Education
La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on $54 million referendum passing
La Crosse School District superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins WIZM’s La Crosse Talk with Ken Cooper the morning after the $53.5 million referendum passed in the fall election. Voters in the district were in favor of the elementary school plan with 60.9% of the 34,240 votes cast.
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The plan:
— $53.5 million referendum question on November ballot for new schools / 8 classrooms, new gym at State Road Elementary
— Build a new elementary school at the Hogan Administrative site, while tearing down that building.
— Consolidate Emerson and Spence into new elementary at the Hogan site.
— Close Hintgen and consolidate those students to State Road.
