LAONA - Northern Wisconsin rural schools used to be able to survive on money from the state and from property taxes. In many places, they can't anymore.
"We just don't have any places to cut anymore and continue to even have a school," says Laona school superintendent Laurie Asher.
Districts like Laona, Wabeno, Florence, and White Lake have faced or are facing the very real possibility of closing without support from successful referendums.
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