Shall the Parkview School District, Rock County, Wisconsin be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $750,000 per year for the 2025-2026 school year and the 2026-2027 school year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of operational expenses, including for staff compensation and educational programming?

Approval of the operational referendum would result in an annual estimated tax increase of $90 for every $100,000 of property value over the current tax rate in year one and $72 for every $100,000 of property value over the current tax rate in year two.

Additionally, Parkview has been able to continually reduce tax rates over the the course of the last 10 years.

The failure of the April 2023 operational referendum meant that the Districts budget had to be cut by over $1,000,000.00 in the 2023-24 school year.

With the failed April 2024 referendum the District was faced with making an additional $280,000 in budget cuts.

If the April 2025 referendum also fails it will most certainly have a negative impact on students, staff, parents and the community. It could also mean potentially loosing students to open enrollment due to such significant cuts to programming and services.

The cost of virtually everything has spiked over the last few years, and school districts are not immune to the effects. Fuel, utility, transportation, classroom and food costs are up while the cost to attract and retain full-time staff, substitute teachers and support staff has risen.

Farmland, or agricultural land, is assessed differently than the value of a typical home. For agricultural land, the value is determined by the use value instead of the market value. In a use value assessment system, the use of the land is the most important factor in determining its assessed value.

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A non-recurring operational referendum provides for a temporary increase in the revenue limit (temporary increase for spending). A recurring operational referendum provides for an ongoing or permanent increase in the revenue limit.

Since 2011, state aid to Wisconsin’s schools has continued to decrease, while tax cuts have increased, making it more difficult to fund prioritized needs for both facility maintenance and operations within the District’s annual budget. In fact, from April of 2022 through April of 2023 alone, there were 145 operational referendums by Wisconsin School Districts asking voters to approve additional funding for operational needs.