The Washoe County School District (WCSD) started a public meeting at Pine Middle School to discuss the school's future.

The meeting started at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The school district said it has design schematics to show the community and get feedback on.

Wednesday's meeting follows a similar one last summer.

"We met in August of 2025, and kind of gained some insight from the community as to what they thought it should look like, what they felt it should have," said Tami Zimmerman, Chief Facilities Management Officer, WCSD.

Some of the feedback from the summer meeting has made its way into the designs.

At Tuesday's Ward 3 Neighborhood Advisory Board meeting at Reno City Hall, WCSD showed off a concept with three dedicated drop-off lanes and a playground behind the school, both of which come from parent input. Parents also expressed a desire for extra safety features at nearby crosswalks.

Zimmerman said kids at nearby elementary schools will be rezoned to the new one as part of the district's ongoing efforts to consolidate schools.

"Smithridge has a certain amount of students. Corbett has a certain amount of students, but they don't fill the schools all the way," she said.

However, the district doesn't know what to do with the current Smithridge building.

"We're going to work through that process to see what Smithridge is going to be in the future. We're not there yet. We haven't gone through that process," Zimmerman said.

When Reese Elzey moved in near the school six months ago, he said neighbors told him kids would get into trouble in the area. He hopes the new building will help kids behave.

"I feel like once the school gets modeled, it'll bring like a new atmosphere, which then will bring the kids to like, calm down and be like, okay, like, this is a nice area," he said.

Elzey said if the construction doesn't take too long, it shouldn't be too much of a bother for him.

"I don't think it's going to be that impactful for me. Because I feel like I'd be at work for most of the time when they are doing construction," he said.

Zimmerman said teachers at Pine Middle School can work internally with human resources to find a new school to work at.

WCSD said construction will begin later this year, and they expect the new school to open for the 2028-29 school year.