Southern Door School District residents could see a decrease in the mill rate despite a planned referendum heading to the ballot this spring.

The Southern Door School Board approved the language for a referendum authorizing the district to exceed its revenue limit by $3.15 million per year for three years for nonrecurring purposes. The district last went to voters in 2022, when it asked to exceed the revenue limit by $975,000 per year for three years — ending with the current school year — and to borrow up to $14.9 million for facility improvements.

In December, Superintendent Kevin Krutzik said listening to resident priorities and having some debt fall off the books could make it easier to justify a referendum that would keep the current mill rate steady at $6.99 per $1,000 of taxable property.

Southern Door is not the only school district referendum local voters will see in the spring election April 7th. The Denmark School District, which includes the Town of Franklin in Kewaunee County, is asking voters to allow its budget to exceed its revenue limit by $925,000 per year for three years for nonrecurring purposes.