Election: Here's what to know about the Madison school referendums

'It is a large ask," Gothard acknowledged. And voters' worries that they can't afford higher property taxes? "That's real."

What the School District wants, what it would cost you and what it would fund

One budget assumes the $100 million operating referendum passes next month and one budget assumes it fails.

With election day less than two months away, the Wisconsin State Journal asked readers to submit questions they had about the two Madison School District referendum questions up for voter approval on Nov. 5. 

Since 1995, 13 of the 16 referendum questions put to voters by the Madison School District have passed. Several raise taxes forever.