001Good evening. Like to call the school district of Sturgeon Bay regular board meeting of education for Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 to order. Uh would you please rise for the pledge? I pledge algiance 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. Excellent. Uh, Miss Be, could we have a roll call, please? Commissioner Meyer here. Commissioner Haw here. Commissioner Chisum here. Commissioner Jenner John here. Commissioner Stani here. Commissioner Cruz here. Commissioner Howard here. Commissioner Schles here. And Commissioner here. Um, can we have a motion to adopt the agenda in front of you? Noting going into close session. I will make a motion to approve the agenda. Noting that we will be going into close session for Wisconsin
002stat section 19851C considering employment promotion compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Um we will review of staff evaluations for nomination of 2025 Herby Houser award. action may be may take place in close session on close session topics and then we will return to session. Do I have a second? Second. And that was Commissioner Haw and second. Um any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I oppose. Motion carried. Um, student council report is next. We have Izzy here. Hello. And a guest that we're going to, some of you don't will meet Lauren tonight, too. Hi, Izzy. What do you got for us? And congratulations on the soccer win last night. Thank you. Thank you. That's first one of the season. So, that
003was really fun. So, we have our six flags coming up. six flag trip on May 16th with FBA calculus and physics. So that's really exciting. We're just getting the dates down for that. Then we have teacher appreciation week which is May 5th through May 9th. And for that we will have be bringing baked goods in every day for the teachers. That was my Thank you. Those are my parents. But uh then we will also bring messages to the teachers from like surveys that we're going to send out just for like some extra appreciation and then we'll give them lunch as well. And then we will decorate a banner and alumni hall and sidewalks with chalk. So like just for some extra like thank yous. And then we're also planning a kickball tournament for the spring
004play which is new on May 22nd. We'll have a tournament for the kickball during clipper time and then the class winner will play the pictures and spring will be outside. It's just going to be exciting yearbooks like a tailgate sort of thing. And then in our next meeting, we will discuss the homecoming theme. And then I think the most exciting news is that we have our new officers. So our new co-presidents are Lauren and then my who could not make it to this meeting. Then our secretary is Brianna Bargains. And then this new position, which is social media, will be Lexi Lane. Did you tell Lauren about the speech she has to give tonight or I figured that she would make it fly? Okay, she could. She could with her youth and government and other
005experience. Right, Lauren? I can try. That's right. Um, so at this point in the year, Izzy and then we'll hear just a little bit from Lauren and her fun. Okay. Um, so Izzy, as you look ahead to next year, homecoming, you you're not going to be here. Yeah. Well, hopefully. That's true. We haven't had graduation yet. That's true. I need I need to get that credit signed eventually. But, um, I signed one just for someone the other day. And it's not the young lady that was at my house for the record, but So, what uh other what's the latest on the future next year for you? Well, I'm committed to Madison. I'll be going there in the fall for pre- business. I'm looking at economics, but I'm staying pretty open. I really want to get
006my certificate in like international business and that'll be really exciting, but I'm trying to stay pretty open then. But like I have a roommate just getting all the details now, housing, but I'm really exciting time, right? Exciting time as many of the adults in here probably can remember going way back. Excellent. So, we'll have a chance to uh see Lauren many more times. Yes. Um let's see. Lauren, uh, you also serve as one of the YMCA U board youth representatives, right? So, you and I have sat together at meetings for that and you're involved in many things that the board will get a chance to hear about over the coming year sometimes that you have planned at sometimes because I'll just ask you, but you know me, so it'll be fine. Okay. So, just for
007fun though, you also have some future plans even though, you know, senior year is ahead next year. Usually the board and certainly other visitors like hearing about it, but as you look to the future, you have a plan also. Do you want to just share a little snippet about what that is? Yeah, sure. So, it's a little premature, but I toured it this a few months ago, but I'm really looking forward to attending the University of Alabama. Um, I just fell in love with the campus and I really fit in there. Um, I'm planning on going for political science on a pre-law track. I'm involved in youth and government and my child and it's my passion in life and I just feel like I could do a lot with a political science degree. And then
008also with Alabama, you can get your uh bachelor's degree and your law degree within six years. They have a program there. So, I'm planning on getting my law degree as well. Excellent. Awesome. And I could say as some of us were talking ahead of the meeting that I wore it specifically for Lauren. I didn't, but we could say it for you that this is my NATO sport coat, right? University of Alabama men's basketball coach wears jackets just like this. So, we for now for now we'll say a word for you, Lauren. All right. And importantly, two of your parents are okay with the they enjoyed the visit as well, right? They don't like the distance, but they like the visit. So, yeah, that'll be fun. Um, but my dad said he won't wear anything Crimson
009Tide, so I don't know. Yeah, he'll come along as parents around the table and we'll probably get can identify with, right? Too early to ask maybe, but what area of law do you hope to practice in? I'm not sure yet. There's just so many opportunities within law that I feel like I really just have to just see how I fit in there. Yeah. Good for you. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Uh before we get ready to wrap this part of it up, does anyone have a question for Izzy or for Lauren from the board level? For now, I'm just going to give this to Izzy a little for participating and coming and giving us a monthly report. Thank you. That's so nice. That's so much. We enjoy it. I really enjoy it since I have
010a son and usually you tell me what's happening. Not gonna say Ashton doesn't tell mom what's happening. But yeah, we again as parents we can appreciate that. So we've enjoyed your visits and we hope you have a wonderful next month and a half here. And uh many of the board members uh I know a couple have stuff going on but most of them will get a chance to congratulate you personally and shake your hand coming across you know the stage at graduation provided you get your fire credit turned in properly. Yes. your volunteer hours and pay your lunch dues, your lunches. Yeah, probably bring in your library books. I'm I'm going to let it's the fees. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Remembering and probably all your unserved attentions. I know Lauren's already working on if nothing
011else maybe just touch touch base in the office tomorrow. That's right. And I probably should have clarified, just so everyone knows, Lauren is also on the girls soccer team that had the win last night. I mentioned Izzy as we turn it over to her, but uh Lauren was present as well. Yeah, I did so much for the team. Yeah. Well, morale, the Gabs and a couple others, but supporting the group, right, with the two two victory they had last night. Cool. Awesome. Otherwise, uh, as always, ladies, while you're welcome to stay, uh, you're involved in a lot of things and studying, and you certainly can feel free to head out and probably Lauren, between the two of us, we need to remind Maya since she was not here. And for those who don't know, Mai
012is very good baker. I may have planted the seed already last night after soccer that she probably needs to bake sometime soon. She didn't disagree with me and I said, I don't know about cookies or cupcakes or perhaps both. And she was open to it. So, okay, feel free. I said that as a part of this meeting record, she's now going to have to bring some. All right. Thank you, ladies. You're welcome, Lauren. Thank you. Uh, next we're down to the public comment section. As noted in board policy 0167.3 public comment at board meetings individuals who wish to address the board should be residents of the school district bay or parents of students who are open enrolled into the district speakers are asked to share their name address and be aware that comments may be
013limited to three minutes um and that's I will actually time things and at two minutes I raise my hand just to let you know you have another minute. So, do we have anybody that wants to address the board? Anyone? I read all that. Somebody should address the board. No. All right. Good. Good. Um, then we are down to um recognition. Board member recognition. Yes, we have two board members u mentioned here on our agenda. Beth Chisum and Tina Jenner. who we want to recognize in just a moment uh before President Stefani that we get into that and ask them to come up for a couple pictures for Facebook and have some things to give them. I could maybe also point out uh that uh so the WASB, right, Wisconsin Association of School Boards as the
014board would know, but for anyone in the public has a recognition program and we're hitting on some different things here. Uh but actually Mike Stefani uh also got his level one recognition which came in. You and I haven't even talked about how I'll just shake your hand and give you your uh That's right. Someday perhaps as we're going to uh recognize Beth here next who got some level two recognition as well as local recognition. So maybe if we could have Mike and Beth come up to the podium here. Yes. So, uh, Beth Chisum, Commissioner Chisum, as we sometimes talk officially with their positions, uh, you've been on the school board for a while. Do you do you recall exactly how long? Nine years. Nine years is correct. So, you already win your own your own
015trivia. So, first of all, we have uh the uh WASB level two recognition and then as is the tradition uh here when we've had uh individuals uh serve as board members and then eventually time off after their service to spend more time with other things, we have a plaque. So, I'm going to read this kind of updating our old tradition as we move forward with uh this kind of plaque tradition for the future. And this says uh presented to Beth Chisum in recognition of nine years of dedicated service to the students and families of the school district of Sturgeon Bay. Presented by our board of education in April of 2025. So let's give her a round of applause before I take your picture. Is there uh no speech necessary? But as you look back at
016the last nine years as well as having kids come through the system and someone who's involved in the community, the county and everything, anything just cross your mind is something either being positive or memorable? I'm just curious. I've been on boards for 26 years, I think, non-stop um between my kids preschool and parochial education and now public education. And I've loved that. Um, I loved I'm proud of what we did during CO. Um, I've just loved this board. Awesome. Let's give her another round of applause. That's right. Wanted a couple angles so to work with. Awesome. And I love your jackets. Thank you very much. Yes, that's right. Then we also have some recognition. Vice President Jenner. John, can we have you come on down? So for fun, Tina, about how long have you been
017on the school board? Um 20 million plus years. Yeah, 20 20 plus years. That's right. So we have a special uh plaque of recognition again from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards. It says the special recognition of service to Wisconsin public school students is awarded to Tina Jenner John for 20 years of service on our school board here in Stergeon Bay. So doing the math on how that goes back and starts, right? Do you think back? Plus I have my cheat sheet for Mrs. Deise just in case my math struggled. But so looks like you started where you first appointed in November of 2004. I was and my oldest child was a senior. I now my oldest grandchildren are in fourth grade. So it's been a long stretch. I've seen lots of things. you have
018and I think uh you have you've thought a time or two about do I continue on the board or not as right kids and grandkids and all those types of things but you've continued to serve and I know board members have talked about how look we need people on the board right not just maybe when they're of the age that they have kids in school but we think of our community surge in Bedor County folks that are you know grandparents as well and that part of the demographic we want to make sure is represented I just don't feel like I'm a carer. I'm sure. No. And as we uh some of us can just a quick little smile as we've looked at like the last capital referendum and even a few years leading up to
019that, right? To make sure we looked at all possible options, Tina, what was a big thing for you that again in the end we knew was not affordable, but what was a big thing for you? But I will always think of this a one campus school to have the other elementary schools close and we build something here so that we're all in one campus school all a one-stop shop so to speak which we know right yeah well right and then they ran the numbers on the type of cost in this day and age and right our board of course at that time right after that co hit so we were good we were lucky we got our asked when we did. Yeah. Well, again, you're uh certainly one of the board members that was on
020the board when I was hired. So, uh you know, obviously appreciated for at that time and all of our board members since and 20 years of service is really, especially in this day and age where sometimes, especially a few years ago, public service was not very fun, right? People weren't thanking us for the most part. A lot of thanks came later because we figured it out, right? Uh but Tina stuck it out and continued on the board um again throughout that. So, 20 years of service, pretty awesome. Let's give her a round of applause. Yeah, if you want to slide up her picture, you can come close. She won't. Hold on. Right in there. You got it. Yes. Hold on. Right here, Mike. Focus there. You got it. All right. Let's thank Tina again. just
021take a quick intermission for a couple of minutes so that you can get a couple of pictures with family members. So, if everybody's good with that, we'll be right back. Thanks, Hello and we're back. Here we are. Um we are now down to the consent agenda and the consent agenda is is um consists of the following. Uh approve the meeting minutes of the regular meeting of March 19th, 2025 and the learning session meeting of April 2nd of 2025. Approve March bills which are in your packet. Um accept grants and donations. Uh we have the Robert Nickel Auditorium donations which are the following. $100 from uh Julie Schroeder, $50 from Wes and Linda Michael, $500 from Jandrew Petroleum, McKenzie Jean Court, Carter Jean Court, Kayla Jean Cork, Kristen Gan Court, $50 uh from Jeff Deli for
022the Clipper Clays, $250 from Tina Jenner John for Clipper Clays, $100,000 or excuse me, 101,000 from uh Serge Bay PTO for the fourth grade. uh Madison field trip. Yeah, it was $100,000. They could buy wherever they were going. But anyway, uh $750 from Sturgeon Bay PTO for the fifth grade Rock Island trip. $100 from Amy uh Demeir and John Larson for families with lunch balances who are struggling. Uh thank you to everyone associated with providing the support to our district and young people. Uh we have it's we have some resignations here. Uh uh Teresa Rebecki is retiring from her special education teaching position at the middle school at the end of the current school year. Uh Lauren uh Busco is resigning from her special education teaching position at the middle school at the end of
023the current school year. A motion to approve the consent agenda as presented is recommended. Have a motion. Move to approve the consent agenda items as presented. All right. Commissioner Schultz uh made a made a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented and uh Commissioner Jenner John seconded that. So, any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. opposed. Motion carried. So now we are to the operations agenda. And first we got we have uh filling the oath of service by newly elected board members. That's right. The posts are up there. Andy has his. All right. Jake and there. So why don't we have people step forward that are getting sworn in for the next I'll read the little notes while uh while we're doing that. Right. And you can
024come on forward and Jake and Mike. All right. So, I'll just read these notes while we're doing that. The board of canvasers met April 7th, 2025. It's a required step that verifies election results. The group's canvas of the results provided to the district did indeed match what what was reported um by the various offices publicly previously. So, the new terms of office officially begin on April 28, 2025, which we don't realize how that works. That's the fourth Monday in April. Uh, board clerk Beth Chisum, all right, is going to administer our oath of office in her final meeting, which is kind of exciting, isn't it? Right. And you want to just grab the sheet for if you didn't already um for elected board of education members so that they're officially sworn in prior to their
025service beginning um on April 28th. So, we have Jake Schulz, Andy Star, and Mike Stefani, who will be serving three-year terms again beginning on April 28th and expiring in April of 20 of 29. So, congratulations to our newly elected and returning board members. We can give them a quick round of applause, the honors, and I'll just take a shot or two here for Facebook. While you're doing that, we'll start with Andrew. Sounds good. Can you raise your right hand? I, Andrew Star, having been elected to the Office of the Board of Education I, Andrew Star, having been elected to the Board of Education, swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin and the
026Constitution of the State of Wisconsin and will faithfully and impartially And will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of set office. discharge the duties of set office to the best of my ability. To the best of my ability. So help me God. So help me God. Facebook picture. All right. Double duty. That's right. I, Jacob Schultz I, Jacob Schultz, having been elected to the board to the office of the board of education having been elected to the office of the board of education swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin and will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties and will faithfully and impartially discharge the
027duties of set office to the best of my ability. of set office to the best of my ability. So help me God. So help me God. I think I think you'll hit him. That's all right. No, he's running the meeting tonight. Just kidding. I, Mike Stanati, having been elected to the office of the board of education, swear that that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin and will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of set office to the best of my ability. So, help me God. So, help you, God. I should have read that to you. too quick. Oh, we got your autograph. We just took care of that. This is one of those things while they're doing that real quick. Doesn't have to actually
028be done publicly at a meeting. Are you on the right one, guys? I did a sign for Jake. Is that right? We traditionally have which I think is a nice little touch. She's signing. Oh. Well, while she's doing that, just thanks to everybody for for really serving for your for those that are that are leaving and those that are coming aboard and those that are just here. um you know it's it's uh it's you know it's it's a it has impact on on your families and everything and thank you very much for for doing this. So we do do good work I think and uh we will have just as a reminder to some I know the city council's on a little different timeline than we are although they had a meeting last night also.
029So we'll have the board reorganization meeting as this board knows in May so next month where we'll go through the officers and all those sorts of things and I believe I don't think it's directly related President Stfani but uh you may have another obligation that night. So I think for serving for 20 years of service I think Vice President Jenner John gets to run that meeting that night. I think is that how that goes? That's the way it goes. Right. And I think we also know if we've been a part of a group what happens sometimes if we're absent for a meeting we sometimes get volunteered for them. So And I don't know. I work for you fine folks, but we'll see what finally gets volunteered for next. No kidding. Kidding. Um, all right. Uh,
030next we're down to appoint a delegate to the CISA7 annual convention. Yeah, just hit the brief version of these notes, right? As you know uh the board of education has a statutory duty to appoint a member as its representative for the purpose of determining the composition of the board of control and two to cause a convention to be a convenient accordance with that statutory uh reference. So our delegate last year at CISA 7 was Allison Hans. Delegate convention is going to be on Wednesday, May 14th. So coming up in about a month, 6:30 p.m. down at CISA7 office, which has a brand new parking lot for those that haven't seen it. Very exciting in Green Bay. So really, we're going to be looking for a motion to appoint a representative to the CISA 7 annual
031convention. anyone potentially interested in doing it? And then if so, someone can make a motion or someone can just make a motion if you want to volunteer someone. But usually we have a person or two that says, "Well, I think I can pull that off on May the 14th." I do have it on my calendar, but if somebody else heads up for any desire to go, I'm willing to forgo my participation. But if it's on your calendar, I think that's the giveaway, right? That is I think we need president someone to make a motion. So I'll make a motion to nominate response to yard. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Spria, seconded by Commissioner Cruz to allow Commissioner Hos to be our season 7 delegate um for the next year. Um further discussion all
032those in favor say I. I opposed. Motion carried. Thank you. So thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Go ahead. We have to the next point which we've we've had numerous conversation about is approve the professional staff ladder salary ladder for 2025 2026. Really we know the next item as Mike just mentioned right this is the one I'll talk through um is related to the one that follows. We just wanted to make sure everything was in the proper order. So again board has heard a number of these things but for the public I'll hit on the main points and then summarize the additional context I prepared. Right. So, as we know, the professional staff salary letter is appendix A of the professional staff and salary supplemental pay guide, which typically receives a
033first reading in the May regular schoolboard meeting and then the second reading slapproval in the June regular meeting. However, uh we right kind of as the the administration and then me really as your employee thought it was important to have the board approve the updated ladder in tonight's operations agenda prior to approving the returning teacher contracts, which we know is in the next agenda item. So for 2025 2026, we recommend having returning staff members move up two ladder rungs from their 2425 ladder placement. And along with that kind of double movement, it's also that we're looking to move that bottom rung of the salary ladder to 43,472 from the current 40,000. Again, I know the board has heard about this many times. Even though we're waiting on the bianual state budget and early indications that
034it may not be finalized for quite a while, perhaps not even until September, uh, which provides us a number of challenges, we feel the district is able to afford the increase for their teacher group due to a combination of factors involving staff vacancies, the elimination of 1.5 professional staff positions through attrition, which as we've shared with the board, will probably end up beyond 1.5, but that was a key piece of what we needed, some internal movement, and also some uh fairly minor modifications. ations to health insurance plan offerings for next year. The next section and I won't read every word of this but again for anyone listening today or watching the recording later. Uh additional context as we remember the past right is this section and the one just a little bit of context looking
035ahead. So I'll summarize this. So as I say in that first sentence we're not going to get into all the pertinent history going back 11 years right during uh the current system but really there are a few different things that I'll just summarize. So, we know our current professional staff compensation uh plan really was approved first on May 20th, 2015. We know that we've updated it a few times in the 1819 or for the 1819 school year. We made some changes to the ladder. Third bullet point again, just moving along for the 1920 school year. The ladder again was updated as well as we uh did some um adjustments for folks. We kind of call that proximity to base over the years, right? that would be adjusted by having to increase the beginning teacher salary.
036And the last bullet point in the kind of looking to the past, we know that we made some changes in April of 2022 uh granting some additional compensation and then it was really for the 2022 2023 school year that the starting salary amount became $40,000 after being right below 30,000 just a decade ago. Now, looking ahead, I just have two bullet points here. Uh here I'll I'll go into this just a little bit more. We know as we've uh discussed probably for next year, especially once we know more from the bianual state budget that we'd be looking to move that beginning salary rung again into probably that $45,000 range. Um but again, we need to know what kind of fiscal support we're looking at from the state before we're able to commit to that, which
037is why it's we're recommending that two-step or twoprong approach as we've discussed. So really action tonight is one thing and then to make those other changes. One pathway would be to look at that again a year from now, April of 2026 as we look at the 2627 school/ fiscal year. Theoretically though some things could happen with the state budget where maybe we could take action uh really uh even even earlier if desired. not that we would need to because we know looking back uh to the spring of 2022 there were changes as well as the fall of 2023 which of course aligns with the last bianial state budget. So we'll keep uh the group uh updated as we get more information on state budget and then really that last bullet point. I don't think it's
038where the group is at. As you see in my notes and I've heard from me before, but like if if we ever get to the point, right, a couple years from now, a couple decades from now where between the board, administration, especially the teacher reps we meet with each year that we feel like the ladder, even updating it isn't possible. It's possible. Some districts basically completely get rid of the ladder and go with, you know, a different type of approach, probably a little closer to what we do with our non-teer employee group. So, always possible. Not saying that's where we need to be now or that most folks are ready for it, but lately I've been trying to remind a few folks that there's always an option to go a completely different direction if at
039some point in the future the district wants to do that. So that's enough on the notes. I'll finish the last sentence and then we can see what you have. A motion to approve the professional staff salary ladder for 2025 2026 as presented is recommended. I'll make a motion to approve the professional staff salary letter for 2025 2026 as percentages. We have a motion by Commissioner Meyer and seconded by Commissioner Hz to approve the Saturday 2025 Saturday salary ladder 2125 2026. Further discussion on this. All those in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. Motion carried. And then we are down to approve individual contracts for returning teachers. Yes. Um again, as the board knows, but as a review for people that don't want to deal with this that often, state of Wisconsin requires returning teacher contracts
040to be issued by May 15th of each school year. As noted in the budget preparation for this year, recent schoolboard learning sessions and our previous agenda item looking at modifying the salary ladder means that returning teachers would move up. A tab was just approved. Uh the two salary ladders or two salary rungs, excuse me, rather than one is typically the case. Also, I touch on the following annual reminders just to kind of help everyone understand what this deals with or not. Uh the first returning teachers are teachers who are not retiring residing at the mid or end of the school year. Returning teachers are not teachers whose position are not continuing next year either because of being a temporary position or because the position is being eliminated. Number three, sorry the end got that got
041cut off. Returning teachers are not teachers who are being considered for the potential for preliminary notice of non-renewal. And fourth, additionally, as the board has discussed in the past, a teacher on a plan of assistance does not move up the salary ladder but remains at the same rung as the current year. Uh just a quick reminder, sometimes people wonder that aren't used to the cycle. Remember, the board typically approves compensation for non-eing staff member groups in May after we've addressed our primary uh employee group of the teachers uh this month of April. So, a motion to approve individual contracts for all returning teachers as presented is recommended. We'll move to approve individual contracts for all returning teachers as presented. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner H, second by Ch Commissioner Chisum to approve individual
042contracts for all returning teachers as for as presented. Further discussion? All those in favor, please say I. I. Opposed. Motion carried. down to approving a high school head football coach. Yeah, we actually have a connection with the two agenda items, although the positions technically are separate. That's why they're listed this way. So, we have a head football coach recommendation. Uh the board's well aware that we've had a kind of a journey over the last few years with different changes and the timing of some of that. So, I'll go to the notes here. So, principal Nurain athletic director Dewi recommend Matthew Landers as our next high school head football coach. Matt had been the head coach at Williams Bay High School the past two seasons and was an assistant prior to that. Motion to approve Matthew
043Landrew as our high school head football coach beginning with the 2025 2026 school year is recommended. I move to approve Matthew Landers as the high school head as the high school head football coach beginning with the 2526 school year. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Cruz, seconded by Commissioner Schultz to approve Matthew Landers as the high school head football coach beginning with the 2025 2026 school year. Uh, further discussion. All those in favor, please say I. I. Opposed? Motion carried. We are now down to approving a middle school special education teacher. Yes. Thank you. Principal Mark Smullen and director of special education pupil services Lindseay Ferry and the interview committee have selected Matthew Landers as our new TJ Walker special education teacher uh to replace Britney Rickerson. Mr. Landers taught for a year as
044a special education teacher, another as an adaptive physical education teacher. He worked earlier prior to that as a teacher associate. He's a University of Wisconsin Platville graduate and majored in physical education and health. Mr. Landers co-teer shared that Matt quote always steps up to the plate when needed and quote his associate principal added quote Mr. Landers does an exceptional job building relationships with students. This is one of his strongest traits as an educator. End quote. So motion to approve Matthew Landers as a middle school special education teacher beginning with the 2025 2026 school year is recommended. I'll move to approve Matt Steve Landers as a middle school special education teacher beginning with the 2025 2026 school year. Second. All right. We have a motion by Commissioner Schultz, second by Commissioner Jenner John to approve Matthew
045Land Landers as a middle school special education teacher beginning with the 2025 2026 school year. Uh further discussion hearing none. All those in favor, please say I. I. Opposed. Motion carried for Matthew Landers. Probably should reverse that. It actually the teacher. That's why I mentioned that they're really connected. Could you imagine if we approve the not the teacher? Sorry. Little humor here watching outside. Well, and some of us that have done this a long time. Remember the days of when someone was hired and some of those extra duties, coaching, forensic, you know, whatever the case happens to be, doing the musical were basically added right to the teacher contract, right? So, that has changed over the years for a variety of reasons. Uh, but yeah, once upon a time definitely would have been done. Yeah,
046I know. I know. Kind of for fun. It's nice to throw that. Exactly. Uh, now next approval of social work. Yeah, really that one will bump to next month. So, we've got uh good uh good things in motion there. You've heard from director Ferry on that. Uh no really current departure from the game plan, but a few more details are getting worked out next week uh before we bring that to you for consideration. And then we have a approval associate position, special education. Yeah, we have one uh TA position for us tonight. Um director of special education pupil services Lindsay Fian, principal Katie Devilers. I'm pleased to welcome Jenny Hull for a special education teacher associate position over at Sawyer Elementary School for the remainder of this current school year. Jenny comes to the position
047with experience working at Sawyer as a TA in the safe harbor program two years. Also worked in the local daycare setting as an assistant teacher. Jenny's greatest strengths are her patience and willingness to support our students in the most compassionate way possible. Very excited to welcome back Jenny to serve special education students over at Sawyer. So, a motion to approve Jenny Hall as a special education teacher associate at Sawyer School is recommended. I move to approve Jenny Hall as a special education teacher associate at Sawyer School. Second. All right. So, we have we have a motion made by Commissioner Haw, second by Commissioner Howard to approve Jenny Hall as a special education teacher associate at Sawyer School. Further discussion hearing. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Jenny Hull has been ratified. Now we're
048down to uh point 10 which is Neiola policy review. This is the initial review of 342.1. Yeah. So we've got this batch from that series. Again, first reading, right? And as we know the second reading goes into consent agenda next month unless there be one in particular that Mrs. deise or I would get more info on or if someone had a question like we've done in the past. So, I'll do my best to make this as painless as possible. And I'll just say now again, thank you Mrs. Deise for assisting this so I don't have to spend all the time that I once did on this doing this all by myself. So, thank you. And our Neola rep gene has always been very responsive to um uh under policy 1100 district organization. Uh this is
049revised. I'll focus just as I usually try to to keep this moving for people on a few phrases really. Here's some optional language regarding consultants that has been moved to new policy 8125 consultants. That's where that revision comes from. Moving on, we see same basic policy but three different aspects. The 1,00 3,000 and 4,000 series. So those numbers are 1130, 3230, 4230. This really deals with rest um incorporating restrictions on the supervision of a relative and also including options involving outside employment or consulting. Next up, policy 1241, which is non-renewal or termination of the district administrator's contract. This is a revision where we looked at uh really more accurately reflecting um the contents specifically referencing the non-renewal or termination of the district administrator and how that would work. In addition, policy was modified to incorporate
050language consistent with the non-renewal statute and references policy 3140 as applicable to other administrators. I think maybe it's worth pausing. Sometimes people we always say it's entertaining working on some of these not as awkward as sometimes people think right that we check with legal and then we check with President Stefani right rather than just Hannah and me updating something that deals with a person say in my position policy 2210 curriculum development revised uh this really deals with removing language that's part of the educational outcome goals and expectations that's already in section 118.01 of Wisconsin statutes and not the curriculum standard EI8 of the administrative code. So that revision there. Next letter E, policy 2270, religion in the curriculum revised. Again, uh yeah, religion in the curriculum, a revised policy. This is revised to add legal
051citations and to reflect the annual notice required in the law. F policy 2271, which is entitled Start College Now Program. Another revision. Uh this was updated to reflect that in addition to the tuition cost, the law requires the district to pay costs of course fees and books to the same extent that a student who is attending uh the technical college would be charged. The next two instead of revisions really are rejections. uh policy 247 student privacy and parental access to information and policy 2441 summer or intern uh school attendance that just really aren't necessary with the policy batch we have policy 2464 advanced learning instruction or some of us might call that gifted and talented over the years see this is a replacement policy as opposed to revision and really includes new provisions jumping down
052to that second sentence based on state statutory language and administrative of regulations from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. And maybe I'll just pause and say, well, we don't have what was entitled the same type of gifted and talented program as say 20 years ago. In case you're wondering, do we still have something? Uh, we still have something for students. Yes, there's different ways that the schools work through that, but we have someone like uh district librarian. In fact, we were just the admin team. We were looking over stipens in this morning's meeting, a part of our usual April process. Um, and then she does some things districtwide, working with kids and families and teachers at the different levels to provide additional kind of quote unquote gifts and talented services. So, as I'm turning the
053page, I just thought you might find that interesting that some of that certainly still does exist. Policy next up, letter J, excuse me. Policy 3214 and 4214 deals with staff gifts. This is a replacement policy. We see that's updated and restructured to present the more common scenarios involving gifts to um or from staff. Policy 3281 again not necessary rejection for us. Personal property of staff members right we know people have personal property etc etc. We don't need a board policy on that. Next L policy 4124 reasonable a notice of reasonable assurance of employment revised. Uh this language really is modified to be more consistent with state statute in essence for the board. A quick reminder, so through our principal director level or some of our hourly staff, we need to issue them some sort of
054notice, right? A reasonable assurance that they have employment with us next year. They don't get a contract like maybe a teacher does. Um, but yes, they have an assurance that there is work for them that is similar to the work they're doing now unless we tell them otherwise. Policy 5113 open enrollment program uh revision really deals with reviewing special education student IPS to determine both space and service availability. We've talked about this every year especially in December and January with open enrollment. So in essence we're really we've been doing this and policy 5330 administration of medication emergency care really this deals with you see the act references and so forth I don't need to read all that to have the available use of bronchio dilitators if I said that right or not but it was
055close dilators yeah that too provided by prescription to the school so there are some things about what can and cannot occur um again a reminder we do have staff that trained in these types of things and as you know we employ a school nurse uh directly through the district now as well. Uh the next one really uh rescending um emergency medical authorization policy 5341 again it says rescending this is recommended to avoid confusion and duplication since there are certain things uh that are in essence covered elsewhere. Policy 5512 letter P use of tobacco and nicotine by students. Again, a revision. I'm going to jump all the way down to the last sentence. Really, it's really what's been added is more descriptive policy position to promote respect for Native American ceremonial tobacco usage as opposed to
056when some of us like in our young assistant principal days were looking for packs of cigarettes at school. Right? So, very different, but there's the reference. You see, letter Q policy 5611, due process rights. Again, something uh in essence that can be rescended as with our policy 5710, student complaints. Again, not necessary uh for the different reasons uh described there, which I'm not all going to go into right now. Letter S, policy 6231, budget implementation. Again, a revision that was done to clarify language regarding fund balance expenditures consistent with current practices. Right. The district has talked a lot over the years and the board does every year about fund balance. really what it is versus what it isn't relates to the next policy letter T policy 6235 fund balance again revised uh updated to include
057additional rationale and options as we look at the management of fund balance letter U policy 6620 petty cash revision basically was simplified and provides an option for a petty cash fund limit B policy 7410 maintenance another revision terminology in the policy was just updated ated butter W policy 7430 safety standards another revision to clarify what information is required to be reported to the board under this type of safety standards language letter X policy 7440 facility security uh this was uh revised to clarify law enforcement contact and remove some of the optional language that was that was there letter Y policy 74402 smart sensor and monitoring techn technology another revision really looking to better describe the current technology as we know technology things are updating rapidly letter Z deals with policies 75403 and 75404 dealing with
058student technology acceptable use and safety we see there are revisions here to reflect the new requirements by the FCC and district acceptable use policy these changes are recommended for legal compliance if we receive federal -ray funds through the universal service programs. Letter AA policy 75407 district issue student email. We see this was revised to include some language regarding the use of dis districtissued email addresses and other media accounts that we know right our students here do have district email accounts. Under BB policy 8120 volunteers revised to regarding volunteer background checks and statutory requirements to conduct background checks on a board member as well who volunteers. Letter CC this is a rejection dealing with consultants policy 8125. Right? We have other ways we could manage utilizing consultants when necessary. Letter D, policy 8305, information security and
059other revision involving additional language regarding limitations on the public discussion of cyber security measures. E coming down the home stretch here. Policy 8395, student mental and physical health services. This is a revision to reflect the provision of both mental and physical health services in school. Right. also updated to better reflect the option for arrangements for on-site health services provided by outside agencies. Right, we know we partnered with the hospital and we partnered with the partnership that allows students and families to have access with all the proper clearance mental health services right and school campuses thanks to that community partnership. Next, letter FF, policy 8531, free and reduced price meals. A revision allowing for circumstances where the district may have one or more of its schools qualify for that C program when others do not. Again,
060C stands for community eligibility provision. By the way, I know we throw a lot of acronyms at you. And finally, for now, letter GG, policy 8600, transportation. Again, the transportation policy comes up pretty regularly. Uh this is revised to clarify transportation obligations for a student with a disability as defined in their IEP or individualized education plan. And again, this is something that certainly our district uh through our special ed services already does. Those are the first readings for us tonight. Presidents define. Thank you. Um next that brings us down to reports. So, did I see he's the other side of the poster? Oh, the post is blocking. Couldn't see you. Sorry, sir. We got starting with the high school. What's happen? All right. Good evening. All right. Just a few quick things to share. Uh,
061first, I want to publicly congratulate Heidi Hints. Uh, Mrs. This hint, some of you may have um heard or seen, was recognized as a full fellowship teacher this school year. There's only 100 teachers in the state of Wisconsin recognized this year. Um and Heidi was one of them. Um she has done a phenomenal job and today we did a little celebration with the staff to congratulate her and thank her for all she does every day um for our students and our community and puts on such an amazing opportunity for our kids and show. So um wanted to shout out to Mrs. Hint for that. And you can tell that the surprise was successful. It was. Yes, we did a It's hard to get an entire staff to come together and surprise one staff member uh
062with a a potluck lunch, but um it worked and she was surprised and that was fun. So, um yeah, it was a good it was a good time. So, we we enjoyed that. Um other news, we finished up state testing today. Um, many of you know we had our forward testing last week for our sophomore students and then we had our ACT for all juniors last week. Today, preACT for all freshman and sophomore students and we made it through it. Uh, and we threw prom right in the middle of all of that as well on Saturday. Uh, so we just like to throw it all together in two weeks. But it was a lot of fun. Um, kids did a, you know, talking to kids. They feel that they did pretty well. We'll see. I'll
063share that data within the next couple weeks with everyone. As you know, that's been a huge focus on the work we've been doing is to to try and help students prepare for that. And we use that data in our um daily interactions with students. We really try to break that down into um what we're doing, what students need, how we can best support them. So, we got through it all today. Um, and then, um, finally, I just want to invite all of the board members and anyone listening. Pippen, our high school musical, is coming up next weekend. So, the 24th, 25th, and 26th, we have performances and shows going on. Our students have been working for the last several months been doing this. And we're really excited because our director and our choreographer are all
064um, professionals um, who work in theater here in Dor County. So, it's um a pretty neat experience for our kids to be working with professional directors and um choreographers and that. So, excited for that show. So, come out and see it. It's going to be great. Um we're also offering a tour of the auditorium in between the shows on Saturday um for anybody who wants to learn a little bit more about that auditorium work we're doing. So, come on um and take a tour of our current space between the between the plays. So, what I got Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I just three brief things. Uh Clipper Clays has a big fundraiser coming up this Friday. Hope you can check it out. That's over the rod and gun club. Please check that out. Over
065we have over 58 students in that program. They served over 300 meals last time. It's a wonderful event. Many parents and students involved. So Friday night check out. They also have chicken nuggets as an option too if you want and the fish has been donated and uh just wonderful opportunity. Secondly, uh partnership with our STEM classes are going over the YMCA build a regata. It's a pretty cool thing. A lot of kids, a few kids did this last year. Had a wonderful time going in the pool. They have been obviously getting their stuff together. It's g You're gonna like this. A lot of good pictures coming out of that. Finally, just going to be real brief. Um you saw on our social media postings. Looking for a couple additional job opportunities are going on in
066the district. Really looking for one here from my not just from my lens, from everybody's lens. We have over 80 plus EL kids. We're looking for ELL coordinator. Uh, if you see this, share it, pass it along, try to find the right person to come on in and work with our staff, help grow our skills and differentiating, working with students. This is a big time hire. It's going to make a big difference in our school district. So, pass that on, please. All right. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Well, Miss Principal, Mrs. Smallen's coming on down. If you show up to the rod and gun club on Friday for the uh Clifford Glades fundraiser that Mark just mentioned, if you choose to park on the property and eat inside, you may get assistance being
067parked from Chief Henry and myself, Superintendent Cher. So, they usually give us that duty to help with the parking. I don't know why we get that, but we do. Otherwise, if you're just driving through, you still might see both of us and many other volunteer members. you gave us our meal last year, I'm pretty sure. Um, so we are also similar to the high school, we're wrapping up testing and third grade wrapped up today. They celebrated with an extra recess in the sun. It was very, it was momentous. They were so excited and happy. Fourth and fifth grade continued chipping away at their tests. Um, one program I wanted to highlight, it's like spring. It's the Sunrise Explorers. So, one of our staff members, Bobby Deondorf, brings a group of fifth graders out to Crossroads.
068They find critters. They watch the suckers run. They build land bridges. They just get dirty and learn a lot. And it's just it's just great. So, I'm I'm happy that we continue to do that every year. Um and that is really what we're doing. We are um a lot of learning, a little bit of testing, getting ready for end of year, summer school, and next year. So, this is the busy busy time of the year. So, summer school closes um registration the 21st. Right now, it's open to all Door County students. So we have a lot of surgeon based students sign up and some non surgeon based students which is great. Come on. Great program. Thank you. Thank you Mrs. Small. Principal the Villers is working her way to the podium walking from all the
069way on the other side of the bay. Well maybe not just the back of the but not today. That's right. Hi everybody. It's that interesting time of year where we're thinking about being present right now. we're thinking about what we need to finish up and then of course we're thinking about the future. And so I just want to share a couple things that relate to that. One is we're really I'm working with Katie Smallen over at Sunrise to align some special schedules and share resources and staff. Very excited about what how that's working and how it's coming. I really want to thank uh some of our specialists, Holly Sy, Cheryl Faster, Lauren Curtain, and Megan Jane Publicly for their work on that. and looking forward to sharing resources and making sure that we have kids
070in front of people and um like Cheryl teaching 4K through second grade music and and being with kids that whole time. Same with Megan, same with for art and same with Lauren for FAV. So very exciting about that work and happy to work with Katie on that. Um the other thing really I have a visual I usually don't I have a visual tonight future clippers open house. So, we are working really hard to um wrap our arms around our new 4K families and get more of them, right? And so, we are off doing a number of things actually, but um the newest is an open house and it is happening on May 8th and um it it came together really fast and I have some people to thank for it. new families will be able
071to come and put their children in the spaces that they'll be in, which means a lot for new families. It's such a big transition for them. So, kids will explore those learning places uh spaces. There'll be time on the playground. Uh they'll get help with registration. Erin Dwitty, our our great secretary, and Indie Lenbach will be there. Jenny from food service will be there, I'm sure, with some snacks or something to promote that. We'll have Mr. Zer, our ELEL teacher there for translation and support. Um, the bus company is bringing a bus and some representatives so we can get those little kids who struggle always with getting on the bus. Um, our reading, math, and social emotional learning coach and school counselor will be there to answer questions. Um, our school nur our district nurse
072is coming too and all these people stepped up to help us to say really we need to do a better job in welcoming our 4K kids and giving families that opportunity to be in school. So, we're excited to see what happens and we can't wait to see our future clippers on that thing. Yeah. Katie, how are you advertising for this event? All over. Everything went home in folders. I was just typing up my family newsletter. It's I've been out on social media. I hit the pavement with the help of some of the administrators and put things up all over. So, can you put one at the daycare? There might be one. You haven't? Okay. I was talking to some parents who don't have kids in the school yet and they were like how do we
073know how to get to this like how do we get our kids in school? Okay, we will. Yeah. And and Head Start has one too. We also have been promoting our teddy bear camp which you may have remembered me talking about last year, but this year we're uh we just piloted and tried it last year, but that's another opportunity for them to come. It's being run during summer school this time and so those flyers have been up all over. So, um, daycare will double check on that. Thanks for letting me know. Maybe run it in the newspaper. Sure, they can sure do that. Yeah, maybe. Maybe May 8th is coming up really quick. So, we didn't have as much time on it. Had to throw it together a little quicker than what we thought, but
074for sure teddy bear camping summer schools, but it's been advertised. So, we can also look that. Yeah. Anything else? Good. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you, Katie. Thank you. But we promise I have lots of information anyway. There we go. Directors Ferry and Weber passing on their time. Business manager Holtz, what do you got? Um, far ahead on what I sent earlier today, uh, my original, uh, updates. I'm going to Green Bay tomorrow to, uh, Bayard Open Gym is what they call it. They'll present a little bit on the state budgets. Uh I'm not expecting anything earthshattering there, but also going to talk to them about uh the uh their financial planning soft school financial planning uh software um and see if that would be a good fit to essentially go back to them from what
075we've been using as forecast 5 over the last few years. Um year end projections, I sent that earlier today. uh looking at uh a year end surplus. Uh still kind of waiting to see um though with the food service where that's going to land because that could affect some of it. Um but uh you see my commentary there. Let me know if you have any questions off of that. Uh yeah, the uh little snippets for food service you shared with me today. Is it too early for that as an example or is that kind of interesting? Um so in talking with Mrs. Spooky about how we can share our story. Um I I'm not I I don't know inherently how it might problem solve, but shares the story of what's this food what's a a
076meal cost uh today versus say three or five years ago. Um pick, you know, if we can pick a a meal that's a staple um looking at French toast sticks uh meal. So that's not just French toast sticks uh that you can find myself and my children eating just French toast sticks and bacon. Uh but it includes fruits uh veggies as part of the meal. Um the cost of that has gone up 36% from uh to today. uh not terribly shocking I think as we look at our own grocery bills um but putting a number on it um I think is important. I think the next step is looking at uh meal reimbursements uh free reduced uh meal prices etc uh to help share that that part of the story as well. So we're in
077Wisconsin a dairy state. Now, we're not going to argue about California, right? But this was an interesting one you shared with me today as well. Yeah. So, uh milk prices from again that uh I have it up here from 1920 to today have gone from 22.31 cents to 35 12 cents uh per pint, which is a 50 over 50% dump as well for milk. from 1920. School year 2020. That's an expensive thing. Right. I knew someone was going to 1920. I was thinking, do we have records? It was the door to door service. Sorry. pop and chuckle there. Unrelated. Anyone a question for Jake while I take one more sip of water, but we're finishing this off. But obviously, you'll keep us in the in the Yeah, I was planning on putting some of this
078together too for uh our our learning session. Um yeah, again, inherently not problem solving, but I think people hear that. That's a good story to hear and share. So, Yeah. Well, I think kind of wrapping that up and then I'll just hit my few highlights. I think we always talk, right? There's the hard numbers, then there's the story behind it, right? Why it is, why it isn't. And I think they're trying to, you know, Jake and Jenny are working on, okay, what's changing, right? Whether the stuff we see in the news or just general cost or federal level and all this stuff. How do you kind of like, all right, what is the cost of a school meal and how do we kind of approach that? We know we have interested folks in the community
079that have been great about trying to troubleshoot, provide funds, whatever. What does that look like? We'll see. Uh for my report, just teaching learning one item just very briefly. We'll continue engaged. Two Fridays ago, Representative Kitchens was one of a few legislators that were at our meeting like roughly every other month when the superintendents meet in Green Bay. We have legislators on both sides of the aisle as both assembly and state senators that come in to engage in dialogue, but not a lot of solutions. Um, but certainly the state budget was a big part of that and some of the politics behind it, which we can all say is frustrating, but I got to figure it out. Um, community engagement, I'll just touch on uh the auditorium. Keith mentioned it, so I won't repeat that.
080Uh, but Keith as well as Jason Palmer and Mary Nickel gave a really nice presentation at New Rotary recently. And I believe Keith Breakfast Rotary just yesterday morning. Keeping my day straight. Right. Right. So working on just helping them align with some of those groups as they're sharing the word not only with those um individuals right that are part of those service clubs but the different people they know to share the word and see if there are folks that are interested in in becoming involved. Uh Clipper Connection newsletter mentioned it briefly in the email I think I sent you yesterday but uh we're basically working with the pulse that should be I think finalized as of today that meeting so I haven't looked at a lot of email but that hopefully uh will be out
081in the pulse as early as this weekend. So, uh, some neat information. Uh, and again, thanks to everyone who's involved with writing content, getting content, proofreading, and working with, uh, the Pulse team on that, which is cool. Uh, so excited about that. And then remember, the plan is to have another issue ready to go where we can have the content pulled together before people break for summer, even though it won't go out to the public until sometime in summer. Uh, next and last category, finance, facilities, operations. We did have a Sturgeon Bay uh kind of recreational facility meeting on April 8th. The short version there is the consultants know they're getting very close and they owe all of us that put money into that a feasibility study on not just the part across the street
082here owned by the city and us and what is hopefully a first phase between city dollars and some additional fundraisers but also the bigger one that's I think really delayed the uh the feasibility study not as a criticism but just the reality right if people around the county are going to engage in a conversation of could there be an indoor facility somewhere and what could that look like and how can that be built and how can it be run right that's that's a little more involved right our focus as Mike and I have attended some of those meetings in person via Zoom has kind of been in working with the city on the piece across the street obviously so stay tuned hopefully we'll have that feasibility study very soon and then uh last on the
083communications and marketing it's not lost on us Brian Nickel from the Donovan group has gotten a document to Jake and me but admittedly that's been waiting behind some other things as far as some things we can do in the coming months uh on that effort that we talked about number of times including at the board retreat in February. So I do have something from them. It just hasn't gotten attention from me. Uh yeah, I think that's enough. I don't need to hit on anything else as we get ready to wrap up and then go to close session about uh the Ruby Helter. Um do I have a motion to go into close session? Noting that. Noting that um um well noting that it's real noting that the whole thing. Yeah. Just Yeah. Noting why that
084is. Yeah. Wisconsin stats uh statute section 19.851c considering employment promotion compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Uh we will review of of staff evaluations for a nomination of a 2025 Kirby housing award and then we will return to open session following the close session session. If action is taken, the board president can simply state that action was taken consistent with the purpose for closed session. Um so do I have a motion as presented? Move to close session have a roll call vote for Wisconsin stat section 19.851C considering employment promotion compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility and review of staff evaluations for nomination of the 2025 Herby Hower Award. Afterwards
085we will return to open session. Second. All right, we have a motion and a second to uh move into close session. Um reminder, this will be a roll call vote and as presented. Uh further discussion, all those in favor, please say I. I. No. Roll call. Roll call. So sorry. All right. Commissioner Meyer. Yes. Yes. Yes. Commissioner House. Yes. Commissioner Chisum, yes. Commissioner Jenner John, yes. Commissioner Stefani, yes. Commissioner Cruz, yes. Commissioner Howard, yes. Commissioner Scholes, yes. And Commissioner Spreadka, yes.