Referendum Updates
$8.5 million each year for 15 years
About $3.5 million per year of referendum
funds are used to pay down the debt the District
incurred while building two brand new schools;
Knapp and Olympia Brown Elementary School
and adding a major addition to Gifford School
making it a K-8. All three schools were
completed on time and under budget.
Olympia Brown Elementary
Knapp Community Elementary
During the referendum campaign, RUSD
committed to adding funds to our own
maintenance budget so that when the 15-year
referendum ends, we have enough funds built
into our budget to keep our facilities wellmaintained. From 2014-2016 we have increased
from $600,000 to $1.2 million. Our plan is to
continue to add $300,000 more each year.
Horlick High School track
Gilmore 1:1
New doors at Mitchell School
RITE Grant
The Technology Advisory Council includes
members from the community as well as District
staff. In Jan. 2016, the Board of Education
approved the purchase of more Chromebooks to
implement a 1:1 technology program at Gilmore
Middle School. This fall, the Racine Innovative
Technology Educators (RITE) grant gives teachers
the opportunity to submit a proposal for how
they will utilize technology to support student
learning in the classroom.