Teachers excited for new fifth grade wing at Grafton middle school, addressing district's growing enrollment

GRAFTON, Wis. — A middle school in Grafton has completed an $11.4 million renovation project that includes a new fifth-grade wing with eight classrooms, addressing overcrowding issues due to growing enrollment.

As of this Fall, Grafton fifth graders are now attending classes at John Long Middle School. In addition to the new wing, the school's students now have access to a renovated cafeteria, new science labs and expanded special education spaces.

Adan Burgos is both a fifth-grade teacher and a district parent. He is teaching math and science in the school's new wing, which will help alleviate overcrowding issues at the district's two elementary schools, Woodview and Kennedy.

Teachers excited for new fifth grade wing at Grafton middle school

"It was definitely overcrowded," Burgos sai