Despite spending far more than most taxpayer supported K-12 school districts, Madison has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
2017: West High Reading interventionist teacher’s remarks to the school board on madison’s disastrous reading results
MMSD Budget Facts: from 2014-15 to 2020-21 [May, 2020]
Property taxes up 37% from 2012 – 2021.
MMSD Budget Facts: from 2014-15 to 2020-21
1. 4K-12 enrollment: -1.6% (decrease) from 2014-15 to projected 2020-21
2. Total district staffing FTE: -2.9% (decrease) from 2014-15 to proposed 2020-21
3. Total expenditures (excluding construction fund): +15.9% +17.0% (increase) from 2014-15 to proposed 2020-21
4. Total expenditures per pupil: +17.8% +19.0%(increase) from 2014-15 to proposed 2020-21
5. CPI change: +10.0% (increase) from January 2014 to January 2020
6. Bond rating (Moody’s): two downgrades (from Aaa to Aa2) from 2014 to 2020
Sources:
1. DPI WISEdash for 2014-15 enrollment; district budget book for projected 2020-21 enrollment
2. & 3.: District budget books
4. Bureau of Labor Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/data/)
5. Moody’s (https://www.moodys.com/)
Madison School Board.
Run for local office details.
December 1, 2020: Nomination Papers may be circulated.
December 25, 2020: Deadline for incumbents not seeking re-election to file Notice of Non-Candidacy.
January 5, 2021 All papers and forms due in City Clerk’s Office at 5 p.m.
January 8, 2021 Deadline to challenge nomination papers.
PRIMARY DATE (if needed): February 16, 2021
ELECTION DATE: April 6, 2021
School Board campaign finance information.
** Note that just one of 7 local offices were competitive on my August, 2020 ballot. The District Attorney was unopposed (the linked article appeared after the election).