WHY IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSING A NEW HIGH SCHOOL?

  The school district began long range facilities planning in 2013 to address several challenges facing our community’s schools. The most urgent need being a new high school. The construction of a new high school will allow the district to repurpose the current high school to a 6-8 building, and create a middle school learning environment customized to our middle school staff and student needs. The board has worked to engage community members about the needs of the district and the optimal solution to address them.

  The District is fortunate to have the village and city pledge $23.5 million from the premier resort investment, and has accepted donated land from a local family, and a $500,000 gift from another that is committed to seeing a new high school built. Typically, school districts don’t receive donated parcels of land worth $3.2 million when they are doing building projects. They tend to pay top-price for land parcels.

Referendum Question

  Shall the School District of Wisconsin Dells, Sauk, Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Marquette Counties, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $33,685,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of constructing and equipping a new high school and related site improvements?

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