After spending several months working on its new transportation center, construction activity will soon shift across the street to the main education buildings in the Kewaunee School District.

The projects are part of a $24.5 million referendum that narrowly passed in April 2025 to repair aging infrastructure, enhance educational spaces and maximize existing space in the district.

The referendum was needed to address the growing needs of its 3K, 4K and kindergarten programs while relocating other classes to underutilized space in the high school. It also addresses issues that were not included in the district’s last capital referendum in 2016.

A change in its transportation situation required the district to adjust its original plan to build the transportation center to house its buses, scaling back some aspects and reducing the impact on taxpayers.

Kewaunee Superintendent Scott Fritz says residents will see changes to district buildings by the end of the summer.

Fritz says the district will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the school-related projects and an open house for the transportation center May 12, with more details to be released in the coming weeks.

He says he appreciates the community’s support for the project, which benefited from a lower interest rate and a decrease in the district’s debt service compared with what was originally expected.