What This Means for Your Household

Every family wants to understand what this referendum means for their own home. The cost, the impact, and what it helps protect for our kids and community. This page breaks it down simply and clearly, without the jargon.

The Actual Cost to Homeowners

Estimated Annual Tax Impact

  • $100,000 home: $13/year

  • $300,000 home: $39/year

  • $500,000 home: $65/year

  • $1,000,000 home: $130/year

That's between $1–$11 a month depending on your home value. Predictable and temporary.

Some families will spend more this month on forgotten water bottles and spirit wear.

What Your Dollars Actually Support

Your Household’s Contribution Helps Maintain:

  • Consistent, qualified staffing in classrooms

  • Safe, calm daily operations

  • Reasonable class sizes

  • Student support services

  • Core academic programs

  • The stability needed to plan consolidation responsibly

  • Local control over how our school moves forward

You’re helping maintain what we have. Not expand beyond it.

What Happens Without This Funding

Without Additional Revenue

  • Significant reductions begin immediately

  • Class sizes and programming are affected

  • Student supports are reduced

  • Fund balance goes negative by 2028–29, which is not allowed

  • The district loses flexibility in planning consolidation

  • Local control becomes limited

A “no” vote doesn’t maintain the status quo.
It accelerates change and removes our ability to guide it locally.

What This Means for Children in Our Community

A stable school means stable days for our students — the routines, support, and relationships that help kids feel safe, confident, and ready to learn. This referendum helps maintain the student experience our community values.

Here’s what stability protects for students:

  • Consistent, qualified teachers and staff

  • Predictable class environments that support learning

  • Safe, calm, well-supervised school days

  • Access to core academic programs without disruption

  • Steady student support services (academic + emotional)

  • Continuity from year to year, not reactive change

  • A school environment where kids can thrive socially, emotionally, and academically

Strong schools support strong communities.
Whether or not you currently have kids in the building.

What This Means for Our Community

  • Maintains our shared K–8 identity

  • Protects property values tied to a strong, stable school

  • Keeps LCS aligned with surrounding districts that have already passed their operational referendums

  • Ensures our six municipalities continue to move forward together

  • Supports a responsible, well-paced path toward long-term solutions

This referendum keeps LCS stable for our kids today and
gives our community the ability to plan responsibly for tomorrow.