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In 2020, voters approved a $317 million referendum to the four high schools in the district, a historically large decision. The district divided the money evenly giving each school roughly 79 million dollars to spend on much needed updates and improvements to be made over the course of roughly four years.
MMSD is not the only district in the area that has received large sums of money from referendums for improvements. In recent years, the Verona and Middleton/Cross Plains districts have also obtained large amounts of money to make improvements and better their schools.
Verona was granted $183 million in 2017 to build a new high school to replace the old school, keeping up with the rapidly-growing district. In the recent midterms, voters in Verona overwhelmingly supported another referendum of $19 million to go to the school district to make further improvements.
In 2018, the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District was granted $143 million, the largest referendum in the state at the time. Middleton High School received the majority of the money, with the rest going to various elementary schools. The 2022 midterms also held importance for the Middleton district, as 63% of voters supported a referendum of $24 million to spread across the entire district.
In MMSD, a referendum did not appear on the 2022 ballot, and while the $317 million granted in 2020 is a large sum of money, MMSD high schools are among the largest in the state and the money has to be split between the four, which leaves less money than it seems. As a whole, MMSD is continuing to grow in size, but the budget is not keeping up with the rapid growth like neighboring districts are. In order to ensure that kids in MMSD schools are getting the best education, there needs to be a bigger push to continue funding for improvements in the schools.
In 2020, voters approved a $317 million referendum to the four high schools in the district, a historically large decision. The district divided the money evenly giving each school roughly 79 million dollars to spend on much needed updates and improvements to be made over the course of roughly four years.
MMSD is not the only district in the area that has received large sums of money from referendums for improvements. In recent years, the Verona and Middleton/Cross Plains districts have also obtained large amounts of money to make improvements and better their schools.
Verona was granted $183 million in 2017 to build a new high school to replace the old school, keeping up with the rapidly-growing district. In the recent midterms, voters in Verona overwhelmingly supported another referendum of $19 million to go to the school district to make further improvements.
In 2018, the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District was granted $143 million, the largest referendum in the state at the time. Middleton High School received the majority of the money, with the rest going to various elementary schools. The 2022 midterms also held importance for the Middleton district, as 63% of voters supported a referendum of $24 million to spread across the entire district.
In MMSD, a referendum did not appear on the 2022 ballot, and while the $317 million granted in 2020 is a large sum of money, MMSD high schools are among the largest in the state and the money has to be split between the four, which leaves less money than it seems. As a whole, MMSD is continuing to grow in size, but the budget is not keeping up with the rapid growth like neighboring districts are. In order to ensure that kids in MMSD schools are getting the best education, there needs to be a bigger push to continue funding for improvements in the schools.