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 Aug 12 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 seven 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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