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West Bend policy committee opens formal review of high-school consolidation, asks for legal guidance on nonbinding referendum
Summary
The West Bend Joint School District No. 1 policy committee discussed whether to keep two high schools or consolidate to one, recommended forming a representative task force and requested legal guidance on placing a nonbinding referendum on ballots outside gubernatorial/presidential cycles.
The West Bend Joint School District No. 1 policy committee on Feb. 25 opened a formal review of its high-school configuration policy and asked staff to seek legal guidance about adding a nonbinding referendum that would not be limited to gubernatorial or presidential election cycles.
Superintendent Dr. Wimmer told the committee the district has long retained the question of whether to operate two high schools or a single high school outside facility-referendum discussions and that the topic resurfaced during recent facilities planning and co-op athletic discussions. "They're saying there's nothing really specific in school parts of the statutes," Wimmer said of preliminary counsel the district has received about referenda authority, and he asked the…
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