While the Janesville School Board likely won’t even vote until August on whether or not to hold a 2020 fall referendum, district officials are already getting to work.
A sample outline for a fall 2020 referendum proposes seven months of community meetings, surveys, social media campaigning and mailers.
That plan comes from the Donavan Group, a consulting firm the board will consider hiring at its meeting Tuesday.
The firm would charge $30,000 plus printing and postage for surveys.
The board has talked about going to referendum to cover its maintenance needs. A report from Unesco, a Madison-based management firm, outlined $120.43 million in projects—needs ranging from replacement of aging boilers to asbestos abatement.
Of those projects, about $77.84 million are in the “alert” or “alarm” category.
