Schools

Muskego School Referendum Fails On the Second Try

Voters vote down new school, renovations to existing facilities.

The revised Muskego-Norway School referendum was placed in the hands of Muskego voters on Tuesday, and this time the answer was again no.

The vote was even further apart than the previous referendum, which failed by about four percent.

The totals were in some areas like Norway nearly 3 to 1 opposed (185 yes, 482 no) to the $29 million proposal, which would have built a new elementary school on the city's east side, and improvements to , and schools.Β  and Schools would have been closed.

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Vote totals (representing a 26 percent turnout):

Yes - 1,849

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No - 3,424

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Final totals will be certified after the board of canvassers meets tomorrow at City Hall.


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