Best practice when testing form values in a template?

Ok, so I've created a fairly simple form:

class OrganizationItemForm(AuditModelForm):

    selected      = forms.BooleanField()  

    extraRequired = forms.BooleanField(widget=forms.HiddenInput)

    multiLineInfo = forms.BooleanField(widget=forms.HiddenInput)

    

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):

        super(AuditModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        if self["multiLineInfo"].value():

            self.fields["descr"].widget = forms.Textarea(attrs={"class":"descriptionEdit"})

        else:

            self.fields["descr"].widget = forms.TextInput(attrs={"class":"itemDescrEdit"})     

        self.fields["descr"].required = self["extraRequired"].value()

        

    class Meta:

        model = OrganizationItem

I use this as a single checkbox entry that could optionally have either a single line edit, multi-line edit, or no text box at all

The applicable section of the template looks like this:

        <ul>

        {% for item in cat.items %}            

            <li><label>{{ item.form.selected }} {{ item.label }}</label>

            {% if item.form.extraRequired.value or item.descrLabel %}  

                {% if item.form.multiLineInfo.value %}

                    <br>

                {% else %}

                    &ndash;

                {% endif %}

                <span class="listItemLabel{% if item.form.extraRequired.data %} required{% endif %}">{{ item.descrLabel }}</span>

                {% if item.form.multiLineInfo.value %}

                    <br>

                {% else %}

                    &nbsp;

                {% endif %}

                {{ item.form.descr }}

            {% else %}

                {{ item.form.descr.as_hidden }}

            {% endif %}

            {{ item.form.extraRequired }}

            {{ item.form.multiLineInfo }}

            </li>

        {% endfor %}

        </ul> 

Keep in mind, this is a work in progress. I've not integrated the error output yet. Right now my problem is that if I simply click submit to test all of the error conditions, the value of the hidden fields is a string. This seems to be because to_python is only called for the cleaned value. The cleaned data is only available after the form passes validation.

What is the best practice for carrying data like this in a form and using it in the templates to govern conditionals?

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