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Something Nice — Wausaukee Wins Awards (and more on State and Local School Finance)
From WBAY-TV AMPS followed the travails of the Wausaukee School District as the pressures 0f Wisconsin’s broken school finance system led it to the brink of dissolution. A successful referendum in August 2008 gave the district new life. This … Continue reading
A Win in Wausaukee!
From WBAY-TV. Great news! The vote total — 1,234 to 674 is impressive also. I haven’t found an in-depth newspaper report on the vote yet, but WBAY also has a good story on how the health of schools and the … Continue reading
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Wausaukee Vote Tuesday – Do or Die?
From WLUK-TV. On Tuesday, August 18, 2008 the voters of the Wausaukee school district will for the third time in six months vote on an operating referendum. The first two failed. This time a failed referendum will likely mean the … Continue reading
Third Time a Charm? Another Wausaukee Referendum in the Works (Updated, Again)
You’d better hold on to what you’ve got You’d better hold on to what you’ve got Cause if you think nobody wants it Just throw it away and you will see Someone will have it before you can count 1, … Continue reading
Wausaukee School District Votes to Dissolve
19 votes. That was the margin by which the June 24, 2008 non-recurring, one year $575,000 school operating referendum lost in Wausaukee. 19 votes out of 1107 cast (number from the DPI site, the linked Peshtigo Times story appears to … Continue reading
On the Agenda — MMSD Board of Education, Week of February 8, 2010
Week two of the agenda rundown experiment. The big important things are the La Follette Area attendance info (now including East Area and West Area) and the Budget Timeline. As explained in the first post in this series, the Madison … Continue reading
Another District Heading for Dissolution? Give Paris One More Chance
Jonathan Richman, “Give Paris One More Chance” (click to listen or download). Last year it was Wausaukee and Milwaukee, before that Florence; now the Paris District is talking and voting on dissolution (and here). You can’t say this is a … Continue reading
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“The System…Is Broken”: Milwaukee Public Schools Dissolution Vote
Joan Jett, “You dont know what you got (till it’s gone)” (click to listen or download) The big news from Milwaukee this week was the 6-3 vote to explore dissolving the school district This is news so big that even … Continue reading
We Are Not Alone #23 – Wisconsin Referenda Roundup, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 votes.
[Updated with more video on Montello, Sptember 7, 2008, 11:45AM] The number of school districts seeking sufficient funding via referenda this Fall (September and November) keeps growing. My count is 20 districts committed to 23 referenda questions (12 questions in … Continue reading
Capital Times Referendum Editorial
Other than the confused second-to-last paragraph, there is much sense here. Set a school referendum Nov. 4 The Capital Times — 8/18/2008 5:35 am Madison still has great schools. In fact, as urban school districts go, Madison stands out — … Continue reading
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