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Jamestown board reviews referendum survey, pauses plans and orders deeper analysis
Summary
After a School Perceptions presentation showing conservative projections below the supermajority threshold, the Jamestown Public School Board decided not to adopt an initial resolution to call a referendum and directed further analysis of survey comments and targeted outreach work.
The Jamestown Public School Board reviewed results of a community survey on June 5 and decided not to move forward immediately with an initial resolution calling a referendum on proposed elementary-school construction, instead directing staff to analyze open-ended survey comments and send findings to the facilities committee and to schedule a board retreat for further planning.
Darren Sievers, project manager with School Perceptions, presented the survey and its methodology. “I’m excited to show you your survey results,” Sievers said as he began the presentation. He told the board the survey closed May 26 and collected 1,173 responses, a 14.1% response rate with a calculated statistical margin of error of 2.92%.
The survey tested two facility options and attached tax-impact estimates. Option 1 (a $23,000,000 plan) projected 43.2% voter support after the company’s weighting; Option 2 (a $29,000,000 plan) projected about…
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