Officials from the school district districts of Flambeau have planned two open leisure data for open house and construction data for the open referendum for the construction of 7.5 million US dollars to finance infrastructure and learning environment improvements.
The events should offer residents the opportunity to find out more about the referendum in the spring elections on April 1, the facilities for the travel school and ask questions.
The meetings are planned for Wednesday, March 12, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Monday, March 17, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., both in the school's small gym. Every night, presentations become a referendum and guided tours that highlight worrying building areas.
At the beginning of this year, the school authority approved the referendum to apply for public support for the sale of general commitment bonds in order to finance the financing of upgrades of the facilities.
“These funds will support repairs and upgrades for important institutions to ensure safe, functional and accessible learning environment for students and employees,” said district officials in a statement in which the open house has been announced.
The proposed projects deal with security and security, structure infrastructure and system upgrades, accessibility as well as improvements in career and technical training.
The security suggestions include replacing the outdated fire alarm system and improving the intercom, central Bell and Clock systems to ensure that they meet the current standards.
The proposals for upgrade include the sealing of the building stall and the implementation of TuckPosing in order to maintain structural integrity.
The suggestions of furnishing updates include replacing and repairing main fitness doors and painting if necessary.
The proposed upgrades of accessibility include the installation of new ADA-compliant play equipment and the replacement of the playground and the playing area.
The proposed system improvements include improving outdated heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HLK) and replacing the aging hot water.
The proposals for professional and technical training include improving rooms in order to better support the relevant CTE programming requirements.
The proposed improvements in the location include patching and repairing the worn asphalt in the parking lot.
The proposed floors include the replacement of rubber tile floors in the multi-purpose fitness studio and the installation of long-lasting epoxy floors in the high school.
Most referendum funds – 71 percent – are intended for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Further expenses include playground, improvements on site and ADA updates at 9 percent. Fire alarm and communication improvements at 8 percent; Replacement of floor coverings at 4 percent; Career and technical training at 3 percent; Building sealing and repairs at 2 percent; Asphalt and pavement repair at 2 percent and hot water.
If the referendum question is approved, the estimated tax increase for a house of $ $ 100,000 would be around $ 8 per month according to the school district officers. This corresponds to an estimated additional tax on a property with a compensation value of $ $ $ $ 8en per year or 97 per year, on a property with a compensation value of $ 150,000 per month or $ 145.50 per year and on a property with a compensation value of $ 200,000 of USD $ 16.17 or $ 194 per year $ $ $ $ $ $ 200,000. .
The tax rate of the district for the school year 2023-24 was $ 5.03 per $ 1,000 of the balanced assessment. District officers project that the new interest rate is $ 6 per $ 1,000 compensation and is still lower than the state average of $ 7.18 per $ 1,000 of equalization.
The tax rate of the school district has steadily declined from $ 15.23 per $ 1,000 of the balanced assessment in 1998 when the last referendum was recorded a total of $ 7.7 million for the construction of a new PK-12 facility. If this is passed, this year's referendum 97 cents would add to the current tax rate of the district of $ 5.03 per $ 1,000 of the balanced evaluation.
The 20-year debts of the district of the last referendum were repaid in March 2017.
“This trend reflects the continuing efforts of the district to maintain tax responsibility and reduce the financial burden on taxpayers,” said officials.
The question in referendum states: The School district of Flambeau, Rusk, Taylor, Price and Chippewa, Wisconsin, is authorized, in accordance with Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin laws, general commitment bonds, in the amount of no more than 7,500,000 USD for the public purpose of to publish the public's payment of the costs for a project in the district company improvement, existing from: capital maintenance, building infrastructure, security, security and location improvements; And takeover of furnishings, fittings and devices, including for career and technical training?
Factors such as state -imposed income boundaries that restrict how much money school districts can receive through property taxes and state help, increasing inflation, decline in enrollment and aging facilities have put school areas into difficult financial positions.
In nationwide, 86 districts in this election cycle 94 referendum questions to the voters. Some were planned for the area code on February 18, but the voters will see the majority on April 1 in the spring elections. This number is not as many as in the past, but is still higher than in the spring of 2023 and continues a trend of districts that turn to taxpayers to get more money than they could otherwise increase under state income boundaries .
Last spring there were 103 referenders on the ballot; In 2023 this number was 83. In autumn 2024 there were 139 school officers for ballot papers during the parliamentary election in August and in November.
According to state law, the districts had until the end of January to put referenders on the April list.
Almost 78% of the autumn of autumn 2024 said goodbye to what was higher
In the spring of 2023 there were 83 referenders. Of these 83 referenders, 46 of them, according to the referendum course database of the Institute for Ministry of Education, Wisconsin was adopted.