On Tuesday, Spring Election Day, eighty-two Wisconsin school districts have referendums on the ballot. Eight of those districts are in our backyards. A majority of those referendums are asking voters to increase revenue limits for operational expenses, in order to keep their schools running. One of those districts with referendums Tuesday is Arcadia. Superintendent, Lori Frerk, says traditionally Arcadia has been a conservative spending district.
“At this point in time, the Arcadia School District has actually run out of fund balance, which keeps them and supports them. Over the last three years because of the inflationary rate and the inflationary rate has not kept up with the uptick in the cost of spending.”
Cochrane-Fountain City is hoping to borrow money for capital maintenance and expansion. Melrose-Mindoro, Whitehall, Independence, Bangor, Holmen, and Viroqua are also asking for additional funds to operate their schools. 87% of districts in the state are already operating under some sort of operational funding referendum.
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