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Superintendent outlines $34 million capital referendum to rebuild early learning center
Summary
Mount Horeb Area School District officials presented a $34 million capital referendum proposal to attach a new early learning/primary center to the existing primary center, citing an aging 1968 building, safety and ADA needs, and an outreach plan including open houses, podcasts and mailers.
The Mount Horeb Area School District superintendent presented a proposed $34,000,000 capital referendum to the board on Sept. 16 that would fund an addition attached to the current primary center and a comprehensive set of facility upgrades across the district.
The superintendent said the plan responds to a facility-steering committeeprocess and a March survey that produced a weighted score of 54.1% in favor of the boardplan. "This is an ask thathas been well informed by the community and their feedback," the superintendent said, describing the proposal as the second phase of a long-range facility plan that began with a 2017 high-school referendum.
Why it matters: presenters said the early learning center (built in 1968) has aging systems — roofing, heating and ventilation, electrical and masonry — and undersized kindergarten instruction spaces that do not…
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