While your memories of Gibraltar Area Schools may have been lost in the demolition efforts earlier this summer, the district’s future facilities are rising from the rubble. Work has been ongoing in Fish Creek as the district enters the fifth month of Phase 2 work for its $29.8 million referendum project. Walls for the new gymnasium have been completed, and the concrete for its floor has been poured, while the building’s new offices have been framed so drywall work can begin this winter. Stousland says that with every new day of progress, it becomes a reminder of the support the district receives from its community.

It is a support the district may have to lean on more in the future. The Gibraltar Area School Board established an ad hoc committee on housing earlier this year, and the district is surveying residents on possibly going to a referendum to establish workforce housing—a concern the school has in its efforts to attract teachers and staff members to the area.

You can see the progress on the district’s referendum project by clicking on this link.