By:
Leader Staff
The Clintonville School District referendum seeking $24.9 million to raze Rexford-Longfellow Elementary School and replace it with a new building seemed headed for defeat Tuesday as the Leader went to press.
Unofficial returns showed voters rejecting the proposal 87-73 in Shawano County sections of the school district and 499-266 in the Waupaca County areas.
A task force that studied elementary school needs in the district for several months recommended a new school as the best solution in November. A month earlier, a survey conducted for the school district found more residents supported building a new elementary school than renovating the current school. The school board approved the referendum proposal in January.