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Coming soon to a ballot near you: District 112 Technology referendum
The Eastern Carver County School Board approved placing a $1.9 million annual technology levy on the ballot in November. The Board voted unanimously in favor of the measure. More on this to come...
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About the Technology Referendum, Part 1: Looking at District Finances
On November 8, voters in the Eastern Carver County School District will be heading to the polls to vote on the Technology Bond Referendum. The referendum would raise taxes on the median house in the...
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About the Technology Referendum, Part 2: What will it do, and why you should...
In the last post about the Technology Referendum, we looked at the District’s financial situation. Now, let’s look at what is being proposed as the use for these funds and why I think you should Vote...
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Rebutting arguments made against the technology referendum
This week’s Chaska Herald featured some letters and commentary against the Eastern Carver County Schools Technology Referendum. Let me rebut some arguments and set some facts straight. There was a...
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Wrong on the referendum: breaking down the Herald/Villager editorial
The Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Villager issued an editorial last week urging a “no” vote on the District 112 Technology Referendum. While I can understand that reasonable people can disagree on...
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Looking at the history of voter-approved school levies in District 112
As we move towards the vote on the Eastern Carver County School District Technology Levy on Tuesday, November 8, there’s been a lot of discussion about the relative positioning of the district versus...
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It’s time to Vote Yes!
It is Election Day today — time to Vote Yes! in District 112. Here are the polling locations, polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Polling Places Residents of Carver: East Union Elementary School,...
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District 112 Technology Referendum fails
Voters in District 112 rejected the technology referendum by 216 votes. 3,158 voters (51.8%) voted no, while 2,942 (48.2%) voted yes. More on this later.
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Why did the District 112 Technology Referendum fail?
For the first time since 1995, voters in the Eastern Carver County School District have defeated a referendum put forward by the School Board and Administration. Let’s dig in and try to figure out the...
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District 112 decides not to pursue referendums in November
This week’s edition of the Chaska Herald chronicles the decision of the Eastern Carver County School District not to place a referendum on the November ballot. There was the potential for two questions...
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