The Fond du Lac school superintendent says he can’t give a timeline, but is still confident the money will be raised to help fund a new $1.1 million entrance to Fond du lac High School’s Fruth football field. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert made the comments a couple weeks after Fond du Lac school board member Mark jurgella said he wanted the board to set a fundraising deadline. The district borrowed more than $400,000 from its fund balance to pay for the project promising to pay back the money when the funds are raised. But nearly a year after the entrance opened the project is still more than $400,000 short. “We knew when we got to a point we had to either move on the project or just not do the project. So we made the decision we’re going to move ahead with the project.” Sebert told AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program. “As you know, if you’re building a house or as you’re doing something, as time goes on the price of materials, the price of labor, those types of things increase. So we made the decision to move forward. We were in a good place at that time and we will get those funds and we will pay it back.” But School board member Mark Jurgella says that’s a lot of money that could have been used for other more valuable education programs or staff. Jurgella says its disingenuous to say it doesn’t involve taxpayer money and says he plans to raise the issue at a school board retreat this summer.
