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Part 4: School District Administrator Chris Nelson explains the proposed multi-million-dollar referendum By Chris Nelson District Administrator Iola-Scandinavia School District On Tuesday, Nov. 3, voters in the Iola-Scandinavia School District will decide on a four-year, non-recurring operational referendum. Here’s what families and community members should know before heading to the polls. A Track Record Worth Building […]
Part 3: Balancing the Books, how Wisconsin’s revenue caps force local schools to the ballot A decades-old state funding formula is driving the Iola-Scandinavia School District and hundreds of others across Wisconsin to look to local voters for financial survival. As the district prepares for its upcoming Nov. 3 operational referendum, community members are trying […]
Fischer Carroll of Stevens Point Area Senior High School and Eva Busch of Appleton North captured the individual titles Saturday at the SPASH Invitational, leading a massive field of runners through the trails at Standing Rocks Park near Amherst, Wisconsin. The varsity boys race belonged to Carroll, who crossed the finish line in 15 minutes, […]
The Iola-Scandinavia School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, in Room 6 of the Elementary School at 450 Division St. in Iola to address budget resolutions that could allow the district to exceed its revenue limit and put the question to voters. Board members will consider a resolution authorizing the school district […]
Schrank provided the top performance of the day for T-Birds The Amherst boys and Lomira girls’ cross country teams secured championship victories Wednesday at the 17-school Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Invitational. Hosted by Iola-Scandinavia High School at the Iola Winter Sports Club on County MM, the meet showcased stellar individual performances alongside tightly contested team races across […]
Revyn Schrank of Iola-Scandinavia finished second in the girls 5,000-meter race at the Standing Rocks cross country event, clocking 22 minutes, 5.30 seconds. Penelope Ayala won the girls race. Schrank’s performance paced the Iola-Scandinavia contingent on the course at Standing Rocks Park. Schrank’s runner-up effort highlighted the day for Iola-Scandinavia. She trailed only Ayala across […]
The lights still shine just as brightly on Friday nights, but the math under them is changing across Wisconsin high school sports. This season, Iola-Scandinavia is shifting to 8-player football. Faced with dwindling enrollments and shrinking rosters, a growing contingent of small rural schools has abandoned traditional 11-player football. Instead, they have found salvation in […]
By Chris Nelson, District AdministratorIn April, our community voted on an operational referendum to help our district exceed the state revenue limit and maintain the programming and services our students rely on. That referendum did not pass. Since then, the district has worked hard to respond responsibly to our budget reality, and the Board of […]
The Iola-Scandinavia School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at the Elementary School, 450 Division St., Room 6, in Iola to consider resolutions authorizing the district budget to exceed the revenue limit for four years for non-recurring purposes and providing for a referendum election on the question. Board members will also review […]
Residents of the Iola-Scandinavia School District express strong pride in their schools while showing openness to a smaller operational referendum in November, according to a community survey released after voters rejected a multi-year funding proposal in April. The Iola-Scandinavia School District, which serves about 580-600 students in this rural central Wisconsin community, conducted the survey […]
