001Okay, I'll call the meeting to order. Um, for the parents that are in the hallway and then if you guys want to come in here, there's plenty of room behind us if you want a good seat to see the kids. >> So, please feel free to come through. >> U, Mary, could I have roll call, please? Here >> here >> okay. Would everyone please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance? >> I 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. >> Very good. >> Thank you. That was one of the best pledges we've had all year, I think. >> All right. Uh we'll move on to minutes. Um we all should have
002a copy of the regular meeting minutes from March 9th in our packet if there's >> I I move for approval of the March 9th, 2026 minutes as written. >> Second. >> Okay. Okay, we have a motion, a second to approve the minutes from the March 9th regular meeting. All those in favor signify by saying I. I >> oppose. Same sign. Motion carried. >> Good evening everyone. Thank you for coming. Everyone at home watching us tonight. We got a packed house and looks like a bunch of young singers up front. So, it sounds like we're going to be in for a treat here tonight. So, thank you for joining us. Um, there was no public comment sign up. So, I will move on to the agenda. Everyone should have a copy of the agenda. There aren't
003any additions or corrections. I'll entertain a motion to adopt. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay, we have a motion, a second to adopt the agenda. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Same sign. >> Motion carried. >> All right, we'll move on to reports presented by administration 8.1 school of the month. Presentation presentation Washington Elementary School. Good evening. Uh Mr. Wilson and I are very excited to be here tonight to um provide some updates on our happenings at Washington School. But before we get started, we would like to welcome our Washington chorus along with Mrs. Ashbrook because they have a performance for all of you tonight. All right, we're going to start with our school song. So, if you know it, sing it with us. >> We will work
004and play together. We are the school that stands forever. Washington Bulldogs, let's hear a house. Washington Bulldog, let's hear a growl. Stormy, fair, or sunny weather, we always are the best. Yes. All right, we have some rappers. Sorry, we had to get situated. Um, but anyway, this is about half of my chorus. Um, at Washington, we had 50 students in chorus and we meet on Tuesdays after school, a mix of fourth and fifth graders. Fourth graders, raise your hands. fifth graders, raise your hands. And it's a really good mix. So, we meet um and do lots of singing around um the community, right? Um at basketball games, we have a hockey game. We're going to the nursing home at the end of the year. Um and we have coral festival coming. You're all invited to
005come where it's May 5th. The concert is at 10:45 at the high school and we will be singing with all of the elementary um choruses at that concert. So, you're welcome to come and and join us there. But anyway, we are going to do a song called My Shot from the Musical Hamilton. And the kids love this song, and I love it because we get to talk about history and music all at the same time. And lots of music does that where we're doing math, music, history, science. The kids are always like, "What? Science?" And so, anyway, we're going to put it all together. And we have four rappers. We have Reese, Elliot, Flynn, and Clay. So here we go. >> I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot.
006I'm just like my country. I'm young, hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot. I'm a good scholar. E S A N E R. We are meant to be a colony that runs independently. So there will be a revolution in the century. I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. Hey just like my country and hungry and I'm not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. They are just like my country. Yum, yum, yummy, and hungry. And I'm not throwing away my shot. Wo wo wo wo wo. Yeah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Yeah. up when you're living on your knees. You rise up. Tell your brother that he's got to rise up. Tell your sister that she's got
007to rise up. Rise up. When you're living on your knees, you got to rise up. Tell your brother that he's got to rise up. Tell your sister that she's got to rise up. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Oh wo yeah throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. Hey just like my country. I'm young and hungry and I'm not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my shot. I'm just like my country. I'm young and hungry and I'm not throwing away my shot. Not my throw away my shout. We're going to rise up. Rise up. Rise up. Rise up. Come and take a shot. Come and take a shot. And I am not throwing away my not my Very very good. We got a
008quite a talented group of young individuals here. I see. >> All right. So, we got a quite a talented group of young individuals here. I see. >> Anyway, thank you for having us and comments you want to request for some time. These guys are absolutely amazing. So, another round. >> Thank you. Bulldog. >> Nice job, you guys. >> That was nice. >> Yeah, that was tough. >> All right. Thank you very much to our Washington Bulldogs. Thank you to um our parents who took the time out of the evening to bring them All right. Well, as promised, Mr. Wilson and I are going to go through and provide some updates on our school success plan. Um, so some of our mid-year data, which will be um updated here, pretty soon um along with some of
009our key action steps that we have completed this year. So, I'll be starting us off by going over our reading goal. Um, our overall goal is based off of the I Ready Diagnostic. Like, um, I think all of the elementary schools, um, we are looking to increase our proficiency, our overall proficiency by 2%. Um, this spring as compared to last spring. Um, some of our key action steps. Um, one would be comprehension. So comprehension strategies when looking at our reading data we have it broken into the different domains which is how we can analyze it. Um and comprehension consistently shows up as the lowest domains. This is not um necessarily just Washington. This is pretty consistent across all schools. Um so really trying to think about how we can increase our comprehension scores. So with
010that, we've really focused on some specific strategies um that we've really integrated into our um I guess school culture, if you will, this year, which I'll get to that a little bit more here in a moment. Um so with that, we've provided some student and family communication. So Mr. Wilson and I are consistently communicating this with our student body and of course our staff through um weekly announcements um our Friday virtual assemblies that we have. So we're continuously promoting uh comprehension and how important that is as a as a part of our reading really brings it all together. Um we al we also provided some um tips for families. Um so we had sent home a letter to our families on how they can support comprehension at home when they are reading with their children.
011Um we are also focusing on specific comprehensions during our book buddies time. So we have classes that meet as book buddies weekly and um during that time we have them working through specific comprehension strategies when they read together. So we have um older classes who are paired with younger classes. So it also puts them in that position to be leaders during that time as well. Um also with our reading goal um Mr. Wilson and myself along with the fourth and fifth grade teachers um our SLOs's are connected to um specifically our fourth and fifth grade students who are in that bottom cortile according to the forward exam from last year. So what we did was we looked at our forward exam data and um looked at that bottom cortile of students and those students are
012directly related to our SLO goals which means um we have various strategies that we're utilizing to connect with those students whether that's through some additional um goal settings some of that's even just some pump up conversations or talking with them about how we can support their learning at school. And then of course um you know we're really focusing in on that group two as we're looking at our interventions and how our students are responding to those interventions. We're also progress monitoring um our comprehension essential standards at every grade level which I'll get to more so in a moment. And then when looking at some of our mid-year data for I Ready, um this year we were at 60% of our students in the green midyear. So early honor, um above grade level in that that
013green band. Last year we were at 61%. So right about there. Of course, we'd like to see that a little bit higher um midyear, but we have done some things to be responsive to that second semester as well. So, this is uh there's a couple of pictures up here. The one is our reading comprehension strategies poster that we created um to basically kind of streamline our communication around those comprehension strategies. Of course, as you work through different grade levels, there's some subtle differences and things that they're focusing on, but we wanted to think a little more big picture. what are some overall um strategies that are just best practice when thinking about comprehension? So, we worked on that with our guiding coalition. And as you can see, we've included um how important it is to
014read actively and self-monitor as you are reading. Um visualize as you are reading. So, really thinking about we even tell the kids like you're making a movie in your mind as you read. uh focusing on what the main idea is or what are they learning from from that piece of text that they are reading. Um use using context clues when they maybe get to some words that they don't understand. Summarize. So summarizing what it is that they have learned or the story that they have read. And then very tiny down there some of our other helpful tips. Really focus on some of those academic behaviors which I'll be talking more about as well. So really taking your time that um stamina for reading and making sure that again you're actively reading but you're not skimming
015through. Um, you know, oftentimes you will hear students say, especially during testing, if maybe they didn't perform as well as they thought they were going to or even as teachers, principles as we thought maybe they would, they might say, "Well, I didn't read through all of it or I kind of, you know, skimmed through it or I didn't read all the questions." So, um, again, thinking about some of those academic behaviors. So, as I mentioned earlier, we are tracking um progress on the comprehension essential standards at each grade level. So, we're doing that on our bulletin board that we have up um you can see K first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and then it goes up to 100%. So what we're doing is um every couple of months all of the teachers are basically doing
016some formal progress monitoring to see how many students in their class are proficient in their comprehension essential standards. So, we've been tracking that and we set up some incentives for when those classes hit like 50% and then our overall goal is 76% which aligns with our overall um goal for proficiency. Um all of our classes met that 50% mark. So, they all earned an incentive that they had voted on. And then overall again each each grade level band is working towards reaching that 76% um proficient on their comprehension essential standards. And once they hit that point um Mr. Wilson and I will be getting a pie face and we'll do a little movie day. So I think they're motivated. Um but so speaking of those um academic behaviors really thinking about um that lack of
017active engagement and poor stam stamina when it comes to comprehension. So that's what we're really really trying to stress is just how important it is that you take your time while you're reading when you come to a question that you're going back to the text and you're actually looking for that answer. Um so those are some things that we've really really been stressing with our students and it can be challenging especially um when we are competing against technology and um that constant gratification that a lot of our students are used to receiving um that stamina for taking their time and actually reading through an entire passage is is really really important. Um this is just a chart that um shows where we at as compared to the state for our reading data. This was midyear.
018So as you look um through K5 we are above the state at every level. Um first grade we were a little bit closer to where um the state was. So um I'll get to that a little bit later too. some of our how we've responded to that mid-year data and some changes that we have um made with that. Uh good evening. I'm going to highlight um just some of the things we've done and our for our second goal, our math goal and then also our school connectedness goal at Washington Elementary. So again using that end of year spring to spring I ready diagnostic. Uh last year we finished at 81% uh K5. This year we're looking to move that that mark to 83. So a 2% increase. Um our biggest focus this year and this
019is uh like a staffled initiative is that we dialed in on an ideal math lesson. It's got about 25 components to it. Uh it starts out with like is my lesson objective clearly uh posted and identified and then it does wrap up with that as well. Uh does the teacher model think alouds? Is there math dialogue discourse happening during that time? Are they using math vocabulary? So we have all these indicators and it's a 321 scale. So we had our staff after we completed that document in September, we had our staff um take a initial survey on that. We have our like baseline data. We took a mid-year uh data point. We showed growth in most the areas. There's some areas that that were probably didn't show quite as much growth, but we circled back
020to that at a few faculty meetings and then we'll have our end of the year. And also, Miss Jansma and I use that ideal math lesson. When we go into classrooms and do an observation of a math lesson, we can actually go through the rubric that we designed together as a staff, provide feedback, and then that's the same one where it says peer observations on the screen. um our staff once a semester go in and pick either a grade level staff person or a math interventionist or another person and do um an observation of them and provide feedback and kind of a dialogue and reflection on that. So really focused on what we're doing the behaviors of the the adults in the building when we you know provide math instruction. That's probably the the biggest
021thing that we're doing in the area of uh to grow math. I'm also um each teacher's implemented a spiral review uh because you know obviously once you've taught it or they've had a unit on say geometry they haven't mastered it. So circling back to you know everything that's been taught during the prior year and then exposing them to some topics that they will see later in the year as well. So a spiral review and that's that seems to have helped. So um our mid-year data was was favorable um just uh you know a 2% increase but last year you know we had some good end of the year data. So, we're we're on track uh on track for our math goal uh for this year. Um again, just uh a snapshot looking at the math
022I already scores similar to what you saw in ELA uh with math comparing the state to to Washington Elementary. So, definitely math uh on the Ford exam and probably I Ready is a stronger uh area as a school. We need to probably do much more bolstering with ELA case uh engagement and connectedness goal. I I don't know what uh Mrs. Fosma put together, but I I think you might have some additional documents that were included. I'm not sure. She asked me for the links, but so I'll just you've seen them before. We've kept data. We've done the same survey since uh the spring of 2021. So we have lots of longitudinal data in the area of connectedness, seal, and then equity. And uh if we were to look back at the spring of 2021, most
023of our values were in the the low two range to upper two range. Um so significantly lower than where we've been the last couple years. So, we're always constantly trying to move these these SEAL indicators, which are um there's the empathy question. There's the how I deal with stress effectively. Uh how do I solve conflict resolution? Uh and then is there adult in the school that I can talk to about a important matter? So, those are the areas that we're focused in. And I think again with the uh you know the the melding of of Wilson Elementary and Washington Elementary uh we've we started the school year out with uh making sure they had adult connectedness and then we've rotated that through and made sure that happened um throughout the entire school year. So our
024numbers at mid year we actually met that 3.39 mark. There was a slight little dip uh third quarter when we surveyed and then we'll have another survey uh in May with that. So, and then we also have monthly themed activities. Uh, Miss Jansman and I announced do like weekly and monthly announcements. This April is conflict resolution. So, our kids are receiving um lessons from uh Mrs. Vessie about conflict resolution. We messaged on Friday about conflict resolution. The teachers are messaging about conflict resolution. And then the teachers pull kids that have a a lower perception of themselves or answer lowly. they all have individual um conversations with the students and then also our school counselor, Miss Vessie, pulls groups uh to bolster and support some of those kids. So, I feel like we're pretty dialed in
025with a lot of the uh supports that we offer for the students at Washington. So, that is our engagement and connectedness goal at Washington. And then I'll turn it over to Miss Jansma. So after looking at our midyear data of course we look at how we are going to respond to it. So what are some adjustments that we are going to make for the second semester. Um so these were discuss we had some discussions through our guiding coalition but then also as an entire certified staff as well. Um so we took some time to really look through our data and determine um well really they focus within even their grade level bands like what what do we need to do next or what do we need to really focus in on. So provided some examples
026of some of the things that um we set out to do for the second semester. So looking at adjusting tier one and small group um focus on high frequency words in first grade. So when I had noted that our first grade data maybe wasn't, you know, quite as far apart from the state data, one of the things that we noted when we looked at our students who um weren't scoring as high or making the growth that we would have liked to have seen within that first semester was um high frequency words. So they were all um pretty low in their high frequency words. So, one of the things that we did was um all of our first grade teachers made a point to really focus in on high frequency words for second semester. So, some
027extra practice with that. Um whether that was with them in small groups, even whole group. um to go along with that. Um and this wasn't just for first grade, but in general, we talked about how we can maximize our TA support to help um really target specific skills that students are lacking in. So, some of those skill and drill practices that um we can easily set up our TAs to do when they come in. Maybe here's your basket of flashcards that you're going to do of high frequency words or it might be something with math. but really maximizing the time that we have them in the classrooms and really targeting their focus. Um so that's something that some of our classes have really um improved upon uh this second semester. They've really um taken too.
028And then of course we looked at our support from interventionists. So, we met um within our SIT teams and looked at that data and kind of determined who maybe could be exited out of intervention and who might need to be brought into that tier three intervention. And then for math specifically, we also um discussed the uh spiral review for math. So that was also one of the things we had talked about at the start of the school year was um everyone committing to providing some type of a spiral review during their day. Um really it's really important even specifically for that math vocabulary. So if they've gone through one unit and they get to the next unit and our our tier one resource doesn't spiral as frequently um they can forget some of that math
029vocabulary. So um our grade level bands have all worked together too to ensure that they are doing that um consistently and and on a daily basis. Okay. So we have some pictures to share with you. So um one thing that we do really really well at Washington and I have to say um this was happening before I came so it's a compliment to Washington school is um the leadership. So really putting students in that leadership role. Um you can see in some of the pictures here we have students and Mr. Wilson feel free to chime in too but there's the fall cleanup >> angle on that pile of leaves to make it look larger than it was. So to show off they did some work on that. So >> so um they came together to
030do fall cleanup which is something that I know Mr. Wilson has been doing with them for a handful of years now, but basically go around to some um homes within our Washington school community and and help out help out some folks by raking up a lot of leaves. So, um they were engaged in that. Um, can also see down in the right hand corner a group of kids who are working like on a a project that's on the floor. That's actually a dog a really I don't know six foot maybe even taller. But we did our one school one book and we read because of when Dixie and our art teacher Mrs. Whittier she gets really excited about you know trying to get involved with those things in the art classroom as well. So that
031was an all school project of creating this ginormous dog um Wind Dixie and they actually did it out of uh newspaper scraps. It was it's actually really really neat. Um so every grade level contributed to to the giant dog. And then um that day before spring break, I think Mr. Wilson had noted at one of our other meetings his favorite day of the year is uh bounce house day. So you see a couple of pictures from that as well. >> Um you want to speak to any >> just a few more uh leadership opportunities. So the the holiday event which we host every year, some of the kids that were actually in the choir that were singing are pictured to the left serving cookies to adults. Um some of the board members attended our first
032grade kind of presentation or literacy event which was awesome. uh snapped a picture of the crowd and uh one little gentleman to the right posing with his uh presentation. Super excited. That was a great event. And then just uh the book buddies which we had talked about before. So those are some >> fourth graders paired with first graders and that occurs every Friday and really work on those comprehension strategies. >> Okay, that's all we have prepared for you tonight. Do you guys have any questions for us? >> I just have one question with when did you have any major issues when the Wilson school kids ended up at Washington? >> Not really. No. >> No. >> Everyone's really adjusted well. Um, we worked with Mrs. FE our school counselor and then even myself because obviously
033I had those relationships with the students from Wilson to really make sure those first couple of months of school if we were checking in with kids and for me even checking in with staff to see how everyone was transitioning but no I would definitely not say there were any >> major issues adjustments right >> sure >> but >> and the the year prior we did some like a transition day some PTO events were combined uh I think Miss Jansma purchased t-shirts for the kids, blue blue t-shirts. So that when they, you know, they already had some bulldog uh you know, >> paraphernia >> swag. Yeah, paraphernelia. Um so yeah, the transition I think went pretty smoothly. >> Some of that I I give some of the credit to to Mark, too, because some of the
034ideas when we talked um came from >> from him. So >> um I'll just say thanks for having us. It was it was great to visit the school and uh see what you guys got going on over there. um you know as we went through some of the classrooms obviously um the art classroom they were working on their clay project and just really impressed with the amount of detail that that she takes and explains it step by step for those students uh you know just to ensure that they're successful and uh having a good time. So I was really happy and impressed to see that. Um and then just all the other classrooms, you know, a lot of energy coming from our certified staff. Uh it was great talking with all of our certified staff
035at the coffee chat, but then when we get into the classrooms, like I say, I mean, they're they're keeping the students engaged and um you know, just it that's good to see. And um to to the presentation here um as far as reading is concerned uh I can appreciate the the the pro being proactive about sending home the the the reading tips and you know taking that step to to bring the families in too because it's my opinion that you know that at home work is just as important um is what's going on in that classroom and um also the same thing with the spiral spiral review for math. Um, I've always, you know, in talking with certified staff, I've always heard good things about about that process. So, I'm glad to see you all
036implementing it. But I had a wonderful trip and keep up the good work. >> Or visit, I should say, not trip. >> Yeah. No, I uh I agree with I thanks for having us. It was good to sit and talk with the staff and and greeting the students at the door when they came in. And there's a lot of good things going on at Washington. So, keep it up. You guys are doing a really great job. So, >> yeah. I also was part of that visit and it was great. I got to greet at the kindergarten room and there's a lot of morning energy at that door. So, gave them a hard time because their foods they're collecting were tuna and oatmeal and I was pretty sure they don't go together. But it was great
037to give them a hard time and uh and see them coming in and they you know right away continuing to the uh contributing to that community project. But just the energy of the teachers as they came in and the students ready for the day and just really appreciated um the things we saw in the hall like the work that was hanging up in the halls. There was a section where they had drawn the teachers and literally I could match the teachers up and I'm pretty sure if I tried to draw it nobody would know who I was trying to draw. So it was pretty great. The quality of work and the pride that they take in their work was incredible. Anyone got anything else? >> Thank you. Thanks for uh putting the longitudinal data in
038there too on the index. Just to remind the board in the presentation, it's a live link so you can go back and look at all those years and all the detail if you want. Thank you very much. >> Thank you very much. >> All righty. We'll move on to 8.2 high school activities and athletics winter season update. Mr. Gerber. >> Winner's over. Can we call it a recap? >> Okay. >> Yeah. Um, that's a really hard act to follow, so I'm going to do my best here. Um, and I did provide everyone with an updated set of notes. It's it's it's been a minute over the last couple weeks. Um, and uh there we're going to get a little bit more weather, so it's going to be a little bit extra um coming up. So,
039uh, just some winter, uh, highlights here at the high school. Obviously, we just had prom over the weekend and everything went swimmingly well. Uh, postp prom had its highest participation rate in the last four years over at the YMCA. So, um, there was a ton of kids in the pool and and having a good time. And I got to thank Britney Cashman and Jamie Dugan for spending the night with them uh till 1:00 at the Y. So, I appreciate their efforts as well. Um, John and I tapped out at about 10:30 and I'm still tired. So, um, we had a number of different organizations do some pretty incredible things and, um, you know, it's not something we take lightly because it, this kind of stuff doesn't happen everywhere. Um, in the four years that I've
040been here, we've had incredible results from our clubs at this time of year as their state uh, level competitions uh, ramp up. So, for instance, uh, DECA, which just was at state last week, had eight state qualifiers in a number of different, uh, items, everything from PSAs to sports marketing and and whatnot. And typically our DECA programs had some pretty strong results. Um, FCCLA, uh, Miss Dyra was really excited about this when I saw her when they got back from state, and I'll just read what she put. Uh in February, a Ava Hendrickson and Aubrey Nerswick qualified to compete at the state FCSCLA conference at the Kalahari and the Dells. This week at the state conference, Aubrey achieved a gold medal in repurpose and redesign in level three for dress and purse made out of
041an old tablecloth and Ava achieved a bronze medal and is one of the national qualifiers in the national programs in a uh action focus on a family level two. In other words, she's our first national qualifier in FCCLA in quite some time. So, uh, kudos to her and in and the work that that program is doing. Um, our very strong FFA program continued to produce with 21 individuals qualifying to state in um, seven different um, categories ranging from poultry and livestock to a speech contest, forestry um, and some proficiency finalists. Um, Owen Hemling has been doing an incredible job the last couple years. Um Melissa, would you like to add anything there? I'll come back to you in a second. Um HOSA um which is another group that we've had a lot of success with
042the last few years. Um they uh that's our medical um CTSO um had 13 state qualifiers again in uh roughly seven different categories. This is a an area of strength for us and is something that we see um expanding each and every year which is a good thing because those jobs and careers are certainly out there needing. Uh and this is an area that that academically we can really create some uh connections with uh Key Club which is a service organization uh to this point has 750 service hours uh totaled so far. Uh Miss Vins um and Miss White do a great job getting out in the community. Uh in March they attended the district conference in Shabboan. Um Carter might want to talk about that later so I'll skip that part. But um uh
043doing again a great job. Um and Sally Lumens was elected the WIUM governor for the Wisconsin and upper Michigan um area. And again I got to leave something on the bone because last time I did this I took up their whole speech. So uh Carter can speak to it. Um, speaking of Miss Hemling, the robotics team competed at the state championships down at Blake College. Uh, the Robo Hackers Group, which is back um, after a brief time away, uh, placed 12th this year. And then Beaverbots placed 17th and Miss Hemling has uh, run that organization the last couple years and has really grown that that program. So, kudos to her and the work that she's doing. And she's stepping back from it. So, if there's anybody in the room that would like to take over
044robo hackers next year, uh please find me after the uh meeting. Speech is going to spa uh state this week. Six individuals are going to the speech state. Um and again, that will be another organization that we're going to be looking at some transition and some new leadership. As Miss Delgado has indicated, this is her last year in that role. But that's another area that's been strong for us the last couple years. Switching over to activities, bowling continues to be strong for us this year. There were two qualifiers. Individual Cam Elbert who uh has been up to state the last couple years as well as Garrett Bcher who has been up at state as well. So, we've been fortunate to have them. Uh you'll remember last year the girls team qualified to state. So, uh
045another good run by our bowlers. And then our powerlifting team had five individuals qualify for the state meet. And uh Alex Aila actually went to the national uh meet down south uh and finished fourth in the JV 100 kilo uh weight class. So nice job to them. Of course, our performing arts is another real strength for our district. uh they held their own district state solo ensemble here in uh uh January and they had a number of individuals qualify for the state meet once again and thankfully this year it's not the same time as prom which is unfortunately fallen too many years. Uh there are 29 soloists that will be competing at the state event, 22 duets and quartets and eight different groups that'll be competing there as well. So hats off to our music
046program and everyone involved with that. Uh just a plug, our high school band concert's actually tomorrow night. So if uh if you've got nothing going on and you want to stop in and see uh so many of our performers who are going to be at the state uh meet uh show off their skills, come on by 7:30 in the auditorium at the high school. And then in a week uh from tomorrow is a District Jazzfest uh which incorporates uh musicians from all different grade levels. So another great uh atmosphere there. Uh, of course when we get into athletics, um, boys basketball and girls basketball had another great year. Boys basketball, uh, won a conference championship for the first time since joining the Badger Conference, which was an awesome event. Uh, Tim Ladrin, uh, was, uh,
047named coach of the year and EJ Salotell, who will be going to Concordia University next year, was named player of the year in the Badger Conference. So, congratulations to him. uh they had five allconerence winners, but more importantly, they had eight individuals on their varsity team that received academic all-state recognition. So, that's a pretty awesome thing. Uh, of course, the girls basketball team took us on a run this year again, made it to the state tournament for the first time in a number of different years. Uh, they were runners up in quite a dramatic game. Carter's typing like, "Man, you're stealing all my stuff again." I'm um Nata Donaldson and Emma Jelica both were named to the allstate list. Uh they had three allconerence winners. Girls basketball does a little bit different from the other
048sports, so their numbers are a little lower, but more importantly again 12 uh players on their varsity team that were named academic all state. Uh girls hockey second straight year winning a conference championship and qualified for the sectional finals that we hosted here in Beaver Dam. Brena Rhodess uh player of the year in the conference was uh named first team all state along with Emerson Damon who was uh honorable mention all state and her younger sister Macy was uh recognized as uh to the uh Wisconsin prep hockey all freshman team this year. So bright things uh for her in the future. Girls wrestling had record number of girls going out for the sport. 13 girls. We're hoping to build on that next year. Sy Lumens again was a state qualifier for the second year in
049a row. And then boys wrestling landing Gro finished out his career here as a golden beaver finishing fourth place at 190 pounds. He was also a first team allconerence. Last but not least, I would uh be remiss if I didn't say that next week, Wednesday, during win time in the auditorium, we'll be honoring eight individuals thus far that'll be committing to participating in college athletics next year. uh we've turned that into a a fairly big event. Uh we're very proud that the Daily Dodge will be there broadcasting and interviewing our kids. So really keeping the spotlight on kids going to the next level, competing at the next level, and continuing to make us proud. So that's my report. Um I didn't put in participation data because we'll do that in the spring when I have
050everything. And I hope I didn't speak like the micro machine man for everyone that understands that reference. Um, any questions for me? >> Anybody we got any questions? No. >> Excellent. >> Is speech a club? >> Speech is a club. Um, it's it's uh it was forensics. Okay. >> And it's been rebranded speech. Um, when we look at across the conference about half the schools called speech, half the schools call it forensics. >> Thank you. Yeah, >> there's a lot to be said with all the groups and all the exciting things that those kids are doing and and the success that they're having and then trying to juggle school and grades and everything else. So, and it seems like it's the momentum is growing. It seems like it's getting more and more every year, which
051is really good to see. >> We have a tremendous amount of kids that are involved in at least one thing. And that's really been since I got here my motto with kids when we talked to them at the beginning of the year, you know, try something. get involved with at least one thing and as a freshman try a bunch of things because something might not stick but you find one that does and it that just you know makes kids feel like they belong right. Um and then you know from the administrative side then we have something to hold over we you know keeping accountable to grades and behavior both at school and outside of school. So, you know, there's that benefit as well. But we've been very fortunate uh with the amount of participation and
052the number of kids that uh are doing great things and and we've been fortunate that our adviserss have been able to lead and and get so many kids to that state level. >> Anything else for Mr. Gerber? >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. Okay, we'll move on to 8.3 health and dental insurance renewals. >> All right, good evening. We're going to tag team this a little bit, but I want to first introduce um we have Brianna Hellbrand from M3 Insurance here with us tonight. So, she's going to talk to you a little bit later in the presentation about what she's seeing in her book of business and the market right now. So, as we go through this, we'll just kind of hand it back and forth. So, as the
053board is aware, we have previously explored some options with going out to bid for dental and medical insurance. So, we're going to start with our dental insurance. We currently have Delta Dental and you can look on the screen. We're looking at two different options were presented to us from Delta Dental. One was a 4 and a half% increase. The the total is up there for what that annual increase would mean for the district and the dates as well. So that would be starting July 1st and going through June 30th of next year. Option two was to have a cap option 7% increase for this year and 7% for next year. So looking at both of those options, they both have different additional options that we could play with to either bring in or remove in
054order to kind of adjust our rates a little bit. Uh we've explored some of those options. Right now, we're planning on leaving it as is to just move forward with the Delta dental renewal. Some of the things we did do while we were researching this is we requested that Delta renegotiate. We asked them, is this your best and final offer, went back to M3. M3 requested bids from UHC ameritus and principal and those rates are up there at 7.2% and then met life at 4.6%. We have spoken with M3 about exploring some self-funded options moving forward, which we might likely talk about a little bit more next year, but for now, we're not there yet. So, um, as we talked to the board during operations last month, we're status quo right now with Delta. So
055at this point we would be recommending tonight to the board to stay with Delta Dental with a 4 and a half% increase which is option one on that first slide in dental care premiums for the 2627 school year. That will bring us right into our health insurance renewal. So we'll talk a little bit about the history of our health insurance, how we got to where we are today and what our recommendation will be moving forward. So as most of you know we have been with courts which was formerly unity for nine years. So in 2017 we had we had de prior to 2017 we had Dean we switched over to Quartz during that time. We had several unfavorable renewals. So we partnered with M3 to see what else was out there. Quartz was selected as
056the new carrier and since then we've had pretty good renewal rates. As you can see there was an average of 2.27% um during those nine years. We had lots of rate cap options with all of those years as well and now those rate caps have gone away. So that's why this year was a really great year to go back out to the market and see what else was out there and uh explore some options. So our medical loss ratio is something that the health insurance companies use when they're determining what our rates are going to look like moving forward. So ours is currently at 102.5. They want it to be obviously less than 100. This is the highest that the district has seen in recent years. Our previous renewal last year was at 83.9. So
057you can just kind of see how that's about a 20 point difference from what our previous one was. The target MLR is 91 from the insurance company. So that's where we kind of want to be moving forward and what the insurance company will use as their target when they're establishing what our rate increases or decreases would look like for future years. We requested bids from a number of different companies. Anthem provided a quote. They came in 20% over our current rate. UHC came in at 40% over our current rate. We asked, uh, Group Health Cooperative to provide a quote as well. WPs, Group Health Trust, uh, and Wisconsin counties association. They chose not to bid. So we are bringing four which we believe three of them are viable of the most competitive bids to the
058table today for your consideration. Looking at this grid, this is very similar to what you would have seen in operations last month. But what I want to highlight on this grid, and it might be a little bit difficult um for you to see on the right screen, but if you look on that left screen where it's a little bit bigger, the yellow columns where you see courts option one change, dean change, and dean focus change, those are the three plans that we had originally had bid out. So Quartz option one was just our normal renewal using having everything staying the same with quartz keeping all of our plan premiums the same or our plan design the same but our premium increases. So the first section up there is our normal HMO. Then our second section
059is our regular POSOS. Then you go to the high deductible HMO and the high deductible POSOS. You'll see rate changes anywhere from 12 to 25.4% 4% in that first column and they're different by design on purpose. So the insurance companies want to guide us towards an HMO plan and away from a POSOS plan and you'll see that through all of the different renewal proposals because Deans is very similar. There's 4.9, 4.1, 5.4, and 6.1. We had a second bid from uh from Dean called their focus plan which is a very narrow network. So one of the things that we talked about is yes Dean focus could save us some money moving forward. It could save our employees some money moving forward but at what cost? So we had talked about whether or not that would
060be worth it to explore narrowing that network and really limiting the providers that our employees can see. And based off of a lot of the feedback that we received from the survey and conversations that we've had up here, as well as past surveys, because we did one in 23 as well, that's not an ideal option for us moving forward. So looking at courts, we now have two plans from courts, two bids. One is the option one that was our regular renewal. If we were to leave everything the same as we currently have with our current plans in place, which are four. So, we've got those two HMOs. We have the two POS plans. This is what the increase would look like. So, it's 12.8% increase. And then on there, it looks like it's a rate
061cap, but it's not really a rate cap. It's more of a if you fall in this MLR range, this is what your rate would look like moving forward. If you fall in this, it would likely look like this. But there's nothing nothing set in stone that this is the highest that we would go. So those numbers on the bottom is our current plan, what we're paying for health insurance is just over $6 million. Our renewal came in at 6.8, which is an increase of $771. There would be no disruption in service obviously if we remained with our current plan, our current provider and just main status quo. But that's quite a hefty increase. So we asked, are there other options? What if we were to change our plan design and look at a higher deductible
062plan? So courts did that and they came back with option two. So that's a 3% overall increase, 3.6%. But as you saw in the previous slide, those numbers are different based off of which plan you're on. So you'll see that on the next slide when Ryan is going to go through some of M3's spreadsheets and explain them to you. You'll see that it's different based off of what our employees select for a plan. those co-pays would increase to uh $2,000 and $4,000 and $3,000 and $6,000 for the high deductible plan. So those are single and family rates. And in parenthesis, you can see where we're currently at. So there is an increase uh there from 1250 to 2,000, 2500 to 4,000, and then on the high deductible plan from 2,000 to 3,000 or 4,000 to
0636,000. current uh renewal rate is right there. The renewal is 6.25 with an increase of $217,000. Again, there would be no disruption in service by remaining with courts, but the deductibles would increase. So, this slide shows the breakdown of the four plans for the original renewal from courts. Again, this is this original renewal was 12.8%. Um, but as you can see, the HMO impact is 12% and then the POSOS, the point of service impact is 25.4%. So, there's a big difference. It is important to note out of all the employees we have on these four different like units of the plan uh we only have 16 people on the POSOS uh which is five single and 11 families. So um the majority the vast majority of our employees are on the HMO plan already. Obviously,
064with a renewal like this, it would likely force some of those 16 uh individuals to move to an HMO due to the cost increase. >> Do you know how many are choosing which of the two options on deductible, the the high deductible or the low low? >> Yes. Um I'm just going to run up here and look quick. So, >> I have it printed here otherwise if you can read that. Thank you. >> So we have 173 are on the traditional plan and 111 are on the HSA, the high deductible plan of the HML. Uh the second slide shows the original renewal from courts with uh with the increased deductible. So this was the 3.6% 6% increase total. Uh again, much higher increase on the on the POSOS plan as opposed to the HMO plan.
065Um the HMO plan with the HSA, which is the plan that the insurance companies are obviously trending toward that, that'd be the high deductible HSA HMO that only has a 1% increase. and that does have 111 of our employees currently on that particular plan. Um so that's a minimal increase to the employees and the district. Um the HMO traditional would be approximately uh 3 point I'm sorry 4.1% and then 15.6 and 11.8% respectively on the POSOS plans. Um, and again, this one had a total district budget impact of $217,000. >> So, then switching gears away from courts a little bit, uh, talking a little bit more about our dean plans, our dean bid that came in at a 5% increase, and you can see there in red, that means just over $300,000 for the increase
066there. The disruption in service is what uh some of our staff would be concerned about then because some have been established with their providers in the UW health system and want to remain there for various reasons. So you can see our hospital here in town would not be covered under Dean uh W and Meridor clinics only through the POS plan or referral women's health the eye clinic um but it's got several different wellness opportunities that we would be able to tap into as well. So, we did uh put a survey out to staff that we'll talk about a little bit more here, but here's that slide for Ryan to explain to. >> And so, this is the that dean renewal which was the 5% total increase. Um, this had no changes in the plan um
067in terms of uh deductible, co-pay, any monetary value for the employee. Uh however, it did have disruptions due to the fact that we were switching insurance companies and the different coverages that that allowed. Um and again, this total impact was 305,000. Less of a a difference between the POSOS and the HMO in this particular plan. It's more evenly spread out than the courts renewals. um with it being um actually the highest for one of our highest use pieces with the high deductible HMO at uh 5.4 and 6.1 for the POSOS. >> Employees would see a 5% increase in their premium though with that plan. Correct. >> I'm sorry. What's it? >> Employees would see a 5% increase in their premium under that plan though. Correct. Because plan design increases are >> correct. 5% with the
068dean total to Yeah. >> Got it. Thank you. >> Okay. So, moving on to the dean focus plan. That is the narrow network that we had mentioned earlier that had a 7.8% decrease. So, that's a cost savings to the district and to the employee. Also has a disruption in service. that disruption in service gets quite great because it's really limiting the providers, the hospitals, the clinics that our staff would be able to use, which is why we don't believe that the dean focus plan is a viable option for us at this time. And if we were to choose to uh change providers moving forward for this next school year, we find it to be more ideal if we're going to make one change that we make one change at a time if we can afford
069to do that rather than two changes. So if we were to move to another carrier, limiting that network and increasing the premiums or moving to another carrier and changing the plan design is a lot all at once. So we would like to um really think about that as we're making a decision here tonight. >> So for the focus network, um as uh Dr. White had said there is a savings with this one and a decrease again. Um but with with the plan and the disruptions, we don't feel like this would be an appropriate venue to to move forward to at this time. The breakdown on that one is similar um to the other ones with a higher just decrease on the point of service rather than the HML. Looking at the dean HMO, this is
070just a list for your reference to see which clinics and hospitals there would be a disruption in service. So where you see in the second column where it says non-plan that that's your biggest disruption in service. If it says plan, it is included in the network plan. And then there's some options up there that say non-plan with agreement prior authorization uh required. So those are may that if you were to get prior authorization from the insurance, you might be able to utilize those facilities moving forward. So th this slide is probably the most important one for our employees because it shows the the monetary impact um to them for the whole year. So the red columns illustrate the two plans that we would not uh be recommending for adoption um just because they're not viable
071with the court's 12.8% renewal. Uh, as you can see, significant monetary impacts on the employees for their annual premiums and also an impact that we likely would not be able to sustain for the 2627 budget um of $770,000 increase on that premium. Uh the the dean focus option, as we've already discussed, uh just just too many changes all at once. It does represent some savings for the district. it could be an option in steps moving forward. Uh but to go to that right now would drastically reduce the network, cause a lot of disruption. Um even though it does save the district a significant amount of money at this time, we would not recommend moving forward with that one either. So the two plans in green, the dean 5% option, obviously this one has uh roughly
072averaged out 5% impact um on premium for the employees. uh and those are the dollar amounts for the annual impact and then the courts courts premium impact over the course of the year. Um and that's with the increased deductible. So the courts everything on the plan stays the same except the deductible increases. um that deductible increases by $750 and $1,250 for the single family for the traditional plan. And then for the uh for the high deductible plans, it increases from 2 to 4,000 to I'm sorry, from 2,000 4,000 for single family to 3,000 6,000 for single family. So, $1,000 increase on the single deductible at the high deductible plan. Uh $2,000 increase for the family deductible for the high deductible plan. And that those would be the plans that utilize the HSA. So, in summary,
073where we've been, we um pushed with courts for better renewal. We've been loy loyal to courts for nine years. They have profited from our business because we've had such great rates. M up until this point. Great MLR. Uh hospital access is a huge sticking point for our community, especially um if the hospital is going to be changing hands, which we have heard is likely. Uh we pushed Dean for better rate caps for 27 and 28. We've obtained additional bids, which all came in unfavorable at 20 to 40% increases. We reviewed where our staff go to the doctor and also where they reside to make sure that they would have equitable access based off of their residents. We surveyed staffs. Uh the results were mixed. Um not what we had hoped for. They came back um
074probably pretty close to 50/50 with a slight lean towards staying with Quartz due to some families needing those UW doctors and have already been established with specialists. So, um, many of our families that are seeking higher higher care, uh, are really hoping that we stay with courts. And then obviously the access to the hospital is is a downfall for switching. So, our goal is to be fiscally responsible while limiting the disruption for our employees, but also trying to keep things affordable for them and um, affordable for the district as well. So with that summary, I would like Bri to come up and talk to you a little bit about what she is seeing in the market. >> Thank you. Hi everyone. Thanks for having me. Good job team. >> Uh yeah, so I'm going to
075provide some color commentary. I have been doing this for almost 25 years and I feel like this has been my worst school renewal season ever. It's really been hard. uh a lot of double-digit increases. If you're talking to any of your other colleagues or anyone else in the schools, this market has just been very challenging. Um also given election results recently and a lot of my schools referendums not passing, it's very hard. I know all of your challenges. So, thank you for all of your good work. It's a hard hard job. So, I know this isn't a great conversation today, but you do have you still have wonderful options. some of the other schools do not. So, I'll talk a little bit about that uh market trend. What does that mean? What's going on in
076the market with medical trend even from our HMO partners? So, we've we've been lucky enough to live in what I call the bubble for a long time with the HMOs, right? With Dean, with Quartz, with GHC. Uh so, you know, even here in this area, it's like the Dayne County effect of the HMOs. We've all enjoyed that for years. Well, I've said the bubble is is really starting to burst. It's changed. Uh it's very different than it was the last few years. And as a result, we're seeing medical trend starting at 8 to 9%. So, you know, Nicole talked about medical loss ratio. So, that's what we're paying in in premium versus what the insurance carrier is paying out in claims. They would like to see us running at a 91%. And for the longest
077time, we have outper performed that. And as a result, you saw uh what we've received. We've had wonderful renewals. Right before I started working with you, we had some really rocky times and we were with Dean and we made the switch to courts and we've had some really great medical utilization. We have ticked up. We are nowhere near what unfortunately some of my other schools are well running well into the 100s, right, for their medical loss ratio. So, we're still in a good spot, but when we're already starting at a 8 to 9%, that's why you are seeing these double-digit increases from a lot of your colleagues. I think the worst renewal I received this um renewal season is a 53.4%. Crippling, very hard. So, I'm glad that we do have options and we have,
078you know, room to move if we need to. Uh I will say it's been it's been a tough renewal season with courts in particular. So you know they are they are a good partner. They have been wonderful to work with for our members and the UW system. Uh they have become very conservative meaning they have not been very aggressive on new business and they have been handing out a lot of double digit increases uh for renewal and without a lot of negotiation. That's why you will see uh we certainly tried to negotiate and the options we have are changing our plan right so pushing more cost on uh you know to members in order to try to bring those rates down there wasn't a lot of room for them meaning courts just to negotiate uh
079because we have run so well for so long and we've been a long-term client and a good partner uh so that piece has been a bit frustrating Dean has been very competitive which is Great. We needed that uh market pressure to help us work on courts, but that comes with disruption, right? The most important thing for everybody are the three Ps, providers, price, and plan design, right? So now we're kind of faced with some of those tough decisions. And that's kind of what's going on, you know, I would say between course and dean. So we have good options on the table. It's never an easy decision. But a few other things I want to talk about that are going on in the market if you've heard them swirling around. So there are still group purchasing
080co-op models. Um myself and uh my colleague who is lucky enough to be retired. Uh we put together the first school co-op in the state. That's the CISA 3 co-op. It's in the uh southern southwest portion of the state. Uh we did open our borders uh to CISA 5 as well and looking at CISA 4. But why did we do that? Because for our midsize and smaller districts, we wanted to come together to purchase together, right? We all know what co-ops are. Our schools already co-op and work well together. Why not try that for medical insurance? It has been very successful. We have 11 across the state. Uh it's that's becoming challenging as well to keep those going and to get those competitive proposals. The reason we've done it is because for years we've been
081able to negotiate those rate caps and have stability for midsize and smaller districts that don't get that right. You guys have been in a better spot. We always take a look at our co-ops to see if that's an option. It hasn't been. You've run really well on your own and you've had the rate cap protection. That's something we will certainly look at moving forward if that's an option. Um depending on how you know the decisions we make this renewal cycle. what else is trending just so you know what's going on out there and you might have heard about it if uh I think I maybe saw some of you at the state ed convention but uh you know if you're going to some of you know those uh kind of events and learning more you'll
082see that first alternative funding model what is an IKRA well it's pretty interesting what that is so they're basically individual HASS health reimbursement arrangements and so everybody and this has become become very popular, I would say, in some of again our midsize or smaller districts and especially for districts that are really going up really high in plan design and don't have a lot of other options. You are going to hear this kicked around a lot out there. I've been doing more education than I think I ever have before. They've been around forever. They came in uh to play when the Affordable Care Act started up. Uh but it's it's such a huge culture change for the schools. It never really caught on because what happens is you are going to now h hand hand out
083a defined contribution. Everyone is going to get set amount of money to go find their own plans on the marketplace. Of course, you have us. We help you with that. There's a third party administrator that helps people go through a decision-making process, but now you've taken yourselves out of it and you are just giving the funds for people to have choice. they can go to see any, you know, they could go to Dean Quartz, WPS, any of the the um insurance carriers that have plan designs on the marketplace. They're able to utilize that. So, I wanted to give you just a snapshot of that because you might hear that swirling around. Um self- insurance, Ryan hates that. Uh self- insurance is something a lot of our schools are considering. Uh why is that scary? Uh
084because how you're set up financially, right? There could be cash flow issues. Now you're opening your checkbook and you know we're putting together a program for you. Right? Now with the fully insured carrier, they are taking all the risk, right? We're paying in for premiums. But with self- insurance, you have more control. We can customize and design the whole program for you. But with that, again, it's your checkbook, right? And so you're writing out checks to pay claims. It's a big shift, again a big culture shift for our schools, but something more of our schools are considering. And the last piece, and I won't spend a ton of time on family savings plan, but again, if you hear it out there, I want to make sure you've heard it from us. Uh what is this
085and why is it taking off a little bit? So the challenge of and especially in our schools, we're very family conte. We offer great benefits, which is amazing. And that's that's in our foundation. That's our roots, right? To take care of our people and we appreciate that. Well, for those that some, you know, districts already do like an opt out or cash inlue, so giving those who have other coverage uh the choice and money to pay them to go on to other coverage. Family savings plan is similar to that where it's the the district or the employer deciding to pay for the spouse to take their insurance but paying their deductibles. Right? So paying for the cost of that plan and and we have to work through lots of modeling around it, but saving in
086that regard because it's taking them off of our plan. Uh I have a lot of thoughts on this and if we ever want to analyze that and go down that road, I'm certainly happy to do that because there there are definitely pros and cons to it, right? Whenever we shrink our risk pool and have good risk leave, and that tends to happen sometimes if we're offering programs like this, uh sometimes we need that balance of good um and challenging risk, I would say, on on our plan. That was a lot of talking. Obviously, I geek out on this and it's important for me to to let you know what's going on, but I will pause to see what your thoughts are. Any questions? I'm happy to answer questions and help answer questions for any of
087the information that that we went over tonight. >> I really do understand like if we were to go to some plan where all of our young our healthy young people could go get other insurance, we would be left with a pool and our ratio would go from whatund what to probably 175 because you lose that you lose the healthy people balancing the ones that are not. >> It really helps to have the mix. Um, you know, this is this is the tough question all the time, especially when I get asked about opt out or cash and loo, whatever you want to call it. We're supposed to call it opt out. Um, is because we're paying most likely good risk to leave, right? And a lot of times we have people that can stay on their
088uh their parents insurance till maybe age 26. So, it's really good to have that mix to balance it out because it is hard because you are left with the individuals that really need the insurance, right? and and those typically are I I don't want to just say high utilizers. Those are people that unfortunately have some challenging situations going on and we need a good mix for that, right? To to help balance that out. Um also like are there any predictions of should our usage stay the same? Is there any guesses or predictions of where this is going in the future years the increases because it was predicted to be big this year and it was everywhere not just here. Correct. Well, and that's something to think about when we're contemplating the decision, right? So, those
089rate caps, they're they are actually very important. Can I go back to that slide just so everyone can see that? >> Um, I just think it's important to talk about these. Let's see where we are. Okay, I'll talk about deans real quick first. So the difference between what Dean is offering and what Quartz is offering and again we really pushed Quartz on this quartz is really having um moving more to a model of not just giving flat rate caps. So we've been used to flat rate caps right it doesn't matter what our medical loss ratio is. We have those flat caps. They can't go above those in that given year. That's what they've agreed to. So Dean is still going with a flat cap. As you can see for our same plan design, what we
090have now in 2027 and 2028, they have flat rate caps of 9.9. That means they cannot exceed 9.9 for 2027 and 2028. No matter what, it doesn't matter what our medical loss ratio is. They can't give us anything above that. They can come in below that. And if we would move in that direction, I would certainly always negotiate if they come in at that cap. >> With courts where it's a little more, you know, back to your question, I I'm not sure what they're going to do because it's dependent on the medical loss ratio. You can see um if we are MLR is below target, so target is 91. Had to verify that with them again. I'm like, we we need the actual target. >> So they're saying that target is 91. So if we
091come in in 2027 um you know if we stay with them and come in 2027 at below target so at 91 or below they they will give us an 8 and a half. Everything on theirs is tied to that MLR. So that's where that's a little different where we'd have to see how we're running which we do check in and have meetings on throughout the year to see where our medical loss ratio is at. But that's where, you know, we have an idea, but I can't say for certain because we have to see how we're running with our MLR. >> Do you have an estimate of just how much raising the deductible will reduce that MLR? >> it doesn't significantly move the number. >> They're not tied. Your claims are your claims, unfortunately. I know.
092So, we're making So, the motivation of making that change is trying to curb some of that cost. It's also for people hopefully to make other decisions and think about it if they're taking on more of that cost. Hopefully that would change some behaviors. But there are some people unfortunately it's those high-cost claimments. They don't have any choices, right? You know, they have to get that care and that care is costly that and then prescription specialty prescription drugs are also driving a lot of the cost. So in that regard, there's not a lot that can happen there. >> Okay. Thank you. >> In this regard right here, uh if you go with option two and so 2027 depending on where the MLR comes in, it's either 8 and 12% or that's the cap >> is it
093also. So then let's say it comes in below the target. So we're getting let's say 8 and a half% in 2027. If it comes in below again in 2028, it's another 8 and a half%. >> Yes. Yes. Correct. Yeah. So yes, you're reading it correctly. But if we're above it could be 12.9. >> And then what's the deal if it the MLR between target and 100%. Right now we're at 102. So is should there be an option C that says that we're you know is that an I mean if it comes in above 100% then what's the case and it's even higher. >> You're going to get higher than that and there's no cap in place. >> Yeah. If so, if we take that option this year, can we can we get rid of them
094next year if we so choose? We're not locked into them for more than one year. One year. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> And that was something I talk about, too. Of course, we would pay attention to that. And, you know, our recommendation wouldn't be to go to RFP every year, but we can certainly do that given how the market's been changing. So, if we need to look at this again, we will certainly do that. And right now, if this hospital changes in town, do we know that courts will still cover it as as it is covered right now or is if if it changes hand if it changes names or changes uh whatever the term is? >> Y >> do we know if it's going to be an in network, if you will, provider? >>
095It's a great question and that was something that I was going to touch on. So, thank you for bringing it up. We don't know. We're constantly monitoring it. And there have been so many changes in the market with, you know, ownership, right, and business decisions on, you know, um, who who's going to work with what hospital. And they're constantly re-evaluating their networks and so is Dean. All the HMOs are. So that doesn't mean that it couldn't change where maybe Dean would expand their network. We're always talking to them to try to get that update. But a lot of times we don't get we're not privy to that information with, you know, NDAs and everything else going on at at the at the higher levels with contracting when they're trying to get these things done. You
096know, we we'll get some heads up on it, but it it definitely is is something that's a change and that we'll have to keep evaluating. So >> it's likely if it changes soon it'll be UW which is in the network >> is courts, right? >> Courts. Yeah, >> correct. >> It's not public yet. >> You don't know though. Yep. But most likely I know. >> So it would stay in network. >> The state courts network, not the >> courts network. >> Yeah. >> If it happens. >> So just so everyone knows W owns courts. Mhm. >> I I appreciate you bringing up the ICRA because that is something that's kind of a trend recently. I do insurance also. Um where if the premiums do keep going up at the large rate that might be really
097a viable way to budget >> correct. >> So yes, >> appreciate the information getting it out there. >> So the question I have is although you know, we're attempting to look for an option where the increase right now is not that great. Um, I question wouldn't Anthem or United Healthcare be able to provide you many more significant options in being able to source whatever care you wanted wherever you wanted to go. you're not going to be designated to certain hospitals or eliminated from certain hospitals, but that that would allow the flexibility for our members to be able to choose wherever they'd like to go, but it would come at at an increased cost right now. Did they also provide percentages for rate caps for 27 and 28 in the event that we would take on
098the extra 20% like let's say to go to Anthem and then that allows a ton of flexibility. Did they give rate caps for the upcoming years in that case too or not? >> They did not. They have a very hard time competing in this market still. So I just mentioned how W owns courts Anthem and some of the other national and even statewide. So even when we look at a WPS or we look at Wisconsin county's association group health trust they rent they pay more to rent those networks. Granted it's a big network but they're paying more for that. So when you go directly to a courts or to a dean so Medicica owns Dean as does SSM. It's a 5545 ownership and then W is owning courts because they still get better pricing and
099Anthem at WPS you saw it was it's basically a decline to quote so there are no rate caps you know they they they won't provide that because they just can't compete still. >> Okay. >> Yeah, it's a great question and it you know I wish we had access to the bigger networks. They haven't been a they still even with the bubble bursting as I started talking about the other uh larger carriers still haven't been able to really break into this market yet. But stay tuned. >> Yeah, because if we could get one of those larger ones with a 20% increase, but then their rate cap or something would be significantly lower or next to nothing for the other years, it would kind of be a wash. I will also say it's tougher with those rate
100caps are starting to be a thing of the past unfortunately uh because while they're great and we have really benefited a lot of the carriers are like it also puts us behind. We've run well so we haven't cost the insurance company that much. But for the groups that have not been running as well with their medical loss ratio and are getting five and six% rate caps, that puts them behind on premium, thus these big increases. So even though we enjoyed the years of the caps in those years, we're feeling the pain of it later on. And you you will see that too definitely in Dayne County with some of the larger districts. Um, so it is tough and that's why with with those national carriers a lot of times they won't even put a cap
101out there anymore. No caps, not even tied to MLR. So yeah, insurance is fun. >> Are you also seeing a trend towards the higher deductibles? >> You know, it's interesting. We have been for a long time, but the issue is too is that so many people have gone up the line in the deductible. you can only go so far then what happens. So, a trend that I have been seeing a little bit uh not a lot but a bit has been for my schools um that truly have that HGHP. So, that qualified high deductible health plan. That's what we have, right? One of our plans and that's tied with the HSA. We have I have seen people put uh co-pays on the back end. So, after you've met that deductible, then you can have more
102cauture. you can enter co-pays can come into the plan again and that's what they've done to try to eat into some of their high renewals. So if I already have a group I'll give you an example. I have a school that has a 4,000 8000 and I was just there last week for their board meeting. they were contemplating, you know, a 510, a 714, and instead of doing that, they kept the deductible the same, but then added some co-pays on the back end to try to bring those renewals down. So, it's >> So, is there an out-of- pocket max then? >> There is. >> That ends somewhere, right? >> For sure. >> Okay. >> Yep. There's an out-of- pocket max. So, you'll just see it increase um to cover those co-pays. >> Okay. Where are
103we at with deductibles in comparison to your book of business for school districts? >> You are very competitive and better. Um I would say you're still, you know, even if you went up the line and what what's been proposed with courts, you are still in line. You guys have always been a little unique. I remember when I first started working with you and we've always had the two plan designs. I see Marge nodding. I remember you remember the meetings um that you know we've we've kept that traditional co-pay plan but then also had that choice with that high deductible health plan. Um I still have a lot of districts that just have one plan. You guys are bigger, you know. So some of my you know mid-size and smaller districts, you know, have just the
104one plan and with that they've gone up in the deductible. So, um, any I would say I everyone's still in the 2 to four to probably four to eight range around here. Of course, I don't count Dane County because they're different. Um, but for the most part, outside of that, you guys are definitely in line. You still have a wonderful program with really competitive rates. you are in a much better spot no matter what you end up doing tonight or when you make your decision um than a lot of the other districts. So, I'm very happy for that. Uh that answers it. >> Yeah. >> Bri, can I just ask a question a little bit? So, I mean, I know we're in this reserved market right now, right? Not very hungry. Um and I think
105that's likely to be the case for maybe a couple years, but what's the market memory? In other words, and maybe you can't predict this, but um you know, when we made the the shift, there was almost a sentiment that the pro that who we had been with before, you kind of start to feel like you're getting taken advantage of in a relationship, right? Not that that's ever happened, but um you know, now we're with >> What are we talking about? >> We've been with ports. They've been a great partner for for us for for our staff. Um, if we, you know, don't make the shift, does that market memory impact the perspective competitive nature of another possible provider because we haven't made that shift even though they keep putting their name in the in the
106hat. Does that make sense? >> I know exactly what you're saying. And, you know, that that used to be a thing, too. All of that has changed. Uh so if if we decide to stay with courts and if we need to go to market again next year and you know is will there be competition will deem competitive again? I'm sure they will. You guys are a very important district for them. They really were as competitive you know as they can be and wanted to be and it's still it will be very important to them next year again if if you don't make the change this year. >> Thank you. Any other questions for Bri? Okay. Um that moves us to our recommendation for the board. So, at this time, we are recommending based on staff
107survey results and further conversation with um individual employees as well as at the district level that we're recommending staying with courts but moving to the higher deductible plan with a 3.6% overall premium increase. And Ryan wants to talk to you just a minute about what that could look like. >> Okay. So currently with our HSA plans, uh the district pays a portion of that deductible. So right now the district pays $500 toward a single plan and um $1,000 for a family plan and that that goes into your HSA account. The employees can also contribute money into that account to offset their deductible. That money is all pre-taxed. uh it can be invested in that account and earn interest pre-tax and then when it's withdrawn to be used for medical expenses it's also taxree so it's
108a triple triple tax-free option so it's it's a really useful tool um the HSA plan is is it it's beneficial to a lot of people but it's especially beneficial to younger people um and like Bri was saying those younger people typically have better medical loss ratios the HSA typically allows them to build up an account to be used for the deductible in the future. So, as they get older and tend to have more medical health stuff going on, they have that deductible. So, it it kind of compounds and has that snowball effect into being a really really good tool for both the district and the employees. Um, but what what we would recommend if if we do decide to go to courts with this higher deductible plan is increasing that $1,000 contribution to the HSA
109for families and 500 to the HSA for singles to 1,500 for families and 750 for singles, which would be about a 50% increase on that HSA contribution. Uh the cost impact to the district would be $57,000. Um with today's numbers, that being said, I do anticipate a slight increase in the HSA from the higher percentage increase on the POSOS plan, but roughly today, uh 57,000. Uh this year, the district paid 114,000 for that contribution across all funds and 75,000 across just the general operating fund. So, uh, add 50 roughly 50 grand to that. Um, and that still puts us at below my budgeted 5% increase for the health insurance total package for next year. Um, come October when we present a and and adopt a new budget, I think we could look at that again
110and see, can we do more? Can we go to doubling that that HSA contribution for this year? Can we go can we do a little more based on how that budget falls? There's just too many unknowns to commit to that at this time, but I do think that we should should and could take a look at that in October or November um again for that HSA contribution. But we would ask that if we do move forward with this, we we do the additional 50% and and commit to that as well. >> What is the maximum contribution a person can have per year in their HSA? It's linked to their deductible. So for a family HSA in 2026, you can contribute up to 88 8550 U but that includes any employer contribution. So like if the
111district gave you a,000 you could do $7,550. >> Okay. >> So >> 44 4,400 for an individual. >> Do we do withholding out of paychecks for that or is that they have to direct? >> Yes, we do. You can take it all out. Uh there's different investment with mutual fund opportunities. Uh there's a lot of really cool options. Uh we work with HSA Bank through I'm M3. Bri kind of coordinates that. But um from a tax perspective, it's it's really it's really good thing. >> And there's staff education for that to help them understand that HSA and how it works. Uh we have some um we have it through our website, but uh uh Nicole or or Kaitlin or I would be happy to talk to anybody about that as well >> because it can
112be a powerful like you said investment for a young person to make. >> Yes. >> Pre-tax. Yes. >> Any other questions for anyone? >> And that would just just be that increased uh contribution would just be for year one that commitment too. You said what? >> That increased HSA contribution would just be for this initial transition year and that we we could re-evaluate in the future, but that otherwise that it would potentially go back to that 1,500 that we've always traditionally had. >> Okay. Just the wording on this recommendation moving to the higher deductible plan was still the two tiers but the higher deductible level for both of those. >> Yes. >> Okay. I just wanted to clarify in the wording so we get that right. >> Yes. >> Yeah. I mean I I I
113appreciate the work you Nicole have done and you as well as our was in a partnership and it makes me feel a lot better uh if we can add a little bit more to that for our uh for our employees and our staff. So makes me feel a little better. >> Anything else? Ju yeah just to clarify uh we're requesting that the board uh provide motions on both the uh dental as well separate um motions on each for dental and medical. >> Um if you have any other questions let us know now otherwise I can flip it back to the previous slide if you need it. >> Everyone good? >> I just need to find the right All right. Well, I'll entertain a motion then of for uh >> dental and and one motion for
114dental and then one motion for the medical side of things. I move that we stay with Delta Dental with the 4.5% increase option one and dental healthcare premiums for the 2627 school year. >> Second. >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. Mary, could have a roll call, please. >> Yes. Yes. >> Okay. Then I'll entertain a motion on the medical portion of it. >> Make a motion that we stay with courts um continuing with our same uh tiers but moving to the higher deductible plan with a 3.6 uh% overall premium increase and a uh for this year increased HSA contributions of 750 individual and 1,500 family. Second. >> Okay, we have a motion in a second. Mary, could I have a roll call, please? >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank
115you >> everybody. Thanks for coming out, Bri. Appreciate that. >> All right, we'll move on to 8.4. uh consideration and potential action regarding the receipt of a donation of a portion of real property located at 1041 South Spring Street, Wisconsin. All right, so the district has been offered a donation from WHW Investments LLC owned by Adam and Nicole White. Uh, this donation consists of approximately 1,125 square ft of the 1041 South Spring Street WHW investment property that's adjacent to the new middle school property. Uh, the donated parcel totaling the 1,125 ft is continuous to the new middle school property. Acquisition of this land will support a more seamless transition from Spring Street to the the school facility. It'll help enhance ADA accessibility and it will reduce the need for retaining walls. Uh, additionally, the inclusion
116of this parcel will provide increased flexibility in site design and infrastructure planning. So, the proposed donation exceeds a value of $1,000 and in accordance with board policy 7230, it requires board approval. Uh in recognition of this donation, the district would plan to acknowledge it uh through the contribution, I'm sorry, would acknowledge the contribution uh with way sign with campus trailway signs uh either on the sign or adjacent to one on the trails at the new middle school site. >> Any questions for Ryan? We talked about this um at the in the trailer at the committee at the at the meeting at the construction trailer when we were at the meeting and looked at um I just want to acknowledge this is a really generous donation and not only is the um the land is generous,
117but the opportunities it affords the school district to have that piece of land um is huge. And I really appreciate um the generosity of of the gift. >> Yeah, I I do too. Um you know, WH Investments and Adam Nicole White and family have been really strong strong supporters of our district for many years, as long as I've been on the board, and it's been quite a long time. So, I I really do thank both, you know, both entities uh for doing this for us, and uh it is greatly appreciated for sure. I make a motion that we accept the gift as presented. >> Second. >> Okay, we have a motion, a second to accept the gift from WHW Investments LLC, owned by Adam and Nicole White. Um, Mary, could I have a roll call
118vote, please? >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. And then we'll proceed with uh the next legal and administrative steps to make sure we incorporate the parcel uh properly under the district campus. >> All right. We'll move on to reports presented by the board board of education 9.1 student rep report. Carter Dianara, >> they've been waiting patiently. >> He's still recovering from all that insurance talk. >> I am not I'm thankful you guys know what they were saying cuz I'm so a lot of us didn't know everything. >> So, um, as we transition out of winter and into a busy spring season, student activities and events across the district have really picked up. Starting with our clubs and activities, our robotics teams has been actively competing and recently participated
119in a robotics showcase. This gave students a chance to demonstrate their work, collaborate with others, and highlight the innovation happening within our STEM programs. >> Our HOSA or future health professionals chapter also has had a very strong year. Students just recently, I believe p this past week, competed at the state level competition and were especially proud to recognize Twilight Heinen for qualifying for nationals for her event. Uh this is a significant accomplishment and a great reflection of the opportunities that we have available to our students and healthcare careers. Additionally, FFA has been competing in their state competition which will continue into next weekend and we wish good luck to all competing. >> Moving into athletics, spring sports are officially underway. Baseball, softball, soccer, boys golf, and track and field teams have begun their seasons, and
120there's been a lot of excitement around the start of competition. Additionally, there have been uh Whoa. Additionally, there have been updates to the girls softball field, which is a great improvement for our girl athletes and program moving forward. In performing arts, auditions were recently held for the upcoming summer musical, which I believe is called Bright Star. Um, there was strong student interest and it's exciting to see continued ga engagement in the arts as preparations begin for the production. Also, the high school band concert is scheduled for tomorrow night and we encourage the community to support the hard work of the students performing. for some more general updates. Dian and I had the really cool opportunity to be involved in the Hall of Fame um like discussion and voting process recently and yeah, we attended the
121committee meeting and it was really cool to be able to speak with some of the community members and other board members and help cast the vote for our um Hall of Fame inductees and we'd like to congratulate the winners of this year as well. Also, prom was just um this Saturday and we had approximately 230 to 240 students in attendance, which is consistent with last year's turnout, which is super cool. The event was a great success and continues to be one of the most anticipated traditions for our juniors throughout the school year. And we'd like to thank the prom committee for their hard work in the preparation of the event. >> Academically, the pretestings are currently wrapping up. Students have been working hard and we appreciate the efforts of both them and staff in completing
122these important assessments. Finally, our last parent teacher conferences of the school year will take place on April 16th, providing one more opportunity for families to connect with teachers and support student success as we approach the end of the year. >> Uh overall, it's been a very active and positive start to our spring season with strong participation and accomplishments in academics, um activities, and athletics. Thank you. And if anyone has any questions, we're free to answer them. >> Any questions? >> Nice job. Good job. >> Thank you. All right. We'll move on to 9.2 operations committee referendum project monthly update. >> Right. We um I don't know if John and uh Joanne have anything. Ryan should probably just go >> anything that you've uh talked about in reference to the referendum projects. >> We'll let Ryan
123take the lead and we'll >> Okay. >> All right. So, at the middle school, uh they're currently excavating for the column pads. They're back filling at the completed foundation walls. They are doing sight and soil maintenance work and installing culverts and storm storm sewer components. Uh the concrete form work and placing rebar for the column pads is currently underway and waterproofing foundation walls is underway. Underground plumbing and electrical is being done uh and will continue with further excavation over the coming weeks. uh masonry stairwells have been started and structural steel or the building will start to move up here uh the week of May 4th. So that's when the steel's being delivered prior to then and then they'll start putting it up at Washington. Uh the new staff lounge is mostly complete with finished drywall,
124painted walls and doors, duct work and mechanical pipe installed and rough electrical installed. In the next two weeks, they're planning on uh working on the ACT grid, the MEP installs, and the cabinets being installed. Uh summer planning work and timeline uh work is also being done at Washington to coordinate uh contractor how they're going to move through that building uh with some asbestous removal. Um so coordinating that is being done and finalized um so we can hit the ground running right away in June. Uh for the district pro district-wide projects, uh there's the final landscaping is underway. Uh it will continue throughout April and May when weather permits. Obviously, we've had a significant amount of rain in the last two weeks, so that does push some of that back, but um the landscaper has been
125on site a couple times and will continue to be uh throughout the next month and a half. Uh Lincoln and Prairie View site bids go out on Friday. Uh so we'll those will go out. I believe it's about a twoe window. We'll have those back. Uh we'll accept the winning bids and that work will start as soon as the students are done for the summer. And um for the financing update in March, uh we approved the phase 2 borrowing. Uh those funds did come into the district on Monday, April 6th. Uh approximately about 25 thou I'm sorry 25 not 25,000 $25 million of those funds were invested into CDs last week. Um I call them long-term CDs. They're three to three to nine month CDs. Um just at to get a more consistent interest rate
126that's not variable and and those will come due uh strategically based on our cash flow uh that I developed with CG Schmidt over the next year. Um the rest of the money is in a liquid fund with a variable interest rate. Right now that interest rate is outperforming most of the CDs that we had, but it can change. So locking up a portion of that money um is is beneficial to the district. So um we do anticipate the vast majority of those funds being spent within the 18 months, the next 18 months. Uh the most updated project mill rate impact for the referendum continues to be uh 99. And again, when we uh were when before the referendum vote, the district said it the mill rate would not exceed a $120. We're well below that
127and likely will not exceed a dollar. So that that's very positive news. >> Are there any questions? >> Any questions for Ryan? No, >> I don't want to not from our meeting, but I really want to say I can um John Mary, were we at Washington? I can't. Uh we really got to see the the people moving into these new spaces and really using these spaces. Well, and it's really exciting. Um as we start to see the little things completed and the the areas they're still working on. So, um really well done and it's an exciting time. So, looking forward to the future. >> All I got to say is I hope all this rain slows down too much. a little bit. >> I think they're pushing through. I haven't heard of any significant delays
128at the new middle school site because due to rain. >> Yeah, just a a couple things. Um, thank you, Ryan. Um, it sounds like uh we've got about 10 to 12 community members working each day on our projects. um which is wonderful. That number will only increase as the activity of the projects um increases. So that's um that's outstanding. And then um the the furniture process um so fixtures, furnishing and equipment is a huge part of any project, especially large scale projects. So that that furniture process actually begins um has already begun um but really starts to ramp up a little bit here um in the coming months. And um a lot needs to go into that to make sure we've got good feedback and we land on quality products uh that are well warrantied.
129Um and um Ryan's putting together a great team. I know many of us are a part of that. And um that's that's a really key and important uh piece of that. And and Joanne's been invited because she sees what things actually look like better than I do. Thank you, Joanne. >> I see him in color, too. And just a reminder that the monthly update that's produced here is on our website. So people can go and if they can't come and pick one up here, they can check that out and um have some information as to what's happening. So thanks to everybody involved. >> Okay, we'll move on to 9.3. Teaching and learning. Teaching and learning did not meet but we have our next committee meeting in two weeks. Right. Two weeks from today >> on
130the 27th. >> Thank you. >> All right. Move on to 9.4 board engagement and recognitions. I'll start out with the board. Is there any anyone want to I I guess I can start. I want to thank you. Thank Maria for her time. >> Thank you. and dedication to the to the district and to this board. You're going to be missed and I wish you the best of luck in whatever future endeavors you decide to uh move forward to. And who knows, maybe we might see you back here at this table at some point in time or maybe see you at another table at some point in time. So again, thank you very much. It was good working with you and developed a friendship. And if it wasn't for our duties here, there's a lot of
131us probably at this table probably our paths probably never would have crossed. So, I'm glad my path crossed with yours. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um, a couple of things. Uh, a number of us attended the first grade uh, literacy event and it was just awesome. The little people were so proud of showing us their projects and uh, the way that their art uh, went with their writing and their creativity and uh, their passion for their favorite animals. So, I really enjoyed the time. Realized I might need hearing aids or they talk really quiet. Um, and then I wanted to thank off of Ryan's report, the number of adviserss we have in the district that make all of those great clubs possible. I, uh, I'm sure you guys feel that way working with
132your adviserss at school, too. But without them, it wouldn't be possible to have all these great programs going. And I know a few of them, and they are so passionate about their work with their kids, and the pride that they really feel when their kids do well and try hard. Um, they share with me every time I see them. So, thanks to them for uh helping make all of that work possible. >> Anyone else got anything? >> Um I had attended the wellness committee. I I'm on that that committee and um those ladies over there, we don't have any men who are really in the at the wellness committee. They're welcome to join that whatever. But, uh, they've been working on, uh, deciding, uh, for to have a hike and, uh, pickle ball tournaments and
133book clubs. There's all kinds of opportunities out there for for many different people. So, um, I appreciate that committee that they're working hard and getting the word out to people to do things. So >> councel attended the literacy event at Washington and I agree with everyone's comments. Um really well done. Glad that that was brought over from Wilson. Um that's that's a fun fun event. The students are very proud. >> Uh but appreciate all the staff involved in that too. Um and the school tour um over at Washington again. Um appreciate the good work that's going on there. It's um it was it was nice to be in some classrooms and see see the work happening there and then I was also able to attend the robotics event >> and wow they really do amazing
134things. I can see why they've done so well in their competitions. So thank you to the um advisers of that as well all the staff involved with that. Um, I participated in the reality day last Friday, um, that juniors go to get the eye openening experience of what life really costs. Um, probably the first and last time they'll ever write a check. Uh, but, uh, Rich Doll and I manned the insurance table and, uh, I, you know, I had some conversations. I recognize some of the kids, um, because I have a kid here. um try to talk to them. They asked for some advice. Some of them did, so that was good. Um but we had a blast. It was busy um and I would do it again next year. Absolutely. >> I did want
135to um do a recognition that the chamber has their awards, leadership awards on Wednesday >> and we have one of our teachers who has won something, Mr. Le Fever. And we have three beaver dam uh Spencer Butter Bro, Max Ludkkey >> and then my son Tommy um emerging leaders. So I just think it's really great that you know the kids they stay here, they participate in the community. They're you know we we have a lot of leaders. So it's good. >> Um I didn't have too busy of a month. Just the Washington coffee chat which was wonderful. Um, I made a new little friend. We were standing there. Little guy came walking by. I think it was the same the same little guy that was in the picture with his uh, but he came he
136came walking by and we had our own little handshake. >> Yeah, that's right. >> Yeah. >> I kind of messed up the first time that we we did it again. We got it right and he went walking away and he was really happy and I was really happy and I think we're buddies now. So, uh, and then, uh, shout out to the kids in the kitchen. Uh, we had scones. You know, scones are they can be hit and miss. You gota they can be a little dry sometimes, but the key is is the ingredients. Like you got to load them up with the good stuff. And I had a chocolate chip one and it was loaded with chocolate chips, mini chocolate chips. And so they knocked it out of the park and that was uh
137really good. So big shout out to those kiddos. >> Anyone have anything else? >> I'll just add one real quickly. Uh so parents, community members and staff uh want to thank them for all the feedback uh regarding our key accountability areas and KPIs. We we have several thousand different points of feedback uh to work through well over a thousand different people engaged uh whether it was through surveys um or individually. Um so that's really going to help um guide the work uh that's taking place right now and the board is going to have an opportunity to engage with uh different themes, targets and perspective actions associated with um our efforts during their workshop in May. Um don't worry, you won't have to read through a thousand different things individually, but I know Ike will, you
138know, want to see them. Um, so we're going to work through that um together and it's just a lot of really good feedback and some really clear alignment on um certain themes um and conversation that'll help us set the stage and have a really awesome um I think summer and launch into next year. So that that only comes through their feedback. So thank you. >> Okay. >> All right. We're all set there. We move on to 10.1. >> I move the board recess into close session pursuant to Wisconsin statute 19.85 85 PN1 PN C considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility specifically to discuss specific employees, employee groups and negotiation strategy. >> Second. >> Okay, we have a motion to
139second to move into close session. Mary, could I have a roll call, please? >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. We're back in open session. We'll move on to item 12, district policy and guidelines 12.1, resignations and retirements. >> There are two resignations for your consideration tonight. I move the board approve the resignations as presented. Second. >> Okay. We have a motion, a second to approve the resignations and retirements as presented. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. Oppos. Same sign. >> Motion carried. >> There's one leave of absence for your consideration tonight. I move the board approve the leave of absence as presented. >> Second. >> Okay. We have a motion in a second to approve the leave of absence as presented. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I.
140Oppos. same sign. Motion carried. >> We have three appointments for your consideration. The first one is Bobby Joe Helgamo as a long-term sub from May 1st through June 8th for science teacher at the high school. The second one is Katherine O'Hara for principal at our high school starting next school year. And the last one is Erica Vosters for school nurse for the district starting next school year. I move the board approve the appointments as presented. >> Second. >> Okay. A motion, a second to approve the appointments as presented. Mary, could I have a roll call vote, please? >> Yes. >> Okay. We move on to 12.4 four uh preliminary notice of nonrenewal under Wisconsin statute 118.22. >> There is one preliminary notice of nonrenewal under Wisconsin state statute 118.22 for Emily Cadets as discussed in
141close session. >> I move the board approve the preliminary notice of non-renewal as presented. >> Second. >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. Um all those in favor signify by saying I. I >> I >> opposed. Same sign. >> Motion carried. >> 12.5 Renewal of teacher contracts 2026 2027. >> Renewal of teacher contracts is a statutory requirement that we do every year. At this time, I'm asking for your approval granting the administration the authority to issue teacher contracts to current certified staff for the 2627 school year. With your approval, we will then issue teacher contracts no later than May 15th, and teachers must return them signed no later than June 15th. >> I move the board approve the renewal of teacher contracts for the 2026 2027 school year as presented. >> Second. >>
142Okay, we have a motion, a second to approve the renewal of the teacher contracts for 2026 2027. Mary, have a roll call vote, please. >> Heather, >> yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Nicole. All right. Move on to 12.6 uh board policy updates. Final reading. >> Uh this is the second and final reading for the spring slate of policy updates. The board was presented with these policies in March and have had an opportunity to review them. These policy updates represent revisions, additions, and resinment designed to ensure alignment with recent state legislation, strengthen governance practices, and enhance student safety and learning. Uh, several updates were required for compliance or updated in connection with new Wisconsin law, including changes related to student supervision and welfare, instruction, and intervention, personal communication device use, and child abuse reporting
143requirements. This slate of updates also introduces new policies that improve financial transparency and accountability, particularly around fundraising, crowdfunding, and student activity accounts. Additional revisions clarifying expectations for board governance, modernizing policies related to technology, including digital accessibility and responsible use of artificial intelligence. Operational updates address modes of personal student transportation, vehicle use, and identification cards uh that support safety and consistent uh consistency across the district. Basically, making sure we're not using social numbers. These updates also provide clarity regarding school support organizations and employment related policies to reflect current practices and legal requirements. Uh these changes reflect compliance and transparency focused on student success and well-being. I am recommending approval of the board policy updates which include two new policies, two rescended policies, four replacements, and 22 revisions. >> I move we approve the policy changes as
144recommended by Niola. >> Second. >> Okay, we have a motion, a second to approve the policy updates as recommended by Niola. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I post same sign. Motion carried. Uh 13.1 payment of claims. >> I move for payment of claims in the amount of 12,354,657. >> Second. >> Okay. We have a motion, a second to approve the payment of claims. Mary clever. Roll call vote, please. >> Yes. >> Isaac, >> yes. All right, I'll entertain a motion for adjournment. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay, we have a motion second to adjurnn.