What’s in these schools? Just our kids and the future.

BustED Pencils and the Wisconsin Public Education Network- it's a partnership that betters us all! Our guests today are Jenni Hofschulte, Southeastern Organizer for WPEN, and Tom Wermuth- District Administrator for Adams Friendship School District. They join us today to talk about school funding. Public schools today still receive most of their funding from property taxes, leading to an inherently inequitable system. And, when our state Legislature doesn't approve additional funding from the centralized statewide pool to meet schools' ever-increasing needs, districts must get their funding by increasing those taxes. The method for this: school referenda. Jenni and Tom break down the referendum process and why it's a poor solution to the problem schools face.

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