Hillsboro School Referendum Follow-Up

HILLSBORO, ND—The Hillsboro School Board and administration will go back to the drawing board after Tuesday’s school referendum measure didn’t have the required majority needed to pass.  While almost 55 percent of voters said yes to the $11.8 million referendum, it needed 60 percent to pass.  The referendum would have paid for a new building near the elementary school for music classes, a high school career and tech center and consumer science classes; as well as renovations at the high school, including replacing the boiler; HVAC upgrades at the elementary school and a new drop-off and pick up lane for elementary students.  Hillsboro Superintendent Paula Suda points out that the community may also have suffered a defeat in Tuesday’s election.

Suda says the Hillsboro School District will reach out to the public again to find out what will get them to agree to make school improvements.

She also says that any future proposal would likely cost more than what was on Tuesday’s ballot.