WASD Will Close Elementary School

WAUTOMA, Wis (WAUH)-The Wautoma Area School Board unanimously approved a plan to close Riverview Elementary School at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.

The district will transition to a three-school district. The board made their decision during their August 12^th meeting. The closing will require some grade reconfiguration that will take effect in the fall of 2026.

Redgranite Elementary will remain an Early Childhood to 5^th grade school with no maintenance or renovations planned. Parkside will serve Early Childhood to 6^th grade.

With the addition of Redgranite’s 6^th graders, Parkside will require renovations projected to cost $640,000 to $750,000. The Wautoma Middle/High School will transition to serving grades 7 through 12 at an estimated cost of $810,000 to $930,000.

Due to the failure of two recent referendums, renovations at Parkside and the Middle/High School will be minimal to make the spaces age-appropriate for the new grade configurations.

Over the next four years, the district must also allocate $6.5 million from the general budget to complete priority capital maintenance projects at both Parkside and the Middle/High School.

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