By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – After six years of a stable tax rate of $9.19 per $1,000 of equalized value, the Howard-Suamico school board agreed Monday, Jan 25, to lower that to $8.99, the lowest rate in 12 years, upon the passage of both referendum questions it will ask voters in April. Michele Wiberg, …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer SEYMOUR – Seymour voters will be asked to approve a $6.5-million referendum question in the April 6 election. At its Jan. 13 meeting, the Seymour school board approved a resolution allowing the district to ask voters to decide on the question, with the biggest project being an expanded tech ed …
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By Charles Collier Correspondent DE PERE – West De Pere High School students will begin using the building’s 14 newly-constructed classrooms as early as the beginning of next month as the district’s expansive referendum additions start to come online. The school board toured the high school’s additions, including classrooms with full windows, cutting-edge instruction technology …
By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – The Howard-Suamico school board officially set part of April’s ballot, and with it a pair of referendum questions at its Monday, Jan. 11, meeting. The district began discussions around another referendum question in fall of 2019. In 2018, voters approved a non-recurring referendum for the district to exceed the …
By Ben Rodgers Editor SEYMOUR – The Seymour school board has a $6.5 million decision to make at its next meeting Jan. 13. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, the board reviewed a draft of a referendum question for the April election that would ask voters to approve various projects for $6.5 million, the biggest being an …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – The Howard-Suamico school board learned of a potential tax rate drop in the future at its Monday, Oct. 26, meeting, one that bodes well for a possible referendum question and for taxpayers. “You do have a very low debt load,” said Michele Wiberg, chief sales and marketing officer for …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – Preliminary survey data presented at the Monday, Oct. 12, Howard-Suamico school board meeting indicate the community is positive about another possible referendum question. “I think people are being very clear with where they are on this,” said Joe Donovan, president and founder of the Donovan Group, a consulting firm …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – Two-hundred-and-four days remained for the Howard-Suamico school board at the Monday, Sept. 14, meeting to get to work on the next potential referendum question. “I’ve been talking for several months about the potential of going to referendum in spring of 2021 and we’re just 204 days away,” said Superintendent …
By Lea Kopke Correspondent SUAMICO – Elements regarding a potential 2021 referendum question were discussed at the Howard-Suamico school board meeting Monday, Aug. 10. Superintendent Damian LaCroix said the board decided to carry on with referendum discussions and plans, regardless of current events. “If you recall we last met back in June, and at that …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Three contracts totaling $984,847 for repairs and modifications to the high school track and nearby parking lots were unanimously approved Monday, July 20, in a special school board meeting. The contracts awarded include $778,177 to Northeast Asphalt for general construction, $191,070 to Upper Midwest Athletic Construction for track …
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