Last year, during the Madison Metropolitan School District’s campaign for two referendums, the district estimated property taxes would increase by about $1,000 for the average homeowner. Voters in November approved the combined $607 million in school referendums, hiking property taxes to fund school building upgrades and day-to-day operating costs.
Approval of the $100 million operations referendum was “the only way we survive,” Bob Soldner, the district’s financial leader, told the School Board this month. “Without that, we would not be able to offer the programming nor the services that we provide today based under state law.”
Next year, the Madison school district’s proposed budget would increase spending to nearly $661.7 million — about $42.9 million more than this school year, according to a draft of the plan released this month.
The proposed budget is certain to change as federal funding levels remain in flux, Soldner said. State lawmakers this summer are also deciding how much money to provide schools over the next two years in the state budget.
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Madison taxpayers have long supported far above average k-12 tax & $pending, despite long term, disastrous reading results. November 7, 2024 latest budget including the (passed) fall referendums. Total spending: $608,824,795 for 26,310 students or $23,140 each
The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading Recovery…
The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic”
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results
Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
“An emphasis on adult employment”
Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]
WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators
Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results
Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.
When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?
