Lakeville Area Public Schools — Transcript
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
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Lakeville Voters to Decide on Capital Projects Levy Renewal
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Lakeville Voters to Decide Fate of Educational Technology Funding
STEM Education Initiatives
Infrastructure and Security Maintenance
Career Pathways Programs
Impact of Levy Renewal/Failure
Notable Quotes (9)
Renewing means there is no new tax increase.
If voters do not renew the levy, the district will face budget cuts for the 2026-27 school year.
There are no mechanisms in the state funding system to provide for school districts to secure that kind of equipment and that kind of capability. So we do have to go to uh levy and go to our voters to do that. We have no other mechanism.
If it passes, what we will be doing is sustaining that $4 million over the next 10 years.
In fiscal year '27, we would have to remove the four million from the budget.
I think in the end it's going to have to be staff cuts because so much of our budget is salary and benefits and that's the way an institution that is uh like ours very people centric will have to do that.
By voting yes on the ballot on this question, you're voting to renew the existing capital projects levy. So, we're not asking a new levy. We're not asking for more money. Just try to sustain what we had in the past.
Keeping our kids safe online is key and essential to our success and what this funding is for.
The fundamentals of teaching of like collaboration, critical thinking, investigative learning, inquiry don't change depending on the tools that you have, but tools can augment those basics.
People (2)
Introduces the capital projects renewal for voter approval.
Identified as the board chair present at the meeting.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (4)
- November 4th (Election Day)
- Early voting begins September 19th
- Polling stations open 7 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 4th
- District office voting stations open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.