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#PointProud Schools 2040 Task Force

The Stevens Point Area Public School District is beginning an important community-wide planning process to ensure our schools remain strong, responsive, and sustainable for years to come.

This work is informed by a long-range enrollment and demographic study presented to the school board in November by MD Roffers Consulting. The study examined population trends, housing development, and student enrollment through 2040. It shows that overall enrollment is expected to gradually decline over time, with different impacts across schools and grade levels. If no changes are made, that trend would lead to growing excess space in some school buildings.

Rather than waiting for challenges to arise, the district is using this information to plan ahead.

This page will be updated at key milestones throughout the process. 

Task Force Meeting Dates and Materials

  • April 29 ✅ Summary | Materials
  • May 27
  • June 15
  • July 15
  • August 5
  • September 16
  • October 21
  • November 18
  • December 9

Purpose

Prepare a plan to inform short-term (1-4 years), mid-term (5-9 years), and long-term (10+ years) District decisions related to its school buildings, guided by the community primarily through a diverse citizen Point Proud Schools 2040 Task Force.

This 47 member group includes parents and guardians, community members, staff, and administrators to ensure a broad range of voices are part of the conversation.

The goal is to develop thoughtful, data-informed recommendations that help the district make smart long-term decisions.

Task Force Charge

  • Recommend a long range school facilities plan for the District, including phasing advice, to the School Board by winter 2026-27.
  • Learn applicable baseline conditions, including student enrollment projections and demographics; conditions, capacities, and locations of school buildings; financial conditions and projections; and educational policy, funding, and programming practices.
  • Identify and advise, early in the process, any school attendance area or related changes to accompany the anticipated introduction of full-day 4K in fall 2026.
  • Develop and evaluate a range of different long range options with phasing related to the utilization of the District’s school buildings with reference to:
    • The District’s mission, vision, and pillars in its attached Strategic Plan 2022-2027, and
    •  Option evaluation criteria to be approved by the School Board.
  • Consider schools across all grades, and may reconsider current school attendance areas, grade groupings, and/or building utilization.
  • Serve as factual communicators to and from the District community during the process.
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Where Are We Now 

The PointProud Schools 2040 Task Force held its first meeting on April 29, 2026, officially beginning the long-range planning process. During the kickoff meeting, members reviewed the purpose of the task force, meeting expectations, approved option evaluation criteria, and initial enrollment projection data.

The task force’s early meetings will focus on learning and building a shared understanding of district enrollment trends, school building capacity, facility conditions, financial considerations, programming needs, and other factors connected to how school buildings are used now and how they may be used in the future.

No decisions or recommendations have been made at this time.

Meeting Summaries and Materials

A PointProud Schools 2040 Task Force member records small-group feedback during the April 29 kickoff meeting. Task force members began reviewing enrollment projections, building capacity, and other factors that will inform long-range facilities planning.
PointProud Schools 2040 Task Force Holds Kickoff Meeting

The PointProud Schools 2040 Task Force held its first meeting on Wednesday, April 29, beginning a community-guided process focused on long-range facilities planning and the enrollment, programming, financial, and student-impact factors connected to how school buildings are used.

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