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Fond du Lac board backs pursuing $7.5 million referendum after survey shows narrow community support
Summary
After reviewing a 2,633‑response community survey, the Fond du Lac School District board directed staff to prepare a $7.5 million operational referendum question and to hold a second, larger question in reserve; the consultant said adjusted support for $7.5M was about 53.8%.
The Fond du Lac School District Board of Education on Monday directed staff to pursue a $7.5 million operational referendum question after a consultant presented community survey results showing modest majority support.
Bill Foster of School Perceptions told the board the survey had received 2,633 responses and, after adjusting for overrepresentation of staff, the analysis produced roughly 53.8% support for the $7.5 million proposal. “As of today or as of 01:00 today, we had 2,633 respondents,” Foster said. “For the sake of this analysis … we ended up at 53.8% support for the $7,500,000 proposed plan.”
The survey broke responses into three groups. Foster said staff support was high (reported at about 90% on one…
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