EMMIE BOESE
Pretty Prairie USD 311
The district has been busy this summer with construction under the current bond issue that was approved in May of 2023. The bond issue was approved for just under 8 million dollars.
At the grade school, all projects will be completed by the first day of classes on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Every window in the grade school building will be replaced with ventilated windows.The entire grade school building also received new carpet. Country Carpets finished the carpet installation on Sunday, Aug. 11.
The middle school and high school will also have new ventilated windows this school year.Every window covered up with plywood in the building, is where the ventilated windows will be placed.
The high school science room will also be updated before school starts. The gas lines which were previously capped, have been replaced. Concrete was laid in the room on Monday, Aug. 12 to cover the holes where the gas lines were replaced.The room floor will then be covered in tile. A new ventilation hood will round out the final updates for the science room.
In preparation for a new middle school gym, the entire north gym wall has been removed. New 20x100 foot beams will be brought in for the new building. Instead of a ground breaking ceremony,the district will host a beam raising for the gym sometime in the middle of September.
New ventilation and new electric is in progress right now in the agriculture shop behind the middle school and high school.
During the 2024-25 school year,the district will begin to look at designs for a new auditorium ceiling and secure entrances at each school with Landmark Architects.
The district currently has another construction project taking place atthe high school that is not a part of the current bond issue. That project is being funded out of capital outlay. The high school library has been moved to its original upstairs location where it was when the school was built in 1923. The library most recently occupied space on the first floor of the high school.That space will be turned into a commons area for students to gather before school and will provide a possible meeting space for school dances, board of education meetings and more.
Construction for the new commons area is slated to be completed by the end of September.