The Weekly Update
December 10, 2025
Blood Drive is Thursday, December 11
Sign up now to give blood at the West Bend High Schools Student Council (STUCO) annual community blood drive, which is one of Wisconsin's largest single day high school blood drives. Give blood on Thursday, December 11 by using the Versiti sign up website and choose an appointment between 6:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The drive is in the South Gym of the high schools building.
The theme this year is "Spread Love, Donate Blood." To spread the love, please spread the word and invite someone to donate!
West Bend School District Hosts Amazing Cultural Event: Violins of Hope
We are excited to be the only school district to take part in the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Violins of Hope exhibit on the Holocaust.
A special event on Thursday, January 8 will feature a display of some of the restored instruments owned and played by Jewish musicians and others targeted by the Nazis before and during the Holocaust. The instruments were played by Jewish musicians in ghettos and concentration camps and each one is a symbol of resilience, courage, and survival.
Thank you to the West Bend Public Schools Foundation for its support in making this special event happen in West Bend. Join us on Thursday, January 8 for the instrument display and a remembrance concert by the talented students from the West Bend High School’s orchestra, band, and choirs. In addition, students will display their art of remembrance. Get a free ticket at https://bit.ly/4auyx4i.
Date and Time: Thursday, January 8. Exhibit: 5-8:30 p.m. and concert: 7:30 p.m.
Location: West Bend High Schools Silver Lining Art Center, 1305 E. Decorah Road, West Bend
More information: https://violinsofhopewisconsin.org/
WBSD Funding: Details of WBSD Portion of Property Tax Bills
We have developed a new feature called WBSD Funding, meant to provide further detail on the factors that affect our budgets and your tax bill, including mill rate, revenue limit, state aid, and more. It also includes a detailed explanation of how to understand the different parts of your property tax bill. Check out the new feature at WBSDFunding.org
Across the state of Wisconsin, most property owners are seeing higher tax bills this year. WBSD Funding provides details on why this trend is taking place. The state budget, approved in July 2025, included the unusual decision for the state to provide no increase in funding for K-12 education aid, which places the burden for education cost changes on local property taxes. It has been decades since the state has passed a two-year budget that failed to provide any additional state education aid. This decision by the state is largely what is driving increases in property tax bills across the state this year.
