Election results: Voters decide on newcomers, support school funding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Voters approve WAPS tech levy Voters agreed to renew Winona Area Public Schools' capital project levy, or tech levy, for another 10 years, with 61.6% (10,166 votes) of voters approving the renewal.
58% : Voters first approved the levy in 2016, and over the last decade, district officials put the funding (about $1 million per year over that period) toward technology equipment, software, and staffing.
56% : District leaders have said that if the community voted to renew the levy this year, they would put the funding toward technology needs, staffing, and career and technical education.
53% : Voters also approved local and state school funding ballot questions.
23% : Voters reject St. Charles school operating levy Voters did not approve a levy of $650 per student for 10 years to help fund day-to-day expenses, called an operating levy, with 55% of voters (1,531 votes) rejecting the proposed funding.

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