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Appleton superintendent outlines $15M-a-year referendum to cover deficit, add counselors and social workers
Summary
Superintendent Greg Hartjes says the Appleton Area School District will ask voters to approve $15 million per year for four years to address a $13 million accumulated deficit and to add student supports — six counselor equivalents, seven social workers, three ESL positions and a half-time credit-recovery role.
Greg Hartjes, superintendent of the Appleton Area School District, said the district will ask voters to approve a $15,000,000-per-year referendum for four years to cover an accumulated budget gap and expand student support services.
"It is a $15,000,000 per year for 4 years referendum," Hartjes said, adding the district estimates the tax cost at $15 per $100,000 of property; for a home valued at $300,000 he estimated a maximum additional charge of $45 a year.
Hartjes said $13,000,000 of that annual amount is intended to erase a budget deficit that accumulated over the last three fiscal years amid high inflation and minimal increases in state funding. "We want to be able…
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