Awards announced as referendum nears

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - The West Lafayette Community School Corporation (WLCSC) announced achievements and awards its school has won less than a week before residents will be voting on the referendum.

The WLCSC recognized its robotics team for winning the world championship competition and the high school also won Business Weekly's Highest Achieving School in Indiana for the second year in a row.

WLCSC Superintendent Rocky Killion said the district made the achievement announcement to keep the award winning programs in the minds of the community. 

West Lafayette residents will be voting yes or no on the referendum that could provide the school district up to $3.5 million.

"We just want to keep that up front because that is what we are all about. High academics, high performance. That is the quality of our school district," Killion said. "Again, it helps our community. It helps attract businesses. It helps attract employees. It helps keep our home values high. So having an award winning school district is, I think, very important to our community going forward."

The referendum would increase the city's property taxes by as much as 43 cents for every $100 of assessed value should it pass.

Friends of the West Lafayette Taxpayer spokesman Brian Walker said voting no isn't about not supporting the school corporation and its achievements; it is about saying no to higher taxes.

"The no vote side says if you vote no, that's okay. If you vote no, the West Lafayette School Corporation will continue survive, but not only survive, they will continue to thrive," Walker explained. "A no vote is never saying we don't support the West Lafayette Schools. A no vote is saying we do not support the tax increase."

All West Lafayette residents will have the opportunity to vote yes or no on the referendum on May 4.

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