool with eight lanes. Estimated Cost: $23.0 million
• Build a new competition pool ANd a warm water pool. Estimated Cost: $27.4 million
• Close and do not replace  the pool when it fails.