Being the best stewards they can be of your tax dollars is the reason why Southern Door School District is shelving two projects from its referendum checklist. The district announced on Wednesday that a proposed greenhouse and bus garage have been removed from the list of projects made possible by a $14.9 million capital referendum plan. The decision was made due to increased material costs, a lower-than-expected number of bidders, and other factors. Business Manager Jason Melotte says it was a hard decision to cut the two projects, but ultimately they wanted to keep their promises to the taxpayers who approved the referendum.

Melotte says other than some rooms that will have to deal with older furniture for a while yet, the projects that kicked off at the beginning of the summer have been going quite well. Those projects include a newly expanded parking lot, renovated elementary and middle school art classrooms, and a relocated district office.