La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on referendum timeline, Trump admin. ending Dept. of Education

School District of La Crosse superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins WIZM’s La Crosse Talk on Monday to discuss what’s next now that the $53.5 million elementary school referendum plan passed, plus we get his thoughts on the Trump administration potentially closing the Department of Education.

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We also brought up the idea of $4 billion in the next budget to fund public education, which is nearly the same as the state’s budget surplus. Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jill Underly, made that proposal recently.

With the referendum, we discussed what happens next and when — tearing down the Hogan Administration building, creating blueprints for the new elementary, and renovating State Road Elementary with eight new classrooms and a new gym. 

Began, though, talking quick about Logan High’s football team getting to the state semifinals.