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Waunakee district sets 5.97% property‑tax levy, outlines budget tradeoffs and 4K choices
Summary
The Waunakee Community School District approved a 5.97% property‑tax levy for 2025‑26, directed administration to reduce the levy by about $2.3 million, and described how state budget changes, clean‑energy reimbursements and a new 4K state program will shape the district's finances.
The Waunakee Community School District approved a 5.97% property‑tax levy for the 2025‑26 budget and instructed administrators to find about $2.3 million in levy reductions while exploring options to cover that shortfall, district officials said at an informational session.
"In the end, the school board approved a property tax levy of 5.97%," Steve Summers, the district's Executive Director of Operations, said while walking attendees through the budget chronology. He added the board "directed administration to reduce the property tax levy by approximately $2,300,000." The motion and direction were described at the meeting; no roll‑call vote tally was provided in the session transcript.
Why it matters: Summers said the district faced competing pressures after the state approved the 2025‑27 budget. The per‑student revenue‑limit increase remained $325, which Summers said was funded entirely by local property taxpayers because the state did…
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