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Tom Seidl's avatar

If there is such a budget crisis, why did the board give 12% raises to teachers for this year? You can not sustain that large of an amount annually. Regarding discipline, the district has moved towards a model where the rules are different depending on the color of your skin….sorry, but naughty doesn’t know a color and when you ignore the actions of certain kids and things go downhill, there is no one to blame but yourself.

I was an administrator in the district for almost 20 years and it is just sad to see the failings of the school board and district administration. Just saw news that they are considering closing Jefferson and Washington, with that info being sent in an email to staff during the middle of the day. So glad to be retired so I can just watch the ship sink…..it’s sad.

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TosaJim's avatar

The history of Wisconsin school financing can be a fascinating and frustrating subject. School revenue limits were initially implemented to deal with funding equity issues in 1993. What the legislature did actually allowed higher spending districts to increase per pupil spending by a greater amount than lower spending districts This resulted in the class action suit, Vincent vs. Voight challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s school finance system. This was filed because of the Wisconsin state constitution statement that "the legislature shall provide by law for the establishment of district schools, which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable….”. The finance equity issues have revolved around the phrase "nearly uniform as practicable" and the large variance of property values. The fact that school districts can exceed the revenue limits through local referendums that allow them to increase their local property tax rate complicates the issue.

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