Lake Geneva school community stunned after referendum fails by just one vote

A referendum for Woods School near Lake Geneva failed by the slimmest of margins on Election Day. 297 people voted for it, but 298 people voted against it.Geneva Joint 4 School District, which solely administers the PreK-8th grade Woods School, hoped to pass a $4.5 million operating referendum in the November election. Watch this story in the video player below: School community stunned after referendum fails by just one vote"When you see that number and realize you're going to lose your referendum by one single vote, it's surprising," said Geneva Joint 4 School District board president Eric Chapman. Chapman said the board is considering asking for a recount to ensure the results, but he accepts the one-vote defeat of the referendum."Don't tell me that your vote doesn't matter or doesn't count, because this is proof positive it very much does," Chapman said. Woods School parent and alumna Precious Cortez said she was also surprised at the results."That's crazy, literally one vote and i