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School Bond Referenda Reloaded: An Examination Of A School District In Passing A Subsequent Bond Referendum After Failing To Pass Previous Bond Referenda, Eitan Yacov Benzaquen

Theses and Dissertations

In April 2008, the Wisconsin Erie School District attempted and failed to pass a school bond referendum to renovate its high school. In November 2008, again the school district did not pass a referendum. Interestingly, in the 2009-2010 school year, the district was successful in passing a bond referendum. Although the original bond measure called for $45,600,000, the final measure passed a bond of $35,190,000. All of these referenda attempts occurred within an economic context of national and statewide recession. Since school referenda are mechanisms for communities to voice their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with schools through voting for or against …