MANITOWOC – Manitowoc Public School District will host a community informational meeting on the district’s facilities needs and planning, led by interim Superintendent Lee Thennes.
The Community Information Session of Facilities Planning will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Washington Middle School auditorium.
According to a news release from MPSD, Thennes will talk about where the district has been, where it is now and where it is headed in relation to creating a master facilities plan that spans the next 50 years.
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The release also states Thennes is meeting with MPSD staff at every school throughout October.
The school district is still grappling with how to handle more than $47.5 million in urgent repairs needed in its 10 educational buildings. A facilities audit identified those urgent repairs and other repairs and upgrades that would be needed in the next 10 years are estimated to cost $163.3 million.
Thennes was appointed by the school board in September to take over after James Feil stepped down as superintendent without warning in August.
Alisa M. Schafer is a reporter for the Herald Times Reporter in Manitowoc. She can be reached by email at aschafer@gannett.com.