The board is scheduled to consider a 2027–2040 facilities plan that identifies replacing the district’s bus garage and installing an ADA-accessible play system.
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Whitewater Unified School District
Voters approved a $30 million capital referendum in April 2025. At the September 28 meeting the construction team gave an update, and earlier minutes show a groundbreaking was expected in May 2026.
On September 21 the finance committee recommended repairing the high school pool filters after a valve failure, replacing an Intermediate School chiller unit, and planning to replace worn middle school bleachers. A pool evaluation will resume.
Students who use wheelchairs cannot independently reach the stages at either district building, and administrators said students have sometimes been lifted onto the stage. The district is comparing portable lift options that could serve both gyms, but no purchase was approved at the meeting.
The board approved up to $885,000 from the capital expenditure fund (Fund 46) for a secure entrance at Oostburg Middle School. The plan moves the main office so visitors enter at a controlled point. The architect expects bidding this fall or winter and construction to start in summer 2027.
The August 27 superintendent report says the fire department ruled the Lincoln Avenue School fire accidental. The building is a total loss and must be demolished, and the district is seeking demolition bids. Lincoln Avenue students now have a dedicated space with its own office, cafeteria, music room and classrooms on two floors of Pulaski High School.
Board members attended the August 26, 2026 ribbon cutting for the West Salem Elementary gym addition. Construction updates continued at each meeting for the high school career and technical education and fitness center addition.
Medford Area Public School District
On August 24 the board voted 8-0 to rebuild the tennis courts on the west side of Raider Field, growing from six to eight courts without lights, for an estimated $1,676,000. Rebuilding in place was priced at $1,059,000.
Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District
The board approved a $359,282 transfer to Fund 46 in July; the August financial update reported the transfer was made.
On August 18 the board voted 7-0 to authorize up to $68,000,000 in bonds and to hold a referendum on the question. News reports say voters approved it on November 3 by about 40 votes, to improve the middle and high school campuses.
Stanley-Boyd Area School District
On June 15, 2026 the board voted to buy a lot for a new Open Doors alternative school building. On August 17 it approved a Heartland Construction bid of up to $307,000 to build it. All members present voted yes both times.
In August the superintendent told the board the referendum construction project was on schedule: roofing was finished, floors were being coated and one piece of equipment, a dust collector, would arrive the week school starts. By October equipment was being moved into the new space.
The August meeting record says the board was collecting roof and parking-lot cost estimates while preparing for a possible capital referendum; it also says discussion of capital funds for a parking-lot design consultant was tabled.
The board toured the middle/high school building project on December 10, 2025 and May 13, 2026, and heard a construction update from PSI on May 13. The August 12, 2026 agenda lists another building project update. The district site says construction runs from October 2023 to August 2026, funded by a voter-approved referendum.
On June 9 the board voted 6-1 to ask administration for a non-binding letter of intent from the City of Monona about buying the Maywood School building at 902 Nichols Road, due by Aug. 31. On Aug. 11 the superintendent reported that the City of Monona's letter of intent had arrived, with no action taken. In December 2025 the board had also approved hiring a real estate broker to study the building's value and possible sale.
Rice Lake Area School District
On Aug. 10 the board approved a facilities study to consider a potential facilities referendum. At the Sept. 28 meeting notes said the board is considering a referendum next spring, with architects from LHB holding information sessions for staff and the community the next day.
Mequon-Thiensville School District
On July 20 the board authorized an $8 million privately funded campaign for baseball and soccer facilities at Homestead High School, the first phase of a roughly $25 million outdoor athletics plan.
On July 15 the board voted, after a closed session, to move forward with 'performance services' and to set aside purchasing Policies 6320 and 6325 one time. Earlier meetings had Schneider Electric and others pitch building upgrades.
On July 14 the board adopted an initial resolution for up to $100 million in bonds and set the Nov. 3 election. A 20-Year Facilities Plan approved June 16 targets the four oldest schools.
School District of Menomonee Falls
On July 13 the board approved the proposal of a facility master planning services firm. The plan will study the district's school buildings and long-term needs.
On July 6, 2026 the board approved the pedestrian safety improvement and additional parking lot bids, a large project paid from remaining capital referendum funds. Staff said interest earnings above the legal cap will be repaid.
Medford Area Public School District
On June 29 the board added exterior flashing, brick and limestone repairs at Medford Area Elementary to the 10-year facility plan to fix ongoing water and moisture problems. It also approved replacing the building's exhaust system for $124,318 plus inflation by June 30, 2027.
On June 22 the board voted to send a proposal letter for the County Farm land, and discussed it again July 13 as part of future district operations and needs.
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