The Dodgeland School District is looking for support at the polls on Tuesday, April 7 with the Spring Election.

It’s an operational referendum that will appear on the ballot.

Dodgeland Schools Superintendent Todd Greco told WTKM that the district started to face some financial challenges in 2021.

"It was from an operational perspective and they started to slowly cut their budget."

$80,000 to $90,000 was cut in the beginning. Greco said it escalated from there.

"When I started in July, it was around an eight hundred thousand dollar deficit and we started to whittle it down a little bit after already having cut a number of teachers."          Greco told WTKM that the district will ask voters to allow them to exceed its revenue limit authority by $700,000 for four years. He said the referendum is for operational purposes only.

The referendum passing will help to protect the standard of education.  

Dodgeland’s Superintendent gave an example on the impact at the elementary school.  

"It would maintain the class sizes at the elementary school, if approved. We would be forced to reduce some teachers at the elementary school if it is not approved." 

Middle school athletics could be impacted on the results at the polls on April 7, along with the offering of elective courses and advance placement classes at Dodgeland Schools.