Madison Schools Referendum
Official Canvass
November 10, 1999 |
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| Question 1 - major facility needs
Yes - 16,024
No - 5,662 |
Question 2 - new elementary school
Yes - 12,921
No - 8,725 |
Question 3 - new elementary school operations
Yes - 11,554
No - 10,086 |
On November 9, 1999, the Madison Metropolitan School District held
a referendum. There were three questions on the ballot:
Question #1
Authorize the district to keep $20 million over the
next five years from reduced debt payments and
apply the money toward serious facility needs.
- Because the school district is paying off its debt, an average of $4 million per
year over the next five years will be available.
- Madison schools have a well-documented need for replacement and repair of
major facility systems that have outlived their useful life. A five-year plan
addressing this need, based on an independent audit, shows $20 million in
projects.
- Voter approval would not increase taxes.
Question #2
Authorize the district to obtain $11 million to build
and equip a new elementary school in the Cross
Country neighborhood on the district's southwest
side.
- With the intense development of homes on the southwest side, there will be
about 600 elementary school students in that neighborhood within four or five
years, causing overcrowding in area schools.
- The new school would cost the average homeowner $16.60 per year for 20 years,
and would generally maintain present school boundaries.
Question #3
Authorize $340,000 per year for operating costs
associated with the new elementary school in Question
#2.
- If the new school is authorized but the operating costs are not approved, the
district would have to eliminate programs and services in order to operate the
school.
- The actual cost to taxpayers would be $534,000 due to how the state's school
funding formula impacts Madison schools. The actual cost to the average
homeowner would be $6 per year.
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