This year, the US will celebrate its 250th anniversary on July 4th. Also, Italy hosted the Winter Olympics. But on the downside, the summer of 2026 is predicted to see the highest global temperatures.
In the small town of Louisville, many things are happening. In the past few years, the school has been saying they need more space for students to grow, meaning they need more learning and activity space. In 2020 and 2023 they tried passing a bond that would help expand and add more space, but it failed both times. Since 2020 Louisville tried passing 3 different versions of the bond but they all failed.
On the third try in 2024, the school held a bond presentation explaining that there would be 11 new classrooms-- 3 renovated and 8 new-- while also adding a new CTE building for ag and shop classes, as well as renovate the cafeteria and kitchen to provide a larger space for students to have more time to eat without being crammed while getting lunch. At the end of the renovation, there would be 8-10 classrooms left for future growth of the school. The estimated cost for this project was $37,250,000.
With all of these updates to the school, will come better security and safety for the elementary, middle, and high school. The bond came close to passing, but it ended up failing. The possible solution for the crowding was to implement portable classrooms that would sit in the elementary parking lot.
In 2025, the school took some time to reflect and change the plans to see what else they could fix. Keeping in mind that the 2011 bond was now going to be paid off in December of 2025, so there wouldn't be any stacking of bond payments, which would work in their favor.
On the 4th version of their bond, they took ideas from the community, staff, students, teachers, and admin, talking and touring other schools, and from past building projects.
With this plan the CTE building was attached to the school (to create better safety) and added a new gym for more space for activities-- dance, cheer, wrestling, baseball, etc.-- but update the new gym (built in 1980), and make it more of an auxiliary gym, which added a bigger stage for one act, band, and choir performances. They would also build a bigger parking lot for students and teachers.
This project would split the school into 3 different sections, but stay in the same building; the middle school, high school, and elementary would all be separated.
They would have their own gyms, activities, and classroom space. There would be 12 new classrooms added, while renovating 7 classrooms as well as 6 elementary classrooms. There would be a new admin office, library, gym, and locker rooms (which would be used for shelters) Renovating would be done to the kitchen and cafeteria. This makes space for 14 classrooms to accommodate for the growing number of students, and way more space for students with disabilities.
Lastly, the parking lot would be completed at the beginning of this building project, predicted to be done in the summer of 2026, and would not be a part of the bond, but instead would be funded by a donation.
It would create a larger and safer parking lot for students and staff but also create better handicap parking spaces.
This project would cost more than the one proposed in 2024, but not by much; the cost of all of this project would be around $37,495,000. The community liked this bond, and finally it was passed in May of 2025.
On October 30th, at 10:30 am, 13 people- which were students, admin and staff- put on their construction hats and grabbed shovels. They dug up a piece of dirt to celebrate the start of a new era for Louisville Public Schools.
During the next stage in the process, the school hired contractors to cut down the trees and started digging in the dirt to lower and level the land for the new addition. They created a retaining wall to support the dirt, but, unfortunately the first wall fell, the rain washed everything out before it could set; the second one was built more sturdily and was able to hold. So far, the retaining wall, along with the unpredictable weather, has been the only small hiccups along the way in the building process.
The school predicts for this project to be done for the current freshman to use their senior year.