Committee Recommends Single Site, Expansion of Trevor Grade School 

The District’s Facilities Committee presented its recommendations to the Board of Education at the June 3rd Board meeting.

Committee members Deb Barr, Randy Batassa, Michelle Bossong, Kaet Johnson, Cole Marshall, Rebecca Potter and Christie Rosol presented the following recommendation:

“We recommend that our facilities be contained on the District-owned property in Trevor.Further, we recommend that the current Trevor facility be dedicated to upper grades and the new building or addition be dedicated to lower grades.”

Committee members explained that their recommendation was based on the greater acreage at the Trevor site, current energy consumption, school buildings’ age, size and configuration.The Committee also used the results of a Community Survey, a District Staff Survey which the Committee created and distributed, the Town of Salem Draft Land Use Plan for 2035, Enrollment Projections reported by Information Management Systems, the District Strategic Plan and utility and maintenance costs provided by the District.

The Committee pointed out that the modular classroom units on the Wilmot site were placed there under a Temporary Occupancy Permit which expires in 2010.The Kenosha County Board of Adjustments has given the District notice that the permit will not be extended.Neither school building has the capacity to house these four classes so the situation will become critical in two years.

Speaking on behalf of the Committee, Rebecca Potter recommended that the Wilmot property be sold or leased when the new addition was ready.