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Board narrows referendum option to scenario H‑2: higher staff compensation plus targeted academic/behavior supports
Summary
After an extended debate, the board coalesced around a three‑year operational referendum scenario (H‑2) that prioritizes staff compensation and allocates a set portion to academic and behavior supports; staff will prepare ballot language for a board vote on Thursday.
The Beloit School District board spent an extended portion of its Jan. 14 meeting discussing proposed operational‑referendum scenarios and landed on a three‑year plan staff labeled H‑2, a package that board members said places priority on staff compensation and reserves a portion of funds for academics and behavior supports.
Superintendent Dr. Garrison and district finance staff presented multiple scenarios that varied the requested mill rate, the nonrecurring dollar amounts for each of three school years and the distribution between compensation and program spending. The board considered earlier scenarios (H‑1, H‑2, H‑3) and a midpoint…
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