Plan commission recommends village board approve conditional use for new Jackson Elementary School

The Village of Jackson Plan Commission on Oct. 16, 2025 recommended that the Village Board approve a conditional use permit and site plan for a new Jackson Elementary School at W 204 N 16700 Jackson Drive, voting in favor with one abstention.

The recommendation covers the 477-student design and associated site improvements, subject to conditions and a development agreement that spells out which infrastructure the school district will construct and what the village will accept and maintain.

The school district’s superintendent, Jen Wimmer, introduced project designers and said the building is designed for 477 students and separates bus and parent traffic for safety. “We have designed a, 477 student capacity elementary school,” Katie Lecourt, the lead architect, said while reviewing the site plan. The plan calls for a two-lane parent drop-off drive accommodating about 60 queued cars, a visitor lot at the northwest corner, a staff lot and a bus entry on Spruce Street. The design includes a fenced courtyard for secure outdoor play, a south green play area, and a mix of one- and two-story building masses.

Civil plans presented by Nick Tennyson of Kapoor show 99 regular parking stalls plus 80 overflow stalls in the asphalt play area south of the building and three bioretention basins to handle stormwater flows. Tennyson said the design loops a public water main around the south of the building and ties the…