Recent Media Explains School Finance and Property Tax Impact

SWSA members have authored several columns to share the realities of Wisconsin public school funding and it local property tax impact.

You’ll pay more in property taxes. Thank Wisconsin lawmakers | Opinion co-authors: Laurie Burgos is superintendent, Shorewood School District; Matthew Joynt is superintendent, Mequon-Thiensville School District; Deborah Kerr is superintendent, St. Francis Public School District; Jeffrey Weiss is superintendent and Todd Alan Price is board chair of the Kenosha Unified School District. Cathy Olig is executive director of the Southeastern Wisconsin Schools Alliance, which consists of 28 member school districts, serving and advocating for 185,000 public school students. Credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Imagn Images, 12/15/2025

Beyond the numbers: Understanding the financial complexities driving OASD’s budget and lower mill rate by Dr. Mike Sereno, OASD superintendent Credit: Oconomowoc Enterprise, 12/4/2025  Link to PDF