2024 Referenda

The sessions created valuable opportunities for community members to ask questions, share ideas and help shape the future of our schools.

Work at each site is focused on modernizing learning environments, improving safety and accessibility, and supporting long-term sustainability.

Thanks to your continued support of the 2024 referendum, together, we’re building a stronger future for our community.

Work at each site is focused on modernizing learning environments, improving safety and accessibility, and supporting long-term sustainability.

While final counts are still being confirmed, early estimates suggest between a dozen and two dozen trees were safely moved across both sites.

MMSD hosted two community information sessions in October to share updates and gather feedback on the first phase of its voter-approved 2024 facilities referendum projects.

These early designs are subject to change, but signal a new way of thinking what school buildings can be: places that celebrate their land, encourage collaboration and belonging.

Gompers Elementary/Black Hawk Middle schools, and Sherman Middle/Shabazz High schools earned four-star recognition in the Building Design category

Schematic design for both campuses wrapped this summer; the projects have since moved into design development.

A visit from MMSD partner OPN Architects helped deepen the budding designers' understanding of how buildings work.

The Madison Metropolitan School District is inviting community input on the initial concepts for Sherman, Shabazz, Black Hawk, and Gompers schools during input sessions on March 11 and 12, 2025, to help shape the future of these facilities.

High-level concepts have been developed to help begin the discussion on the design process, including how to best place each building within the available space.

Progress continues on work related to MMSD’s 2024 facilities referendum projects. High-level concepts have been developed to help begin the discussion on the design process, including how to best place each building within the available space. 

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) Board of Education has approved J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. and Vogel Bros. Building Co. as construction managers for the District’s community-supported 2024 facilities referendum projects.

Early work associated with the Madison Metropolitan School District’s 2024 facilities referendum has begun in earnest, as discussed at this week's operations work group meeting of the Board of Education.

Thank you, Madison voters, for supporting our students, our community, and public education this Election Day. We are very grateful to you.

Aeronautical engineer-turned-middle school teacher, Jesus Cortez uses his love for problem solving to empower students in his special education math class by building their confidence in math and themselves.

Though MMSD is set to receive an increase in its amount of state general aid, those funds do not lessen or eliminate the need for an operations referendum.

Dr. André Small, a business education teacher at East High School, shares his extensive career experience to engage students in personal finance and career exploration, preparing them for life beyond high school.

Pam Ziemlewicz, math teacher at Toki Middle School, creates a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment that helps students succeed academically, emotionally and socially.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released its estimates of general school aid for the 2024–25 school year, earmarking a projected $51.4 million for MMSD. Though $1.4 million more than anticipated, that aid is short of what's necessary to fully fund things like curriculum, classroom supplies and staff wages.

Margaret Jenks has performed at Carnegie Hall, conducts for the Madison Youths Symphony and coaches music teachers across the country. She recently earned a residency with opera soprano Kiena Williams to create an impactful experience for Hamilton middle schoolers.

Twenty teachers and staff members from MMSD have been selected to join a new leadership preparation program with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, thanks to funding from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Fast Forward Industry Sectors Worker Training grant program.

Students like Vel Phillips Memorial High School senior Guadalupe Perez are ready for a future career in the automotive industry, thanks to hands-on learning and a youth apprenticeship.

West High School “Amigos” foster meaningful interactions with Spanish dual language learners at Midvale Elementary. These young learners improve their Spanish proficiency by working with new, older friends.

Results from a poll commissioned by the Madison Public Schools Foundation, and the district's Long Range Facilities Plan were shared at a May 6, 2024 special meeting with the Board of Education.

Students received hands-on experience from mentors in architecture, construction, and engineering fields through site visits, guest speakers, and a final design project.

Multiple roles work within MMSD’s Office of Multilingual Programs and Services to support the district’s growing multilingual education offerings.

In the Madison Metropolitan School District, bilingual programs are offered in 23 schools. Bilingual education opens doors to enhanced communication, cultural understanding, and broader career opportunities.

Middle school students can participate in cross country, wrestling, volleyball, cheerleading, and pom/dance at their future high school.