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Despite recent increases, Wisconsin’s public K-12 school districts still receive less in state aid than they did a decade ago, prior to historic cuts to education. During that timeframe, state lawmakers chose to pass large tax cuts instead of investing the money in local schools. Lawmakers are also increasingly diverting resources allocated for education to private schools and independent charter schools, reducing the resources available for public school districts, which educate the vast majority of Wisconsin students.

The Referendum will help the Parkview School District by:

• Building upon the academic success of our students
• Maintaining our investment in the community
• Retaining our high-quality teachers, support staff and administrators
• Continuing to grow the number of students choosing to enroll into our district
• Making our community desirable to relocating families

At the January 20 Board meeting the Parkview School Board approved an operational referendum for the April 7 ballot. The referendum will address the 2020-2023 District shortfall of $3.5 million and if approved will not increase the school property tax rate. The reason the April 7 referendum will not increase the school property tax rate is because the current operational referendum drops off at the end of 2019-20 school year. The new referendum will replace the current 2017-20 referendum. 

The April 7 operational referendum is for a period of three years. The 3-year referendum will request $825,000 in 2020-21, $1,025,000 in 2021-22 and $1,150,000 in 2022-23. The revenue from the referendum will fund non-recurring purposes consisting of maintaining instructional technology and curriculum materials, educational programming, expenses associated with bus routes, and funds associated with recruiting and retaining staff.

It is important for any resident that plans to vote on April 7 to have accurate information to make an informed decision. 

If you are unable to fit one of these dates into your schedule, please contact Superintendent Steve Lutzke at slutzke@email.parkview.k12.wi.us or 879-2456 to arrange another time to meet.