Lake Country board authorizes survey to gauge support for possible April 2025 operational referendum

The Lake Country School District Board of Education voted unanimously on Nov. 4, 2024, to authorize a community survey to gauge support for a potential operational referendum in April 2025. Resolution 1161 directs School Perceptions to carry out the survey.

Pete Maurer called the special meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. and the board reviewed proposed survey questions with Bill Foster of School Perceptions, who participated by Zoom. The district intends to send a three-question survey to residents as well as to teachers and staff to collect feedback on community sentiment ahead of any referendum decision.

The resolution text says the board "does hereby approve the survey developed by School Perceptions to be sent to the Lake Country School District Community to gauge support for a possible operational referendum in April of 2025." The formal motion to adopt the resolution was recorded as moved by Pete Maurer and seconded by Jhawn Newman; the motion passed 5-0.

Chad Schraufnagel, identified in the meeting record as Administrator, and Amy Adkins, listed as District Secretary, were present during the discussion. Two members—identified as M. Sherman and Monique Henry—were noted as not present at roll call and arrived during the meeting.

The board’s action authorizes the survey; the transcript does not record further details on the survey timeline, sampling method or the specific three questions. Those operational details were not specified in the meeting minutes and were not read aloud in full during the meeting.

No formal vote on placing a referendum on the ballot occurred at this meeting. The next procedural step implied by the resolution is for School Perceptions to conduct the survey and report results to district leadership, which could inform whether the district pursues an operational referendum for April 2025.