USD 343 selected HTK Architects for their 2023 Bond district-wide projects. The areas selected for improvement were safe school entrances, additional classroom space at Lecompton Elementary and the Daycare, an update to the Perry-Lecompton High School theater, additional practice gym space close to the middle school/high school, and updated baseball and softball facilities.

The safe school entrance provides controlled access at the office of each school building and include a shatterproof film added to glass on the doors and windows at the point of entry. The control point allows visitors to enter the office area and speak face-to-face with a school employee before being granted access to the academic areas. This project will require relocating the office setting at Perry-Lecompton High School.

The additional classroom space for Lecompton Elementary and Perry Elementary/Daycare was achieved by adding seven classrooms and additional restrooms to Lecompton Elementary. Four classrooms
will enable the Kindergarten grade level to move from the Perry Elementary Building/Daycare to Lecompton Elementary. This move allowed the Daycare to expand and meet their communities’ ever-growing demand for childcare. The remaining three new classrooms at Lecompton Elementary allowed for the needed space for special education and music and eliminate the need for the modular classroom.