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District survey shows plurality support for revised $89M project; board to weigh timing and cost of delay
Summary
District staff reported 4,364 survey responses (about a 25% return rate) with a plurality of respondents favoring the revised project; parents were strongly supportive. Trustees said a formal analysis will be presented July 29 and discussed adding $300,000 to ready the SWORD building now.
District staff told the Mukwonago School District board on June 24 that as of that afternoon the community survey about the district's revised facilities project had 4,364 responses, roughly a 25% return of the roughly 16,000 surveys mailed. The raw totals staff reported were 58% "yes" and 32% "no" among all respondents, and about a 57% yes rate among residents; when parents were considered separately, staff said approximately 72% of parents supported the project.
The presenter said mailed responses were still being counted and that the figures were raw totals, not a final, analyzed result. Staff said a formal analysis will be brought to the board at its July 29 meeting, after which the board will discuss timing and a recommendation to proceed or delay. Staff also said the board will be presented with an assessment of "the cost of not pursuing" the project if the district waits.
Public commenter John wor Bicky, a district health-education teacher and coach, urged trustees to "stay the course," citing earlier facilities improvements such as tennis courts and lighting that he said had become valuable community assets.
At the same meeting the board approved a not-to-exceed $300,000 amendment to the district's 10-year capital plan to prepare the recently purchased SWORD building for occupancy before the next school year. Staff told trustees bids had been reviewed and that the estimated cost to make the building ready would not exceed $300,000; the board approved the addition to the capital plan by motion.
Next steps: staff will deliver the formal survey analysis at the July 29 meeting, and the board will consider recommendations on timing for the larger project and the projected cost of delaying construction.
