Kewaunee School District residents will have an extra reason to head to the polls on April 1st if the school board approves a proposed referendum question on Monday. The school board will decide on an initial resolution authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $24.5 million to fund improvements to its facilities. Last month, school officials released the findings of its facilities study, including feedback from over 550 residents following a facilities plan update with help from EUA and Miron Construction. While high schools have room for continued growth, elementary and middle schools are nearing capacity. According to the survey, more than sixty percent of the respondents would approve of the district filling underutilized rooms in the high school and filling them with eighth. The second option that was closer to $32 million would have added onto the Kewaunee Grade School. Kewaunee Superintendent Scott Fritz says if there was ever a time to make these improvements, doing so now as prices continue to rise makes perfect sense.

Monday’s special board meeting will open in closed session at 5:45 p.m. before returning to open session at 6 p.m. If approved, the referendum will appear on ballots in the Kewaunee School District when they go to vote on April 1st. If the referendum is approved in April, the average tax bill on a $300,000 home would increase by about $30 to fund the improvements.