Potosi School District

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The Potosi School District is a school district that serves Potosi, Tennyson, and surrounding areas in Wisconsin. As of 2009, the district administrator was Dr. Steven C. Lozeau. [1]

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The school has had a difficult time meeting funding needs over the past decade. In 2000, voters approved a $1 million building project to add and remodel classrooms in the elementary and high schools, after rejecting four previous referendums. [2] In 2006, voters in the district narrowly voted to exceed the state-imposed revenue limit by $150,000 in a 389 to 387 vote. [3] At one time, the school principal even resorted to scrounging for scrap metal to install lights on the football field. [4]

Demographics

The district served 378 students in the 2008–2009 school year. [5] The students of the district were 99.7% white and 0.3% black. [6]

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References

  1. "Information about the Potosi School District". www.potosisd.k12.wi.us. Archived from the original on November 15, 2009.
  2. "Potosi referendum approved after four previous plans were rejected" Wisconsin State Journal , May 10, 2000 at 2B.
  3. Wisconsin State Journal , April 5, 2006 at A5.
  4. Andrew Broman. "What works: Potosi scavengers scrounge for a good cause." Wisconsin State Journal , Nov. 29, 1998 at 1B
  5. "Explore Cuba City High in Cuba City, WI".
  6. "Potosi Schools | WI - Ratings and Map of Public and Private Schools".