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Welcome!

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Wauwatosa Secondary School

Ad Hoc Committee

December 16, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Paige Richards buildcapacityconsulting.com paige@buildcapacityconsulting.com

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Hello!

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TONIGHT'S OUTCOMES

Solidify universal talking points to the Community for the two critical questions
Understand which school configuration each Committee member currently supports

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Pausing

Paraphrasing

Posing questions

Putting ideas on the table

Providing data

Paying attention to self and others

Presuming positive intentions

Norms of Collaboration

Source: Thinking Collaborative

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Agenda

Welcome & Inclusion!

Ad Hoc Committee Talking Points to the Community

School Configuration

Reflections and Next Steps

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Which secondary school facility model best equips WSD to implement and sustain an efficient and impactful instructional program?

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CLEAR COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMITTEE

Build public trust and confidence.
Ensure consistent messaging.
Equip you for community conversations.
Bridge the knowledge gap.

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Final Report &

Board Presentation

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CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE

The Community Survey will be sent out the week of January 5.

Why is maintaining the status quo—taking no action on secondary school facilities—not a viable option? What specific factors or conditions make the current model unsustainable?
Why did the Committee determine that addressing deferred maintenance alone is insufficient? What additional needs or considerations led the Committee to not advance a maintenance-only approach (Model E)?

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Why Doing Nothing is Not Viable

*The District never provided a model to do nothing and the Ad Hoc Committee never offered a model to consider to do nothing. This is strong alignment.

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Capital Maintenance Only

Why Maintenance-Only (Model E) was not Enough

What Capital Maintenance Does	What Capital Maintenance Does Not Do
• Repairs aging systems • Keeps buildings operational	• Modernize learning spaces; address family and student gathering spaces • Improve long-term efficiency • Address analysis of learning space findings

*The District proposed Model E. The Ad Hoc Committee did not vote for further study of Model E.

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ROLES

Facilitator
Time Manager
Recorder
Reporter

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SMALL GROUPS

Establish roles.
Discuss drafts from last week.
Edit drafts.
On chart paper, draft two three-sentence (or less), community-friendly explanation for why:

A “do nothing” model was not proposed by the Committee; and
A capital maintenance-only approach is not sufficient.

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Take a break

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Model A1: $369,000,000

Estimated $1.76 million reduction in annual staffing or utility/energy impact.

Grades 7-12

1,444 students projected

27.3-acre site

WEST

Existing: 297,635 sq. ft.

Addition: 104,300 sq. ft.

Proposed total: 401,935 sq. ft.

298,000 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc..

Students would be nearly completely separated.

Pool would remain open.

EAST

21.5-acre site

Building is closed and demolished.

Displaced tennis courts from West are relocated to Whitman site.

WHITMAN

20-acre site

Building is closed.

Pool would remain closed.

LONGFELLOW

Grades 7-12

1,526 students projected

11.4-acre site

Existing: 475,000 sq. ft.

Addition: 60,000 sq. ft.

Proposed total: 535,000 sq. ft.

Majority of third floor at East is renovated.

399,000 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Majority of building systems are replaced.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Students would be nearly completely separated.

Pool would remain open.

Estimated Total Project Costs

Grade level, building additions, and student enrollment would only occur if this model is implemented.; enrollment is projected for the 2029-30 school year.

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Model D: $346,000,000

Outdoor athletic fields would expand at the Whitman site
Estimated $517,000 increase in annual staffing, transportation, or utility/energy impact

WEST

Existing: 297,635 sq. ft.

Addition: 209,000 sq. ft.

Proposed total: 506,635 sq. ft.

298,000 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool remains open.

EAST

Existing: 475,000 sq. ft.

Third floor is not renovated.

278,000 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Majority of building systems are replaced.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool remains open.

21.5-acre site

Building is closed and demolished.

Displaced athletic fields from West are relocated to Whitman site.

WHITMAN

20-acre site

Building is closed.

Pool would remain closed.

LONGFELLOW

Grades 7-8

927 students projected

11.4-acre site

Grades 9-12

2,043 students projected

27.3-acre site

Estimated Total Project Costs

Grade level, building additions, and student enrollment would only occur if this model is implemented.; enrollment is projected for the 2029-30 school year.

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Model F: $349,000,000

Outdoor athletic fields would remain unchanged.
Estimated $140,000 reduction in annual staffing or utility/energy impact.

Grades 9-12

988 students projected

27.3-acre site

WEST

Existing: 297,635 sq. ft.

297,635 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool remains open.

Grades 9-12

1,055 students projected

11.4-acre site

EAST

Existing: 475,000 sq. ft.

Third floor is not renovated.

337,000 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Majority of building systems are replaced.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool remains open.

Grades 7-8

456 students projected

21.5- acre site

Existing: 141,175 sq. ft.

141,175 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool remains open.

WHITMAN

Grades 7-8

471 students projected

20-acre site

Existing: 191,200 sq. ft.

123,000 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Existing pool would be updated and reopen.

LONGFELLOW

Estimated Total Project Costs

Grade level, building additions, and student enrollment would only occur if this model is implemented.; enrollment is projected for the 2029-30 school year.

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Model H: $447,000,000

Location and costs to relocate displaced tennis courts and softball fields are yet to be determined.
Estimated $1.611 million reduction in annual staffing or utility/energy impact.

Grades 7-12

1,444 students projected

27.3-acre site

WEST

Existing: 297,635 sq. ft

Addition: 104,000 sq. ft.

Proposed total: 401,635 sq. ft.

297,635 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Students would be nearly completely separated.

Pool remains open.

Grades 7-12

1,526 students projected

20-acre site

LONGFELLOW

Existing: 191,200 sq. ft.

Addition: 232,000 sq. ft.

Proposed total: 423,200 sq. ft.

191,200 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Students would be nearly completely separated.

Most athletic fields onsite would be relocated.

Pool would be updated and reopen.

District Office & Montessori School

21.5-acre site

Existing: 232,000 sq. ft.

Building no longer used as a middle school.

61,100 square feet of heavy renovations to existing building accommodate relocated District Office and Montessori School.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Pool would be closed.

WHITMAN

Community Recreation

11.4-acre site

Existing: 475,000 sq. ft.

Building would no longer be used as �a school.

Portions of building would remain for a community recreation center (such as gym space, performing arts center, and pool).

Minor site restoration.

All athletic fields �remain intact.

Pool remains open.

EAST

21.68-acre site

Existing: 63,200 sq. ft.

Building is closed and the District would seek to sell.

District Office and Montessori School relocate to Whitman building.

District would retain athletic fields (Breitlow Complex) at site.

FISHER

Estimated Total Project Costs

Grade level, building additions, and student enrollment would only occur if this model is implemented.; enrollment is projected for the 2029-30 school year.

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Model I: $362,000,000

Outdoor athletic fields would remain unchanged.
Estimated $190,000 reduction in annual staffing or utility/energy impact.

WEST

Existing: 297,635 sq. ft.

297,635 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool would remain open.

Grades 7-8

471 students projected

20-acre site

LONGFELLOW

Existing: 191,200 sq. ft.

117,000 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

30,700 square feet of renovations to existing building accommodate Montessori relocation.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool would remain closed.

Grades 9-12

1,055 students projected

11.4-acre site

Existing: 475,000 sq. ft.

Third floor is not renovated.

337,000 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

Majority of building systems are replaced.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool would remain open.

EAST

21.68-acre site

Existing: 63,200 sq. ft.

Building is closed and the District would seek to sell.

District Office relocates to Whitman.

Montessori School relocates to Longfellow.

District would retain athletic fields (Breitlow Complex) at site.

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Grades 9-12

988 students projected

27.3-acre site

Grades 7-8

456 students projected

21.5-acre site

WHITMAN

Existing: 141,175 sq. ft.

114,175 square feet of existing building would receive light and heavy renovations.

27,000 square feet of renovations to accommodate District Office relocation.

Minimal updates needed to building systems.

Capital maintenance needs addressed including windows, lighting, roofing, etc.

Pool would be closed and space is repurposed.

Grade level, building additions, and student enrollment would only occur if this model is implemented.; enrollment is projected for the 2029-30 school year.

Estimated Total Project Costs

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Agenda

Welcome & Inclusion!

Ad Hoc Committee Talking Points to the Community

School Configuration

Reflections and Next Steps

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Models Voted to Be Studied
Model	Configuration
I	Two grades 7-8 buildings Two HS
F	Two grades 7-8 buildings Two HS
A1	Two 7-12 buildings
H	Two 7-12 Buildings
D	One grades 7-8 building One HS

Configurations

7-12

7-8 & 9-12

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Please circle one of the following:

I support a 7-12 school configuration.

I support a 7-8 and 9-12 school configuration.

Why?

SCHOOL CONFIGURATION

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Group Process

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Agenda

Welcome & Inclusion!

Ad Hoc Committee Talking Points to the Community

School Configuration

Reflections and Next Steps

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Future Meeting Dates:

January 13

January 20

February 3

February 10

FUTURE MEETINGS

Location: Fisher Administration Building

Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

School Board Presentation

Thursday, February 26 6-8:30pm

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Thank you!

Paige Richards buildcapacityconsulting.com paige@buildcapacityconsulting.com