As other school districts contemplate referendums on revenue cap override requests, the Sturgeon Bay School Board will determine if it will go to the voters, asking permission to do so on a non-recurring basis over the next three years during its regular meeting Wednesday evening. The current three-year revenue limit override for operational purposes expires at the end of the 2015/16 fiscal year. Supporters of the referendum believe the massive cuts in people and programming that would come without the override would have a crippling affect of the quality of education offered to the student population. If approved, the voters would be asked to allow the budget to be exceeded by $1.1 million for the 2016/17 school year only, $2.25 million for the 2017/18 school year only, and $2.7 million for the 2018/19 school year only. The dollars are intended to provide educational programming for students. If the Sturgeon Bay School Board authorizes the revenue limit to be exceeded during the three-year period it will then act on a resolution calling for the referendum election.
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