RIPON SCHOOL REFERENDUMS - HISTORY

This is by no means all-inclusive, but I hope you find it interesting. Any additions or corrections would be appreciated:
July 24, 1961 - A new Ripon Senior High School project was authorized by a 116-majority vote in the referendum put to all electors of the common schooldistrict.Representing only 32 percent of the eligible city and rural voters, 1,410 voted, 763 for issuanceof general obligation bonds,and 647 against.The $2.4 million price tag includes the package deal — classrooms, two-part gymnasium, a 750-seat auditorium, and an indoor-outdoor swimming pool. The latter two are for community use as well as teaching stations.The swimming pool project has been tossed from one organizationto another since 1932. and finally comes to fruition. (Oshkosh Northwestern)
Early 1990s - Voters approve funding for a new school for grades 3-5. The approval came on the third try for the approval of what becomes Murray Park Elementary
Mid 1990s - Voters approve funding for a new K-2 school, which is now known as Barlow Park Elementary School
April 4, 2006 - A recount of the school district’s Fine Arts & Athletic Facilities Referendum resulted in a final tally of 910 votes in favor and 910 votes opposed to the $1.5 million question. The district asked voters for permission to borrow money for purchasing band uniforms,choir robes, musical instruments, art equipment, stage curtains and auditorium equipment, replacing the RHS gym floor, installing artificial turf on Ingalls Field, and creating a fund formaintenance and replacement of the turf. The original ballot total of the April 4th vote showed a four-vote defeat for the referendum, but that 914-910 margin was corrected in the recount to a 910-910 tie.
September 12, 2006 - Voters approved two of the three referendum questions on the ballot.
* By a vote of 1,817 to 687, Question #1 was approved. The Board was requesting a 10-year bond for $925,000 to purchase high school and middle school music instruments, high school and middle school band uniforms, highschool choir robes, K-12 art equipment, middle school and high school technology educatione quipment, auditorium equipment and curtains, and a new floor for the high school gymnasium.
* Question #3 also was approved by a vote of 1,248 to 1,212 to authorize the establishmentof an endowment fund for future maintenance or replacement of the Ingalls Field playing surface—natural grass or artificial turf. The Board was requesting a 5-year bond for $250,000 for the establishment of an endowment fund for the replacement of the Ingalls Field playing surface in the future. This perpetual endowment fund will be invested and use the interest to pay for future resurfacing projects so that taxpayers will not have to raise taxes in the future.
* Voters did not approve, by a 1,357 to 1,129 margin, Question #2 that would have funded artificial turf for Ingalls Field with Ripon College and the state both paying for significant portions of the project. The Board was requesting a 10-year bond for $750,000 for the installation of rubber-based artificial turf on Ingalls Field similar to Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.

ANOTHER INTERESTING REFERENDUM
November 1934 - The beginning of the Ripon Hospital were officially started in August 1934 when the city council passed a resolution submitting a bond issue to the vote of the people. In the fall a bond issue of $40,000 was approved in a special election. By April 1935, construction contracts were awarded and the work definitely begun. The hospital site had been purchased in 1920 by the old hospital association at a cost of $2,200. The hospital opened in February 1936.