Why aren’t you using the 2010 referendum money to pay for all of this?

Referendum funding, combined with a very competitive construction bidding environment four years ago, made an enormous impact on our campus in recent years. In Madison the Truax Gateway and Achievement Center, Health Education Center, Protective Services Education Center and the Ingenuity Center are just some of the most visible results of the district’s bold approval of the 2010 referendum. Fort Atkinson, Portage, Reedsburg and Watertown have all benefitted from space improvements and additions that enhance our facilities in those communities. As a result of the competitive bidding climate, the remaining referendum funding of $15.6 million has been allocated for our next greatest  priority: new facilities for our rapidly expanding Culinary Arts and Baking & Decorative Arts programs.