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West Bend board debates how to study combining two high schools under one roof
Summary
School board members debated Policy 119, which outlines a review process for high school configuration, including whether to pursue a nonbinding referendum or a survey and how to structure community engagement and a task force.
The West Bend Joint School District No. 1 Board of Education discussed Policy 119, the district's high school configuration review process, during its regular meeting.
Board members and Superintendent Regenta Wimmer debated whether the policy's requirement for a nonbinding referendum should be retained or replaced with a district-run survey. Superintendent Wimmer said legal counsel advised there is no statute explicitly prohibiting the district from placing a nonbinding referendum on the ballot, but she warned that running a referendum would incur election and legal costs and asked the board to consider the purpose of such a question.
The policy's origin and…
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