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The Project Consultants concluded that Ladysmith-Hawkins School District was already over-encumbered with teaching/learning facilities which exhibit (at the middle school and high school levels) lavish square footage/student figures. As student enrollment declines and square footage/student further escalates, the school district’s leadership will need to consider closing a school (likely Ladysmith Middle School). The Project Consultants concluded there is substantial likelihood that, in a consolidation of Weyerhaeuser Area School District with the School District of Bruce and Ladysmith-Hawkins School District or some other neighboring school district, Weyerhaeuser Elementary/Secondary School would be closed. Assessment of the Study Questions The Project Consultants concluded there is probable cause for the School District of Bruce, Ladysmith-Hawkins School District, and Weyerhaeuser Area School District to consider the possibility of future consolidation. The resulting school district would be strengthened by its potential critical student mass of 1,600-1,700. All three of the initial school districts would be strengthened by enhancing critical student mass, cost/effectiveness, and State of Wisconsin foundation aid. All three school districts would acquire a quality array of staff members, programs, and services—along with a much more stable future—for the students they are entrusted to serve. The Project Consultants concluded that the students of the School District of Bruce, Ladysmith-Hawkins School District, and Weyerhaeuser Area School District would acquire future program and service benefits and opportunities as a result of the partial re-investment of funds secured © Roger Worner Associates, Inc. 161
through the merger of the three school districts’ budgets and subsequent cost economizations. The Project Consultants concluded that the resultant school district— formed from the consolidation of the School District of Bruce, Ladysmith- Hawkins School District, and Weyerhaeuser Area School District—would be more cost/effective than the original school districts with a potential savings (or re-investment) of $3,000,000-$4,000,000 from the combined General Fund budgets. The Project Consultants concluded that the State of Wisconsin’s funding of consolidated school districts may well need to be reexamined and modified by the Wisconsin State Legislature. It would appear that, with the consolidation of two or more school districts, the equalized value/member of one or more of the consolidating school districts will increase beyond the current level(s) and, thereby, reduce State of Wisconsin General Fund aid to the resulting school district, elevating local mill rates and taxes above levels that existed prior to consolidation. In this instance, the actions by Wisconsin school districts to enhance organizational cost/effectiveness and expand programs and services to students served would/could actually result in penalizing the participating/consolidating school districts. Unless that circumstance is favorably addressed, the Project Consultants would recommend that the School District of Bruce, Ladysmith-Hawkins School District, and Weyerhaeuser Area School District not consolidate. 6.2 Alternatives The Project Consultants identified the following alternatives as available for future consideration by the School Boards and administrative leaderships © Roger Worner Associates, Inc. 162
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12-15-08 SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BRUCE L
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of P-K-12 school districts (involvi
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The school districts have a need to
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Analyze financial trend data. Prep
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additional municipalities. The Scho
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Agriculture, agri-business, recreat
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What conclusions may be drawn about
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The School District of Bruce, Ladys
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CHAPTER II DISTRICT SIZE AND ENROLL
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School District of Bruce, Ladysmith
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TABLE 1-B SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BRUCE
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TABLE 1-LH LADYSMITH-HAWKINS SCHOOL
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levels. Over time, however, and wit
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TABLE 1-W WEYERHAEUSER AREA SCHOOL
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school district for the same eleven
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student enrollment growth on four o
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The Project Consultants concluded t
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In Table 4-W, the average daily mem
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(non-resident agreements; open enro
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to other school districts through o
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2007-08 was +6 students. The school
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During the 2007-08 school year, Lad
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the poverty line in Rusk County was
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the time of preparation of this rep
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The Project Consultants observed th
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TABLE 5-W WEYERHAEUSER SCHOOL DISTR
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TABLE 5a-B SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BRUCE
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Wisconsin General Fund revenue decr
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TABLE 6-LH LADYSMITH-HAWKINS SCHOOL
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TABLE 6-W WEYERHAEUSER AREA SCHOOL
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District spent +$358/student or +8.
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exceeded the fund balance of the Sc
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increasing) their modest fund balan
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The 2006-07 equalized aid for the S
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The 2006-07 mill rate of Weyerhaeus
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compensatory adjustments in its adm
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Weyerhaeuser Area School District
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The School District of Bruce’s ac
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In the event of consolidation of th
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services, the numbers and types of
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average of 7.3 students/grade level
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and science (6.0). The smallest arr
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the 2008-09 school year: Health Car
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Table 12-W details that Weyerhaeuse
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The Project Consultants review of t
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4.5 Total Professional Staffing Tre
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As delineated in Table 13-W, 42.2 f
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the nine year span of time from 199
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compared to the average of all Stat
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characteristic of Wisconsin school
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Page 127 and 128: 5.3 Overview of the School District
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