ISD 2142 considers capital project levy and operating referendum for upcoming elections

The ISD 2142 school board will likely angle for both an operating referendum and a capital project levy during the upcoming November elections.

The board will smooth out details prior to their August 11 meeting, which is the last date they may certify an operating referendum and capital project levy in order to place it on this year’s ballot, said district finance director Kim Johnson.

“We need to do both of these to help us start getting out of SOD. It’s not going to do everything for us, but I’m not comfortable putting more out on our taxpayers to try to fix our problem 100%,” Johnson said. “We’ve got to still do a lot of work internally.”