A bad day for seeking increased school taxes—but not winter weather fans.
Headed to the polls amidst cold and snow on Tuesday April 2, Stanley-Boyd Area Schools District voters rejected a $23 million referendum bond referendum—this rejection mirrored in the region by separate referenda at Thorp and Cadott.
District wide at Stanley-Boyd, some 407 voted ‘yes’ while 1,157 voted against, or just over a third in favor. Stanley-Boyd Superintendent Jeff Koenig shared thoughts from the district after the results were in.
“We appreciate everyone who took the time to vote,” he said. “Throughout the process, the board had stated we would not know how the community feels without a vote. The board will decide what if anything is next in our facility discussions.”
Starting in Boyd, school referendum results at Boyd show 34 ‘yes’ votes to 148 ‘no’ votes, with Stanley Wards 1 to 6 recording 175 ‘yes’ votes to 318 ‘no’ votes. Stanley Ward 9 had zero votes for or against the referendum.
Converted to percentages then, results at Boyd showed 22.98 percent in favor with 77.02 percent against, while at Stanley the percentage was 44.9 percent in favor and 55.02 percent against.
Of district voters, townships showed stronger opposition than the city, with Colburn showing 16.5 percent or 28 out of 198 total votes with 83.5 percent against, Delmar registering 24.15 percent or 64 out of 265 total votes with 68.1 percent against. Edson totals showed 24.08 percent or 46 out of 191 total votes in favor contrasted with 68.2 percent against when polls closed.
As for Clark County, Stanley-Boyd School Referendum results show 53 ‘yes’ votes and 128 ‘no’ votes in all.
Breaking down Clark County ‘yes’ votes by area, one came from Butler, 22 from the Town of Thorp and 29 from the Town of Worden. As for ‘no votes, 68 came from Town of Thorp and 53 from Worden.
Lastly in Taylor County, Taft had seven votes for and 44 against.
