From left to right: Baraboo School Board Vice President Mike Kohlman, Powered Up Baraboo Co-President Marianne Cotter, and Powered Up Baraboo member David Wernecke pose in front of Baraboo High School on Jan. 27. The high school and Jack Young Middle School are set to have solar panels installed during the spring of 2022.
GALLERY: $42M in updates, additions on display at Baraboo middle school open house
Community members enter Jack Young Middle School through its new entryway during an open house Monday to celebrate the completion of the Baraboo school’s revitalization project.
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Baraboo School Board members laugh as President Kevin Vodak, center right, and District Administrator Rainey Briggs struggle to cut a ribbon with oversized scissors Monday afternoon at Jack Young Middle School. Members, from right, are Mike Kohlman, Katie Kalish (obscured), Alex Schenck, Tim Heilman, Gwynne Peterson and Paul Kujak.
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Eighth-graders Evy Thao, left, and Lacey Bender lead a tour through Jack Young Middle School during an open house Monday to celebrate the completion of the Baraboo school’s $41.7 million revitalization project.
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Community members file into Jack Young Middle School Monday during the Baraboo school’s open house to celebrate completion of the $41.7 million revitalization project.
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Community members tour Jack Young Middle School Monday, including the new “monumental staircase” that replaced a ramp system, during the Baraboo school’s open house to celebrate completion of the $41.7 million revitalization project.
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The Little Priest Singers members, including Eric Logan of Baraboo, center, lead a drum circle Monday outside of Jack Young Middle School as part of the Baraboo school's ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of its revitalization project.
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People mill around outside the new main entrance Monday at Jack Young Middle School in Baraboo.
The two projects generate 10% or more of electricity needs at the library and high school.
From left to right: Baraboo School Board Vice President Mike Kohlman, Powered Up Baraboo Co-President Marianne Cotter, and Powered Up Baraboo member David Wernecke pose in front of Baraboo High School on Jan. 27. The high school and Jack Young Middle School are set to have solar panels installed during the spring of 2022.