WI Education Convention

Passing an Operational Referendum a Second Time (Room WI Center 102 C)

The Manitowoc Public School District passed a $2 million, three-year operational referendum in April 2015. In 2018, school finances, revenue limits and increasing costs required the district to go back to the voters for an additional $3.5 million for three years. Learn the strategy, key messages and tactics used to educate the community about the need for additional resources and to pass a second operational referendum.