Buildings & Grounds
Joe Ledvina
Director of Facilities
(608) 789-7627
Responsible for maintenance, custodial personnel, recruitment, evaluation, capital improvement and referendum projects. Facility use and department budgeting and operations.
Ann Endres
Buildings & Grounds Manager/Safety Coordinator
(608) 789-7636
Responsible for environmental, safety and security programs, and workers compensation. Department purchasing, equipment maintenance/repair. Project management and work order system.
Jeff Elsen
Energy & Transportation Manager
(608) 789-7663
Responsible for managing energy and environmental stewardship program. Oversees all district student transportation. Responsible for personnel scheduling and training programs. Project Management.
Savannah Medley
Administrative Assistant
(608) 789-7666
Responsible for processing work requisitions, customer service, building use, and scheduling.
Overview
Welcome to the Buildings and Grounds web page. Our department is committed to providing a safe, caring, and well-maintained environment for students, staff, and the community.
Facility Scheduler
The School District of La Crosse believes that its buildings should be open to the community as much as practical provided that such use does not interfere with school programs. Given school funding constraints, the District can not offer that opportunity at the cost of regular educational programming and therefore finds it necessary to charge a fee for the use of school buildings and facilities by organizations not directly associated with the schools. These fees will be used to defray a portion of the expense caused by increased use of utilities and staff services.
Capital Maintenance and Improvements
Goals
- Provide a plan for maintenance, repair, renovation or replacement of buildings and grounds to maintain an optimal learning environment.
- Minimize facility deterioration; avoid deferred maintenance to prevent excessive funding needs for future remedial work.
- Annually audit district facilities conditions including physical adequacy of construction, materials and fixed equipment, and instructional functional performance.
- Plan short term capital maintenance and improvements.
- Plan long term capital maintenance/renovations.
Process
Each year the Buildings and Grounds Supervisor meets with building principals, instructional, and business supervisors to develop a plan for current and future capital maintenance and improvements projects.
Decision Making Criteria
- Safety/Security/Regulatory Compliance
- Provide for Necessary and Ongoing Maintenance
- Improve/Maintain Learning Environment
- Consider Priorities Provided by Individual Building Teams
- Consider Operating Costs
- Consider Level of Community Support
- Board Initiatives.
District of La Crosse Buildings
Central High School
Date Built: 1967
Date of Addition(s): 1988, 1996
Overall Site Size: 17.9 Acres
Building Size: 288,907 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 212 regular, 6 handicap, 12 visitor
Logan High School
Date Built: 1979
Date of Addition(s): 1987, 1994, 1996, 1997
Overall Site Size: 29.3 Acres
Building Size: 216,000 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 289 regular, 7 handicap
La Crosse Polytechnic School
Date Built: 1905
Date of Addition(s): 1979
Overall Site Size: 0.2 Acres
Building Size: 17,000 sq ft
Lincoln Middle School
Date Built: 1924
Date of Addition(s): 1958, 1973, 1991, 1997
Overall Site Size: 2.1 Acres
Building Size: 97,115 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 2 handicap
Logan Middle School
Date Built: 1939
Date of Addition(s): 1957, 1962, 1971, 1979, 1986, 1998
Overall Site Size: 5.5 Acres
Building Size: 147,797 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 56 regular, 2 handicap
Longfellow Middle School
Date Built: 1939
Date of Addition(s): 1939, 1946, 1965, 1973, 1977, 2018
Overall Site Size: 4.3 Acres
Building Size: 139,850 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 2 handicap
Emerson Elementary School
Date Built: 1939
Date of Addition(s): 1956, 1972, 1992
Overall Site Size: 2.6 Acres
Building Size: 57,600 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 55 regular, 2 handicap, 5 visitor
Hamilton/SOTA I Elementary School
Date Built: 1961
Date of Addition(s): 1984, 2021
Overall Site Size: 2.6 Acres
Building Size: 64,950 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 1 handicap
Hintgen Elementary School
Date Built: 1968
Date of Addition(s): 1971
Overall Site Size: 7.9 Acres
Building Size: 60,263 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 53 regular, 2 handicap
Date Built: 2014
Date of Addition(s):
Overall Site Size: 3.6 Acres
Building size: 86,767 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 38 regular, 2 handicap
North Woods International School
Date Built: 1992
Date of Addition(s): –
Overall Site Size: 10.9 Acres
Building Size: 68,599 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 49 regular, 2 handicap
Southern Bluffs Elementary School
Date Built: 1992
Date of Addition(s): –
Overall Site Size: 8.1 Acres
Building Size: 71,483 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 71 regular, 4 handicap
Harry Spence Elementary School
Date Built: 1953
Date of Addition(s): 1955, 1962, 1973, 1992, 1994
Overall Site Size: 7.9 Acres
Building Size: 60,190 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 72 regular, 4 handicap, 2 visitor
State Road Elementary School
Date Built: 1957
Date of Addition(s): 1959, 1969, 1989, 2012, 2026
Overall Site Size: 10.4 Acres
Building Size: 90,531 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 99 regular, 4 handicap
Summit Environmental School
Date Built: 1954
Date of Addition(s): 1972
Overall Site Size: 9.7 Acres
Building Size: 58,273 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: 62 regular, 3 handicap
New Elementary School
Completion Date: 2027
Overall Site Size: 4.7 Acres
Building Size: 97,668 sq. ft.
District Shop
Date Built: 1961
Date of Addition(s): –
Overall Site Size: Site is owned by the City of La Crosse
Roof Area: 9,960 sq. ft.
Parking Lot Capacity: none