New Gym, Student Drop-Off Solutions Proposed For Meadowview

OAK CREEK, WI — Members of the Oak Creek Plan Commission will be meeting with school officials and developers over a proposal to add a new gymnasium to Meadowview Elementary School in addition to re-configuring some of the driveways to ease student drop-off and pickup.

The plans will be up for review during the March 12 Plan Commission meeting at 6 p.m. at the Common Council chambers, 8040 S. Sixth Street.

According to school officials, the school is served on the north by two drives on Meadowview Drive, and a U-shaped drive off McGraw Drive on the west. In an effort to improve site circulation and reduce the number of vehicles parking along McGraw Drive, developers want to build a new south access drive that will allow for two-way traffic and a curved parking lot for 51 new stalls.

The northern parking lot would be reconfigured with the gym addition. The gym would be 7,000 square feet added to the northeast portion of the existing school.

The proposed renovations are part of the Oak Creek-Franklin School District's $60.9 million referendum. Voters narrowly approved the referendum in November by less than 2,500 votes.

District officials say that the referendum will address a number of needs identified by the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District.

The cost of the referendum equals an estimated annual tax increase of $118 per year (or $9.81 per month) on a $225,000 home.