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Oshkosh board denies three petitions to move parcels to neighboring districts
Summary
The Oshkosh Area School District Board of Education on Feb. 26 heard petitions from property owners seeking to transfer small parcels to neighboring districts and denied all three requests after administration warned of fiscal impacts and statutory criteria. Petitioners may appeal to the state boundary appeals process.
The Oshkosh Area School District Board of Education on Feb. 26 voted to deny three petitions that would have detached small parcels from the Oshkosh district and attached them to neighboring districts.
The petitions would have moved: parcels into the Winneconne School District (petition filed by Timothy and Lindsey Scottberg), a parcel into the Omro School District (petition filed by Katina Mulkey), and a parcel into Oshkosh from Omro (third petition). Administration recommended denial for each petition, citing fiscal impact and statutory criteria the board must consider when evaluating territory transfers.
The petition to move properties to Winneconne covered a neighborhood with 12 resident pupils and an assessed property value the district listed at $13,748,500. The district staff noted the request included an amendment filed by the Town of Vinland clerk shortly before…
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