Ripon referendum

From the Fond du Lac Reporter:

Ripon School Business Manager Rick Ketter said the district is asking for necessities listed on three separate referendum questions. This year, the district's budget deficit is $545,000, a spike from previous years when it hovered around $330,000. The first resolution calls for $500,000 to replace a high school boiler that dates back to 1962, and repair roofs on various school buildings.
"There's not any place in our budget to do these things. The boiler dates back to 1962 and is on borrowed time," Ketter said.

The second question asks taxpayers to allow the district to exceed revenue limits by $500,000 annually for six years. The money is necessary, Ketter said, to replace textbooks, update curriculum and technology, perform maintenance and repair vehicles. The third referendum question asks for an additional $2.15 million over three years to pay for classroom staff and related instructional expenses. The latter question seeks to maintain class size, he said. If all three referendum questions were approved, the tax impact would mean about $93 on a $100,000 home.

"We've been fortunate staying ahead of the curve, finding places to maintain most of our programs and staffing. But we are at the point we just can't do it anymore," he maintained. "If something doesn't change we will have to cut deeper."

http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20090223/FON0101/902230322/1985