FREEDOM, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Signs can be seen around the Freedom area, some urging people to vote yes, others no.
The Freedom School District will have two questions on Tuesday’s ballot.
Freedom District Administrator, Kevin Kilstofte tells Fox 11 most of the money is included in question number one, which asks for $66.7 million dollars.
“We’re in a position, where we have to ask the community, to make an investment in our children.”
The money would go toward a new high school, as well as, renovations at the district’s current buildings.
Kilstofte says, space and security are big issues.
“Basically what we’re trying to do is improve safety, and security, on our front entrances trying to prove some flexibility, as we grow in the future.”
Under the plan, the district wants to renovate both Freedom Elementary, and the district’s combined Middle and High School building.
At the proposed new high school, the district would also build a new outdoor athletic facility.
Kilstofte says the new high school would be built on land the district purchased back in 2006.
A second question of the ballot will also ask voters for an additional $740,000, each year, for five years. It would add up to $3.7 million dollars.
That money would be for up-keep at the new high school, and used only if question number one is approved.
Community members like Dee Spiegel, who volunteers at the district’s grade school, say there is a need for improvements.
“If they don’t do it now, it’s just going to cost a lot more in a couple of years.”
But others question the price-tag.
“That’s a lot for freedom, it’s pretty small town,” said Alexandria Martin of Freedom.
Voters will have the final say on Tuesday. If approved, the district expects construction to start in the Spring.
