With the entire school district looking on, officials from the Kewaunee School District, city leaders and construction partners broke ground on the next phase of construction at the school campus.

Elementary school children held tightly to their plastic Miron Construction hats as Superintendent Scott Fritz detailed the next phase of construction in the district. The $24.5 million referendum, approved in 2025, was needed to address the growing needs of the district’s 3K, 4K and kindergarten programs while relocating other classes to underused space in the high school. It also addresses issues that were not included in the district’s last capital referendum in 2016.

Fritz said he was excited to have the children present for Tuesday’s ceremony and for the community to see the progress that will be made through summer 2027.

Much of the phase one work will begin in earnest once school lets out in the coming weeks. Tuesday’s ceremony also included an open house at the transportation center, which was needed after the district switched busing services at the end of the last school year.