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Rose Library will serve as legacy for former principal
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By Andrew Kuehl
akuehl@kewaskumstatesman.com
KEWASKUM- The Kewaskum Board of Education has officially established that the Kewaskum High School library being moved and remodeled will be named after the school’s former principal, Clifford Rose. The board also took action Monday, March 12, to approve spending over $2 million to move the building’s remodeling projects forward.
After a committee made their recommendation to the board at last month’s meeting to re-name the soon-to-be-remodeled Rose Hall to Rose Library the board approved the recommendation. Kewaskum High School Principal Christine Horbas announced that proper recognition would be given to the late Mr. Rose but did not reveal any plans.
Theater will cost more than expected
The board went on to hear and approve two proposals from Business Manager Paul Reichert regarding the remodeling of Rose Hall at the high school. His first proposal was regarding the remodeling project that will see Rose Hall renovated into the new Rose Library and un-named theater.
In November of 2006 the board gave approval to proceed with the project as stated at that time. However with a few tweaks the board was told the cost has gone up by $45,361.
Reichert reported that the increase in costs was due to the increase in seating from 315 seats to 357. New plans also call for a rear aisle, staircase and exit and expanded stage wings.
The plan from Quasius Construction of Sheboygan also reflects remodeling the exterior of what is known as the “700 building” in the rear of the school structure. They estimate this to cost $169,552. Quasius Construction also revealed a plan to add air conditioning to the high school’s cafeteria for $55,880.
This brings the grand total for the remodeling to $2,151,793. Reichert stated that several funding sources for the project are being looked into. He hypothesized borrowing $675,000 from the state trust fund and funding the rest of the projects using the district’s fund balance that at the beginning of the current school year had a total of $3,150,200.
The project is expected to begin April 2.
An aggressive attempt by a theater fundraising committee has yielded some serious money for the project. Spokesman for the group, Larry Ammel stated, “To date, we have almost $9,000 collected through sales of the theater seats, and have over $20,000 donated from corporate sources and private individuals.”
The committee is looking for auction items, both large and small for the silent and live auction. The auction will take place at their dinner on May 12 at Amerahn. Tickets for the dinner are available at Geidel’s Piggly Wiggly, MidAmerica Bank and Little Folks School House or by calling Lori Schoofs. Anyone having items to donate for the auction should contact Dodie Sargent at (262)626-4023.
Rafffle tickets for the Modern Woodmen matching funds card party are available from Larry Ammel and other committee members.
Roof project gets approval
Board members also approved a $99,020 proposal from Noffke Roofing to replace three sections of the roof at KHS. Those sections total 18,680 square feet above Rose Hall, the current art rooms and now several classrooms to the west of Rose Hall.
Reichert recounted that initially it was believed they would only be addressing the first two sections mentioned here. It was later discovered that because the remodeling project encompasses those several classrooms as well, that the roofing project should also be completed at this time.
The combined project will see removing the stone ballast and existing rubber roof membrane, then attaching a new rubber membrane to all three roof sections. The section over the new theater and Rose Library will have two layers of energy efficient insulation. Insulation does not currently exist in that area.
The project is expected to start at the end of March and be financed by the district’s fund balance.
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