001Good evening. Welcome to the board of education meeting for May 26th. Um, please stand with me for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. I'll roll calls as present with the exception of K and I believe so sorry. I seek a motion to approve the agenda. >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> I motion carries. Now we are qualifies as present with the exception of K and I believe Z will be here shortly. I'm seeking a motion to approve the annual reg organization meeting minutes of April 28, 2026, the regular board of education meeting minutes of April 28, 2026, and close
002session meeting minutes of May 12th, 2026. >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Next, we have the diploma recommendation class of 2026, Miss Liddzno. Yes, we are excited to recommend [clears throat] that we grant 730 diplomas to the class of 2026. You can see the breakdown by school and total for each school. >> Thank you, Mr. Basma. Is there a motion to approve? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Sorry. >> Okay, I said congrats. >> I don't want to miss. [laughter] >> Yes. Congratulations to our graduates. All in favor say I. >> I. Motion carries. Thank you. Next, we have our student representatives. [clears throat] We have Warner High School, Derek Dona. E2 High School, um Eric Riley, and Central High School, Caitlyn Marber. Come on up. Derek, you're
003over here. Eric, you're over there. >> Caitlyn, you're in the middle. Hopefully, Shri is undead. And let the lady go first. You guys can argue on who goes next. >> Okay. Hi again. My name is Caitlyn Harvard and I am here tonight to provide an update for Central High School. Since my last report at the end of February, all students participated in a career day. Students participated in two career sessions and a career fair with various employers and educational institutions. The event featured a scavenger hunt for students to complete as they talked to different employers about careers. In March, we held a community service day before spring break. Students and staff engaged in service projects both in school and in the community. Activities range from volunteer work [clears throat] at a local food pantry, preparing
004food for the warming shelter, helping out at the art center, and then to creating windchimes with the Freedom Cry organization. In April, we welcomed Officer W Renzelman to the central building as our new school resource officer. He supports all of the schools in the central building. With graduation right around the corner, we are celebrating our walk in our graduation gowns and the presentation of awards and various student recognitions. Here are a couple of notes for this year's graduating class. 14 seniors participate in the Start College Now program by taking a class at Lakeshore College. Two students participated in a workplace co-op. Six students participated in youth tutoring youth or YTY. 30 students participated in and completed at least one early college credit course during their high school career. On a personal note, I will be
005joining the workforce and supporting my sister with her newborn baby. >> And that concludes my report. Any questions? >> Any questions for Kayla? >> How do you like Officer Renelman? >> This is pretty cool. >> Former student, so if you need stories or anything, let me know. [laughter] >> All right. Thank you. >> Nice. Thank you, Kaitlyn. >> Good. >> All right. Which one will we go next? >> Okay. [clears throat] >> All right. My name is Eric Riley and I'm here giving a report capping off our school year at Etude High. Uh this semester PB block production was a multi-disipline collaboration where we had all the students uh collaborating on a schoolwide play. card. Um, the title was Arcana Imperial, the secrets of power. All the students took an extensive list of individual roles
006to see this production to reality. These roles included, but were not limited to, script writer, director, actor, set design, costume creation, music production, live music performers, a tech crew, media content creators, dancers, and more. The production was presented to the community on Thursday, May 21st at the John Michael Fuller Arts Center. Uh, and it went pretty good if you ask my opinion. Let me report that. Uh for our college visits, uh the entire A2 student body uh went on a college campus tour. The freshman tooured MYAD where they learned about the art programs and the dual credit degrees. The sophomores toured W Milwaukee, which included a hands-on experience at the Peek School of the Arts. The juniors toured the University of Wisconsin Medicine and Edgewood Colleges. Um our seniors got to pick which college they
007wanted to experience and go on that one with the other grade level. The Wisconsin Youth Institute is an annual event on WMadison's campus where high schoolers engage with local leaders and agriculture experts on critical global challenges. Participate in hands-on activities and explore meaningful ways to make a difference in Wisconsin and around the world. This year, freshman Fiona Riley, who is my sister, might I add, uh, and junior Anastasia Ker were selected to participate after submission of an extensive research paper for their ecology and art science class. Going keeping on the ecology in art class, students learn about the value of wild rice uh which only grows natively in Great Lake regions. The values include wildlife, habitant food, nutritional food source for the humans, uh cultural value to the native people and watershed quality. Students then
008had the opportunity to grow to grow this rice in the classroom and after a valley and after a variable for scientific monitoring for cause and effect uh in May the students go to the Woodlands Dunes Nature Center and preserve into river Wisconsin to transplant the wild rice from buckets in the classroom to a wetland ecosystem where it will hopefully thrive and reproduce therefore helping to restore local wetland habitats. The word syncti is a figure of speech which is to use the part of something to represent the whole uh or vice versa. Uh and as Wisconsin is considered a flyover county uh meaning a place to ignore on your way from one place to another. Um purposeful examination reveals that it's actually a state full of rich rewarding opportunities and experiences captivating natural and human history.
009It is a place where many parts can be observed experience reflected on better to understand it as a whole. Uh, the Senki class looked beyond the cheese and cows to rethink our state together as we created a final interactive Wisconsin experience that captured new ideas about the place we call home. This included a field trip to Spring Green to tour Frank Lloyd Wright's historical talisman home and studios. The students left this field trip um thinking and creatively presented the house on the rock. A water monitoring trip. Members of the conservation club at our school and science interns were invited to participate in the water monitoring of the pigeon river in the fall and spring of each year. The students then the students collected water quality including measurements of conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen and temperature uh
010steam flow, ammonia, nitrates, phosphorus, a lot of science words. Uh this information uh was collected and then shared with the University of Wisconsin Green Bay and uploaded to a publicly shared database as part of the lower Fox River wershed monitoring program. As a part of this program, these same students were then invited to share their research and findings at the wershed symposium held in WGB campus. There they learned from other students uh middle school through college as well professors and college professors and leading experts in topics of sustainability and conservation science. They also had an opportunity to engage in hands-on learning experiences. uh Mayball, which is our prom. On Saturday 9th, Etude celebrated it at the Paradigm Coffee and Music Place. Before this dance, uh Etude provided a space for dozens of female students to
011come to the school, uh have their hair and makeup done and receive, uh and borrow dresses for the prom. Um after the event, additional students joined the group, acart a bus, which we called the party bus, and took them around town for photos and then dropped them off at the dance. This dance included live music from a rock band, the Doornobs, which is an 18 to original band karaoke in a in a casino style games. That will conclude my report. >> Thank you, Eric. Are there any questions for comments for Eric? >> I have a comment. So, Eric, it was really fun watching you in the production last Thursday. Very strong work. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> I really like that you talked about how you um you realize that Wisconsin is not
012a flyover state and it just sounds to me like in so many ways that was true with the field trips with the work that you've been doing. It's really great to hear about. Thank you for sharing. >> Of course. Wisconsin is amazing. This is amazing state. >> Yeah, it is. >> All right. Anyone else? All right. Thank you, Derek. >> I'm Derek. >> All righty. Good evening. I'm Derek Davona and I'm a junior from George D. Warner High School. I'm going to tell you about some fun fun things we have been doing at school and I'm going to update you on everything one last time before the end of the school year. Um, this year we have 27 seniors graduating from Warner High School. Um, out of those seniors, four of them have earned technical
013college certificates. Two [clears throat] of them have been involved in appren youth apprenticeships. Two have been involved in youth co-ops and three are receiving employability certificates. Um tomorrow at the spoen yacht club our seniors are having their awards banquet. Um our national honor society just had their last meeting. Uh several students also recently took a trip several students from the NHS took a trip to Nourish Farms to volunteer and participate in gardening activities. Um, tomorrow, uh, the whole school will be visiting the Harbor Point mini golf course and we'll be getting ice cream at South Pier Parlor as part of like a celebration of the end of the year. Uh, we will also be having a schoolwide picnic on June 3rd to also celebrate the end of the year. Uh, and on that day, a
014lot of students will be taking finals. Uh, recently we had an art gallery exhibition. This exhibition was ocean themed and it uh was held at one of the halls in our building and was open to the public. The Warner parent teacher organization, the PTO, is holding a Broadfire fundraiser at Festival Foods on May 30th. Uh and we also have four new students who have been admitted into the Rising Phoenix program and will be students for the class of 28th. Our Rising Phoenix semester just ended on May 15th. Uh, thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent our school today. Does anyone have any questions? >> Well, I have a comment. I just want to thank each of you for coming and sharing your school um information. Um, I know that it's not an easy
015task to get up here in front of us and individuals behind you, but you sound very um great. Um, the information you guys give is very informational and >> thank you. >> Just takes a lot to get up here to speak in front of a bunch of adults. So, thank you for that. It's the last one you guys get to do for the year, right? >> Eric, are you a senior? >> No, I'm a junior. I'm be a senior next year. >> Okay. So, just Caitlyn, we're just we'll cheer for you in two weeks, but congratulations. >> Thank you for being our window into the world of what's happening. >> Thank you guys. Enjoy your summer, please. >> Thank you. You, too. >> All right, we have recognitions next. Dr. Kyra, >> you got it.
016We'll bring our wonderful staff in. Hand out a little going away gift. Say a few words. >> It's a lot of years on here. Oh, I think you guys are all in order, aren't you? [laughter] >> Of course they are. >> All right, the first one we have is Amy Bennett, teacher 18.45. [applause] Next we have Peter Burman, teacher 29 years. [applause] Next we have [clears throat] Bergman, teacher 33 years. [applause] Thanks. Carolyn >> Carlin Carolyn Conger teacher third year. [applause] Next we have Michelle Deink Deon teacher 34 years. [applause] CONGRATULATIONS so much. >> Thank you. >> Next, Don Ford, data and instructional coach 10 years. [applause] >> Congratulations. >> Stacy Hop, teacher, 27 years. [applause] Brenda Lucco, is that right? Instructional technology coach, 29 years. [applause] [applause] Mary Mesner, educational assistant, 26 years. [applause]
017Patricia Melstead, teacher, 33 years. [applause] Olivia Pena um educational assistant 31 and a half years. [applause] >> Thank you. >> Vicky Robman, educational assistant 10 and a quarter. [applause] >> You got your gifts early. I did. >> All right. Sally Ross, secretary, 29 years. [applause] >> Catherine Tipple, teacher, 28 and a half years. [applause] >> Shelley Treasure, teacher, 23 years. [applause] LAST BUT not least, Mary Winster >> Winter Educational System, three and a half years. [applause] Thank you. >> All right. We appreciate you being here tonight. There are 430 years standing in front of us right now. SO, [applause] we started doing mugs last year was the first year we did that. The mugs are handcrafted by students from our art departments at North South High School. Um, and what we always say to teachers
018is, uh, we want you, obviously, teaching is more than a career, right? It's just, it's everything. It's your life. You give everything to our students. We know that. We appreciate that so much. You deserve to get up in the morning and have a cup of coffee at whatever time you like. [laughter] But when you do that, know that you're drinking out of a mug from a student uh that made it with love and from a district that loves you. and know that uh all the years of service that you put in made such a difference on all our students should be a fun thing to look at every single morning and remember the impact that you made. I don't think that's true for for everyone. You're part of a special group. So, we appreciate you.
019We appreciate everything that you've done for this district, for our students. We wish you nothing but the best of your retirement and we hope you come back and see us. So, congratulations and thank you. [applause] CONGRATULATIONS. All right. Next, we have community input. Is there anyone here for community input? Community input. All right. Next, we have a superintendence report. >> Yeah. Thank you, sir. So, uh, first of all, just a congratulations to all of our students. We're wrapping up end of the year. It seems like, excuse [clears throat] me, I lose my voice because I give so many speeches. Um, and there's about four or five things every single night that you could go to. Uh, just amazing things across the district. [cough] I think we're going to come close to giving away $5 million
020in scholarships. Um, we were at the presidential awards uh not too long ago at South High watching our fifth graders. Um, and I made a point to say to them that we just gave away five million and the kids that got that money oftentimes are the ones that were sitting in in those seats in fifth grade. So really cool um achievements across the district and just fun >> fun time of the year. Uh we also had excellence in education award winners. I believe I emailed you that information, but we want to make sure we say it one more time publicly. So, Jennifer Boy, special education assistant at James Madison, Allison McKon at Etude Elementary, and Hazel Dolmes at SASD social worker. She's at ELC. So, congratulations to those three. It was great to see them
021get their awards. And Peter and I got to hang out for the night. So, appreciate uh appreciate him being there as well. He didn't want to have photo ops. He didn't want to get a picture with me personal, but it was a great night. Um, Wisconsin schools of recognition, Grant Elementary, Jackson Elementary, James Madison, and Wilson uh were all awarded. This is um an award they finally got right. And I I think there's a lot of things in the state as far as report cards go. And sometimes you win awards and you think okay uh and you take an award and you're not uh necessarily sure how they they calculate it or what they do. This award's legit. They just look at the data. They look at your uh student population. They take into account
022your uh free reuse lunch population etc. And then they uh they essentially look at schools that are outliers that perform really really well uh given their school makeup. So congratulations to those four schools. It's a big deal. It's the same. Uh it was interesting to see the names come out because those were schools that didn't surprise Kelly, that didn't surprise Rachel. As we look at the data, we know those schools uh do amazing things. And and I think we have some more that are going to be on that list pretty pretty soon. So, uh four of 95 schools recognized when you can think about, you know, 400 some school districts in each district having multiple schools. Uh pretty good company there. So, congratulations to those four schools. Welld deserved. graduation on June 7th. Let's hope
023for no rain. Uh one o'clock start time for graduation. And we always say we can go as early as 10 o'clock uh as late as 5:00 depending on the weather. So we try to communicate that out as early as we can if there's any rain delay. But uh the plan is no rain and we'll be at the bowl at 1 pm for a great ceremony. Um, and then just a few reminders. Farnsworth and urban groundbreaking uh during our June planning session. I think we're going to kick those festivities off around 5:00. We'll get you a little more details via email there. But, um, plan on that and then we'll wrap up the board meeting at Urban that evening. Um, and just a fun time to get to see those buildings again, get to break ground,
024and uh, we're anxious to to get construction going on those sites. Fun times ahead there. That's what I have, sir. >> Thank you, Dr. Conrad. Next, we have the update of the 2026 2027 proposed preliminary budget. >> Mark, go ahead. >> All right. Well, we uh meet again with the budget. So I think last time we were waiting for what was going to happen with the state surplus and unfortunately uh we're all aware that that did not happen for us. Um so I think the day after uh we met EMT met and got to work as to how we could bring forward a balanced budget uh without uh the extra money that we were hoping for. So, we were able to present a balanced budget to you today. So, I'm going to go through what
025has changed since we uh reported last month. So, um so the budget that we present today as a draft um you know includes the 40% special education reimbursement. So, um of course the funding deal would have increased that to 50%. that a great deal to the district. But um we did balance at 40%. Again, that's just an assumption uh where we guess we're going to land for next year. There were a few changes in the cost to go forward from last month. Uh so I just wanted to share what those were. We did reduce our projected interest revenue uh for next year as uh the rates are lower than what we had originally projected back when we first came up with the the uh cost to go forward. So we did reduce that. Um we
026reduced the projection increase for health insurance premium. So, we were running at a projected 8% increase for 2027 and uh we've met and gone over our claims with our healthcare consultant. We're confident we were running at about 7% right now. So, that was a a help for the budget. And then the last thing is we reduced uh the projected cost of our employee HR contributions a little bit. So, we're always analyzing that as people leave. um and um those funds revert back to the district if they're not invested. So that was lowered a little bit. So with with those changes to the cost to go forward, uh we ended up with a $216,000 surplus without any changes to salaries, of course. And then we list the items uh both both expense reductions and increases that
027bring us uh to a balanced budget. So I'm just going to highlight the things that changed uh from last month. So uh number two there uh the enrollment driven uh teacher reductions that went up by 1.0 FTE. So an additional FTE at Jackson uh [clears throat] elementary and there is another addition piece of that we'll talk about later but the the teacher reduction was made there. Um, and then if we go to uh number 11, uh, the title two budget, we're going to cover uh $168,000 of teacher costs through title two. Uh, that was used um for professional professional development. that's that's not needed um at at this time mostly because that's being covered through our um our professional development days that we've added those full days we have to district. So we're able to
028free up some title two money and put that towards uh teacher salaries number 12. Um so uh we're changing uh over to the new Apple MacBook Neo as we start replacing laptop um laptops for our teachers. So there is a savings next year because that uh is a significant cost difference in that new product for Apple. So that was uh a nice uh reduction for us and the teachers are excited about that. We've talked about replacing those with non-Apple products, but um teachers really like the the Apple products for that. So number 13, uh this one, uh we're currently on a four-year replacement cycle for our student one to one computers and um we're moving to a fiveyear cycle. So uh instructional technology department really feels that we can stretch another year uh out of
029those. Um Google supports those Chrome updates for 10 years with those devices. So that's not going to be a problem. It's more of determining if the physical wear and tear on the computers could make it that extra year and they're quite confident that we could do that and that's a savings of around 170,000 a year. So that was a big savings for us. Number 14, um we currently pay for uh basically damage insurance for our uh Chromebooks and it is felt for the the early grades two through five. those devices don't go home with the kids and uh we're just finding that the cost of that insurance uh doesn't really uh you know isn't really a good deal for what minimal damage we have to those that are staying in the classroom. So, our electronics
030department is going to handle those Chromebooks that do need repairs. Uh we'll just do that inhouse. Uh we do have to order some supplies that they'll need to repair those, but a net savings of $10,000 for that. Number 15 is uh moving the cost of our uh school resource officers to fund 85. So DPI does allow um school resource officers to be paid out of uh fund 85, which is out of the revenue cap. Um and they have criteria set forth that I think we're already meeting that criteria. So, um, we haven't done this in the past because there is a direct it's a it's a levy increase by moving it to 85. It's not under the revenue limits. So, it' be an increase uh to the levy. So, um, we just know that those
031costs are going up every year, too. So, even though we're saving 275,000 from the fund 10, we already know that the levy to fund those for next year is going to be significantly more. uh we share that cost with the city. So I don't have an exact number of what that levy increase will be. Um our best estimate right now is it's going to be uh somewhere between one 1% to 1.2% increase to the levy. That's something we didn't see last time and we didn't want to do that if we had received the the additional funds through the funding bill. But without that uh it was really needed to balance our budget this year. Um items 16, 17, and 18 are all salary increase. Uh and we came forward with a 2.63% increase for the
032teacher support and admin group last month. That was equal to the CPI uh amount. We are in this budget uh proposing uh 3% to the three groups. So for the teachers, it would be a a base wage increase of 2.63 and then a supplemental wage increase of.37 to get to 3%. And then a 3% for support and admin staff. Um we'd like to come back in our first meeting in June, the June planning meeting, and put those items on the agenda to get those passed. uh by not waiting until the end of June, we can allows our payroll to meet that first July payroll with wage changes. So, you'll see that on uh next board meeting agenda. Um and then we jump down to item number 23. And uh this one kind of went handinhand
033with the Jackson Elementary uh reduction of a 1.0 teacher. Uh but we are hiring a 1.0 no special ed EA position to support the school there. So, those two kind of went went hand in hand. Um, we did have a $25,000 additional increase to our fund 41 budget. That increase was eliminated in this budget. So, um, so all those items, you know, brings us to a balanced budget. Uh, we're still working through grants that, uh, in the budget. those generally don't change the net budget one way or the other because the grant revenue matches those um expenses. Um so we'll come back in uh June like I said early June for the salary increases and then we'll bring this preliminary budget back on the fourth uh Tuesday in June for uh hopeful for approval and
034then the preliminary budget stays with us. We continue to make adjustments to the budget all the way through uh October 15th when we get our general state aid. We find out what our voucher levy is going to be and then after that we have our budget uh meeting on that fourth Tuesday in October. That's the update and I'd be glad to answer any questions you might have. Is there any questions? This is as aggressive as we've ever been. Just want to note >> [clears throat] >> uh again it's within class size policy within our standing uh our standard formula as far as um how we distribute staff across our schools. But um I think we're all pretty disappointed that that bill didn't pass. Marquette Law School just came out uh today with their poll 80%
035support for that bill and we couldn't get it across the line because of a couple Senate Republicans and a mess of Senate Democrats. So, pretty disappointed with that. Uh, and this is the real life results of that, right? So, we start having to pick away at Chromebooks and let's put another year wear and tear on them. Um, we've reduced a number of positions outside the classrooms as far as secretarial, administrative, uh, quasi administrative, etc. Combining principal positions, etc. So, uh, we're starting to feel the pain pretty clearly in this budget, uh, in order to do what we need to do, uh, just to meet really to meet CPI, um, for our staff. A little beyond is nice, but, um, it doesn't, it's meaningful in the work that it took to get there, and I really
036am appreciative of um, our administrative leadership, meet and confer, and our union leadership. Um, but it's not meaningful as far as keeping up with inflation from years past and things of that nature as we know. So, we're going to continue to struggle until we get a new bal. Hopefully, that one will be uh more friendly toward toward public education. But this is what we needed to do this year to get a balanced budget. We take it really seriously. As you know, Mark did a great job of of getting us there, but it's not without pain. >> Thank you, Dr. Thank you, Mark. I know that this is never an easy thing to deal with, but um I believe that we're in great capable hands of getting things balanced and keeping our district. >> Thank you.
037[clears throat and snorts] >> All right. Next on the agenda, we have the South High School National Catholic Forensics League um Grand National Tournament. Rachel. >> Yeah, you'll see that this field trip occurred. We did make the SNI committee chair K. Robbins aware of it before the students attended, but due to the timing of it being received in the SNI office, we were not able to get it on our committee agenda. So, we're asking for approval today even though the field trip has occurred. It's been signed off on by all appropriate channels at this point. >> Thank you, Rachel. Is there a motion to approve? So, move. >> Is there a second? >> Second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Thank you, ma'am. >> Is there any um does
038anyone oppose of taking the next two items C and D as second readings together? All right. I seek approval to approve item C and D um of of revised board of education policy 16, excuse me, 1461, unrequested leave of absence, fitness for duty and revised board of education policy 3140, nonrenewal, resignation and termination. >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Thank you. >> Next we have the report of the committees curriculum and instruction committee. >> I will go through. Sorry. >> What's that? >> I just looked at just calling you out. So >> no, that's okay. I should have thought of this when Kay was not here today. And um so first uh we're recommending um just the recognition
039of the diplomas which we went through earlier in the report. Item number two, K12 math programming is for information. I don't believe >> it was simply information. Um and then HOSA state leadership conference that is going for information only as well as the South High uh music trip and the North High School Travel Club trip. And lastly, uh the human growth and development committee presented their updated curriculum for the middle school and high school and we are addressing that I believe in special committee. So at this point, are we taking action right now or is this just for information? >> I'm think I don't know if we have three and four that should be taken for >> action. If they say action, go ahead and take action. Yeah. >> For the three field trips. >>
040Yeah. >> So group together 345 and seek a motion for approval of field trips as recommended by the committee. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Also the adoption of the human growth inquiry. Human growth and development curriculum for middle school and the high school update would need approval to >> go ahead and finish this finish. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Now you can. >> Okay. Seeking approval of the curriculum for human growth and development that was presented at our last meeting for updated middle school and high school. >> Second. >> We got a we got a move and a second. All in favor say I. I >> motion carries. Nicely done, Ellie. [laughter] >> All right, we have human resources. >> Yep. >> Yes. So, items number one, two,
041and four. So, appointments, leave of absence, and retirements. Um the committee is um moves approval for those items. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor say I. I >> motion carries >> and number three is for your information. >> Thank you L. Next we have facility recreation theater committee Peter. >> Okay. Look for a second on tabulation of bids for the central clock tower window restoration which is pretty intricate if anybody's looked at those windows. Um which was approved in committee. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All fitter say I. >> I. >> Motion carries. >> The executive dire director position which has been filled. It's community wreck movie night mental health movie kickoff event and the summer community w department marketing insert Wednesday which was presented at the committee meetings. We seek a second
042on the approval of the Chicago theater company financial report. >> Second >> discussion. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion carries. >> Community recreation department financial report. You see on that program >> second. >> Any discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion carries. facility permit report was for information, but I would like to ask Jody, uh, Mama Mia must have filled the coffers a little bit. >> It did. Yeah. He uh a little over $37,000 in ticket sales, >> plus there was a $10,000 donation the final Friday. So in comparison uh Mary Poppins uh was about 27,000 and so it was the biggest biggest show since I've come back in the last two years. So y'all helped out quite a bit. >> Yeah people in there people could
043not escape for the several weeks after we show. >> Thank you Peter. Thank you. spoken like a true cynic. [laughter] >> Enjoyed every second. >> All right, next we have the finance and budget committee. Sarah, >> um yes, uh committee is uh recommending approval on fund 141 capital projects statement of cash flow, revenues and expenditures. Uh budget revisions and transfers of appropriations. Um district transportation. Thank you to Priggy School buses uh for providing 77 years of transportation to our students um for their outstanding safety record and just um being amazing collaboration with the school district and committee is recommending approval. >> Second. >> All right. Any discussion? All in favor say I. Motion carries >> and fund 49 referendum project isformational and gifts areformational. >> Thank you Sarah. Committee on the hold >> just listed
044there for a procedure. >> Thank you. Special board committees and assignments staff public education foundation please. >> Yeah. So we met the week after um staff met the week after scholarship night. hugely successful evening as you can as we've discussed previously. Um they celebrated a few other things that may not be everyone may not be aware of that Beth does um which is funding yearbooks for seniors who can't afford them. um participating in uh some other charitable actions around student when it comes to financial aid uh just in the day-to-day. Um teacher grants, the spring teacher grants um they had the largest ever number of grant requests um in their history and they are moving forward full steam ahead with planning their fall fundraiser as usual. >> Thank you ma'am. question. >> Yes. Go ahead.
045>> One of the things that was removed from the budget was there like an internal grant program that is separate from that, right? >> Yep. >> It's a standalone because that's funding. >> Correct. Yeah. That grant goes back to Joe Shehan charter school days when charter schools were getting a lot of money obviously for uh to start up and to do innovative things and our teachers said we want to be able to compete at our neighborhood schools with the charter schools. So they started that innovation grant. Obviously the charter school money is gone and unfortunately that money has to be gone now too. So >> thank you. >> All right. Thank you Peter. Next we have Human growth and development. >> Well, prior to presenting at the last board meeting, the human growth and development
046committee met for a final review of the updated middle school curriculum and the updated high school curriculum. And I know we said it a lot when they were all here in front of us, but it cannot be understated just the level of dedication, collaboration, and the time that went into this process. Um, so we can celebrate now. But um I also have an action item um recommending the appointment of an applicant Dr. Eric Bamer who is filling an open healthcare seat. >> Seeking approval on that. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Ellie. Um next you have the communications um for your viewing future meeting dates June 9th um is June planning session at 6:45 June
04723rd committee meetings at 6:00 regular board meeting at 6:30. I'm seeking a motion to adjourn to close session per Wisconsin state statute section 19.85 section 1 section C um to consider employment promotion compensation of performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the board of education has jurisdiction or exercise as responsibility for the purpose of deliberating strategies to address specific issues pertaining to collective bargaining for teachers. So >> is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. A >> I >> chair votes. Hi, we got now close session.