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Glendale River Hills school leaders outline $5 million-a-year referendum to cover special education and inflationary shortfalls
Summary
District treasurer Karen Cronnell and Superintendent Anna Young told the council the April 7 operational referendum would authorize the Glendale River Hills School District to exceed state revenue limits by $5,000,000 per year for four years to address a roughly $4.9M annual funding gap driven by inflation and special-education costs.
Glendale — District officials came before the Glendale Common Council to explain a proposed operational referendum on the April 7 ballot that would allow the Glendale River Hills School District to exceed its state-imposed revenue limit by $5,000,000 a year for four years beginning with the 2026–27 school year.
Anna Young, the district superintendent, said the ask responds to a multiyear inflationary shortfall and rising special-education costs. "By 2025, 85% of districts in the state will have used operational referendums," she said, explaining how state revenue limits have not kept pace with inflation and why local referendums are the vehicle districts are using to maintain programs.
The district reported enrollment of 973 students (an increase of about 10 from the prior year), a per-pupil spending…
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