Superintendent details $2 million operating referendum to preserve class sizes, bus routes and programming

Summary

At a New Prague Area Schools board meeting, Superintendent Valmute presented a $2 million-a-year, 10-year operating referendum intended to maintain current class sizes, bus routes and programming and to avoid further budget reductions; the presentation included enrollment and revenue-per-student data, program impacts and early-voting information.

Superintendent Valmute presented details of a proposed operating referendum at the New Prague Area Schools board meeting, asking voters to consider a $2,000,000-per-year increase for 10 years to help maintain class sizes, bus routes and programming.

Valmute said the district refined the question after community feedback and a commissioned survey and emphasized the proposal is informational. “Im not telling you how to vote,” Valmute said, adding site teams and a citizens advocacy group are providing community outreach. The district posted a property-tax calculator at mpaschools.org/referendum to let homeowners estimate impacts.

Why it matters: Valmute described four primary uses for the levy revenue: maintain current class-size averages, maintain current bus routes and walking-distance policies, maintain existing programming (notably…

Superintendent details $2 million operating referendum to preserve class sizes, bus routes and programming

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