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the past seven years (excepting two years). General Fund revenues have
decreased -6.3% over the course of the past six years, a reflection of
declining student enrollment, while the organization’s six year trend in
expenditures grew a paltry +3.7%, assisted by repeated General Fund
budget reductions.
The School District of Bruce’s local contributions to the support of the
General Fund budget increased over the most recent six years, while the
State of Wisconsin’s contributions improved only minimally. Ladysmith-
Hawkins School District’s local contributions to support its General Fund
budget only moderately increased over the most recent six years, while the
State of Wisconsin’s contributions increased by nearly a quarter of a million
dollars. Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s local contributions to support
the General Fund budget significantly increased, while the State of
Wisconsin’s support of the school district diminished at a staggering rate.
The School District of Bruce’s total expenditure/student and total
instructional expenditure/student in 2006-07 exceeded such spending
levels in the average of all State of Wisconsin school districts, and the rate
of expenditure growth in the School District of Bruce clearly outstripped
such expenditures in the average of all State of Wisconsin school districts
over the ten year span of time from 1996-97 through 2006-07. Ladysmith-
Hawkins School District’s total expenditure/student exceeded by a sizeable
margin such expenditures in the average of all State of Wisconsin school
districts in 2006-07, and the school district’s rate of total
expenditure/student growth significantly outstripped that of the average of
all State of Wisconsin school districts. Conversely, Ladysmith-Hawkins
School District only slightly outspent the average of all State of Wisconsin
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