001We're going to call the meeting to order at 7:01. Oops. I got to write down the right time here, though. Um, okay. And let's look at the consent agenda items. Um, we've got the minutes from the January 12th board meeting, the January 26th school board special meeting, close session, and certified and co-curricular staffing recommendations um to approve. Does anyone have anything they want to pull out? >> Can I just make a comment that Larry Grenzo and John Wells are two amazing teachers. >> They're just there's a lot of experience there and those are outstanding >> teachers. Wonderful. Yeah. >> Amazing. All right. Um, anything else anyone else wants to discuss? Okay. Then, um, I would entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I can Okay, great. >> All right. >> I can second
002it. >> Was that Was that a little I heard a second. >> I can second it. Yeah. >> Okay. All right. >> Um, any further discussion? >> Nope. No. Okay. All right, then. Um, all those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carries. 5 Z. Um, and then there are personnel items that do not require a vote. Um, so that would bring us to public comment and I believe we have a few registered. Would you um let's see for we have um Melissa, Senator Melissa Ratcliffe here. >> Is it okay if we come up as a group? >> Please do. >> You are all registered representing Sheila Stubs. >> Yep. >> That's okay. >> I'm sorry we couldn't discuss more. We It is a very special week,
003right? Because it's a national school counselors week. >> It is. >> Um so we are all very um very appreciative of our school counselors and are happy to be here at McFarland School uh at your school board meeting to show our support. I know it's public comment and so each of us have three minutes or five minutes. Five. >> Five minutes. >> Yes. So um so because it is uh school counselor week, we as representatives of McFarland wanted to uh present a citation of commendation to superintendent Harutzer um for because you received uh the uh Wisconsin cool school counselor association uh superintendent of the year award. board and to honor you uh we >> caught him off guard. >> That's right. >> Surprise. >> So, yes. So, we uh put together this citation of commendation
004um in in recognition of your hard work for McFarland School District and being um recognized as superintendent of the year by the Wisconsin School Counselors Association. And as such we will be reading it to you if >> Oh boy. >> All right. >> I will kick it off here. All right. Whereas every year Wisconsin School Counselor Association WSCA recognizes individuals within the school counseling and educational profession who demonstrate profound impact on the school counseling counseling profession and live and lives of students. And whereas the administrator award is given to the district leader who demonstrates outstanding commitment to success of school counseling programs. Recipients champion the role of school counselors foster environments where comprehensive counseling services can thrive and actively support initiatives that promote student uh academic, career and social emotional development. And >> whereas superintendent
005Aaron Tarnetszer has been the McFarland school district superintendent for the past four years. Though he started in a new role as superintendent, he was not new to the district as he previously worked as the principal of the middle school in McFarland. And whereas Superintendent Aaron Tarnutzer has an extensive background with experience as a social worker that helps guide him making comprehensive decisions for the school district. And >> whereas Superintendent Aaron Hearnitzer has always been an advocate for increasing uh student services staff, he was able to grow the student services by having at least one school psychologist, one school social worker, and two school counselors, ensuring that all students are able to get the help they need. And now therefore, I Senator Melissa Ratcliffe, uh Senator Keller Roy, who is on her Yay. Here we go.
006Yay. Here we go. >> Yes. >> I see you doing the last. >> So sorry. Yes. >> Do the wherein? >> Uh, yes. We Okay. >> I introduced myself and now it's on you. I saw your appeared. Now therefore, Senator Melissa Ratcliffe, Senator Kell Roy, who is not always late, Representative Sheila Stubbs, and Representative Randy Udell, do hereby commend Superintendent Erin Toddner for his outstanding work in the McFarland School District and extend our sincere congratulations on being awarded the administrator award. >> Yay! There we go. >> It was a big surprise, too. Father got away with it. So much for that. >> Thank you. >> Before we get too far into it, um since we can't really respond to public comment, um I would be willing to entertain a motion to take a 10-minute recess.
007>> I'd like to move for a 10-minute recess. >> I will second. >> All right. >> You guys are so agreeable. I love it. >> All right. So let's take a um oh all those in favor please signify by saying I >> I any opposed. >> All right motion carries 5. We will reconvene at 7:20. >> Thank you. That was Let's I figured out how to go on recess. I didn't figure out how to come back. Um I think Do we just have Do we just reconvene? >> Call it back. >> Okay. All right. I'm going to um call this meeting back to order and reconvene in open session at 7:21 and we'll continue on with our um the rest of the agenda. We're probably going to be a little distracted. So, that was really
008special. Um okay, next we have the M McFarland High School student report. Is that Mr. Dean? There he is. >> There we are. Hello. >> Good evening everyone. >> Good evening. >> I'm just gonna share my screen because I have quite a bit to get to get started as soon as we can. Okay, so getting right into things. Um, great to be back and speaking with all of you again. Um this is the eighth edition of the McFarland High School student report for the 2025 through 2026 school year. Um so starting off right away with our highlights. On Friday, January 16th, the entire MHS student body gathered in the performing arts center for the second annual MLK assembly hosted by the student council in the Black Student Union. The presentation featured four student speakers. Anna
009Cohen, student council president, spoke on MLK's character. I spoke on the civil rights movement as student council vice president. Raina Randolph, BSU president, spoke on the impact of MLK's dream at our school. And Grayson Gray, BSU vice president, spoke on the importance of MLK Day as a whole. We then played a video that displayed interviews with different MHS students on related questions before hearing from our keynote speaker, Mandela Barnes, the former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and current Wisconsin candidate for governor. Um, he addressed his views on MLK's legacy and provided the students with his vision, hopes, and plans for the future. Moving into our clubs. So, for the third year in a row, McFarland High School is participating in the Do Good Wisconsin Cereal Box Challenge, which challenges students to provide as many cereal boxes
010as they can to donate to their selected food pantry. The student council is running the event, which started today and will run exactly a month until Monday, March 2nd. We have tasked each grade with a collection goal of 500 500 cereal boxes, excuse me, to exceed 2,000 total. We won the event in 2024 with over 1,000 and the advisory that has the most will win crumble cookies and the winning grade level will receive Culver's custard. >> Next, Black History Month commenced yesterday and our Black Student Union is hosting their Black Lives Matter week from today to Friday, February 6th. The week will be filled with theme dressup days and video videos to celebrate Black History and to bring awareness to racial discrimination across the United States. At the home game tomorrow night, girl up and
011girls the girls basketball team are celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day. They will spread awareness and raise donations for the Women's and Sports Foundation, a nonprofit that encourages and supports female involvement in sports and works to reduce barriers to participation. Then the model United Nations will attend their first overnight conference of the year from Thursday, February 5th to Sunday, February 8th at the University of Chicago where they will debate and collaborate on real life issues. From this experience, they will grow their public speaking, writing, and consensus skills. Finally, this Saturday, February 7th, the McFarland Hope Squad and the boys hockey team are hosting their annual Freeze the Stigma Night to raise awareness and eliminate stigma against mental health and sports. Themed items and donation opportunities will be made available to further the club's
012efforts in the school and in the community. Additionally, our winter sports teams have been hard at work, and here are some updates directly from our coaches. With girls basketball, they are continuing to improve with an 8 to10 record, winning five of their last six games, and they are in a three-way tie for second place in the Badger Small Conference with a record of 7 to3. Boys basketball is in the top 10 of the state division 2 with a 13-2 record and a 7 to1 record in the Badger Small Conference with tough wins against Stoton, Mount Horov, and Sock Prairie. Girls hockey continues to build their program with a younger team, tying last year's win record with two more games to go. Close games in the past week have occurred, only losing by one goal. With
013boys hockey, they are number one in the state division 2 with a 17-2 record, and they brought home the Wisa Cup and the Swenson Cup for the second year in a row. Currently preparing for a strong playoff run with MGM wrestling. They have shown strong effort, growth, and competitiveness, continuing to improve themselves as teams. Special congratulations to Emily Carl for beating the number five ranked girl of the state from Watertown recently at an invitational. With boys swimming, they are entering the championship season with conference sectional and state meets approaching. They won the small school state championship recently, which came down to a final relay with less than half a second difference between our team and the runnerup. Special congratulations to Kale to Beast for surpassing surpassing his own state record in the 100 butterfly and
014to Blade to Beast who is challenging the division 2 state records in the 50 and 100 freestyle this season. Lastly, MHS Dance competed at the WACPC Southern Regionals at Middleton High School, placing in top three of both of their routines in D2 Jazz and D4 Palm. They are advancing to state this weekend at the Lacrosse Center in Lacrosse. With some other news from the McFarland Performing Arts Center, the IMMS musical Honk Jr. will run this week from February 5th to February 7th, highlighting 90 middle school students to perform the contemporary and comic retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's The Ugly Duckling. Furthermore, the MHS Packpack Club will serve as the crew, helping the show to run smoothly by stage managing, helping with scene changes, running the lighting, spotlights, and soundboards, as well as keeping track of
01532 microphones throughout the entirety of the show. We are very grateful for their dedicated assistance to the performing arts, especially with our middle schoolers. from the McFarland Recreation, aquatics and play program, the fifth and great sixth grade at Big 10 volleyball program and the drop in volleyball programs have been incredibly successful even with the cold Wisconsin weather, bringing our younger student body as well as our other communities together through recreational sports. Also, the middle school has their upcoming ski and snowboard trips to Tyrell Basin to enjoy winter outdoor winter sports recreation while building confidence. And finally, the MRAP summer planning is already underway, working to introduce registration for multiple seasonal programs. And a very special congratulations to Anna Cohen on being selected by the McFarland Optimist Club as their January senior of the month. Anna
016was nominated by MHS teachers Angie Bazon and Patrick Tui for her outstanding leadership, determination, and kindness. She plans to study neuroscience and psychology at a 4-year university later this year. Seniors chosen for this honor receive a plaque commemorating their achievements, have preferred parking, and are eligible for the Optimus Club scholarship. Finally, we still have quite a bit coming up in the month of February, which I know is hard to believe because there's already so much that has been happening. Um, on Wednesday, February 11th, MHS is hosting the annual advising night from 4:30 to 7 o'clock p.m. The night will feature 2026 to 2027 course planning assistance, the college, diversity, and employment fair, the club and involvement fair, as well as presentations on career, college, and life planning. After that, our annual MHS community week will
017run from fe Monday, February 16th to Friday, February 20th with five clubs participating. Student council, the McFarland Hope Squad, Multicultural Club, Girl, and Letters of Love will each host one of the five days with multiple different events and activities to bring the student body together and to celebrate the amazing community we have here at MHS. Lastly, on Thursday, February 26th, the MHS will host the We Are Many Youth Unity Summit with numerous high schools in the area attending and presentations featuring student MC's working to combat hate. Um, that is all I have for you for the month of February at McFarland High School. As always, it is really great to connect with all of you and it's such an honor and a privilege to share all of this information. Um, our contact information is on
018the screen right now. if you ever need to reach out to any of us outside of these schoolboard meetings. But if no one has any questions right now, I will let you guys continue with the agenda. >> Thank you so much, Dean. >> Thank you for the updates. >> Great job. >> Yeah, those are great. >> Excellent. Dean, thank you. >> Just uh Dean, just a little shout out. We're going to recognize you a little bit later for um speaking to the legislature about about mental health. So, thank you for that for representing students in our district. Yeah, >> of course. >> And thank you for accepting our uh slight delay and being patient with for our special public comments tonight. >> Yes, of course. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Good night, everyone. >> Thank
019you so much. >> Thank you. >> Bye. >> All right. Um and next we have our um McFarland High School student report from the DECA program. whenever we're ready. >> Hi. Hi everyone. Um, if I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you before in person, my name is Mallerie Scott and I am this year's DECA president and we are very excited to share with you our achievement archive that we've created. >> Awesome. >> So, I'll just pull that up. Um, it's saying I need permission to share my screen. >> Permission. >> Angie's working on it. >> That's right. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I'm sure the archive is very long from what I've From what I've gathered, you're a pretty accomplished group here. >> Oh, thank you. Um, >> we're still troubleshooting, Hillary. Okay, all
020good. Maybe you could sing something for us. >> No pressure. >> I don't know that Deca does a lot of singing. >> Yeah, I'm not. You don't want me to sing? >> You go like blue. >> You don't want me to sing? Yeah. >> I can definitely just like read it too if that's gonna work better. >> You want me to ask? >> Yeah. Ask uh if there's like a request button because >> are you seeing a request button on there? Um, it's saying oh, >> can you guys see my screen? >> Promising. >> Okay. Okay, perfect. >> Let's work. >> Yeah. >> See, we can persevere. Okay, perfect. Um, so thank you all for letting me come to this meeting and kind of just share what we've accomplished so far this year and a
021little bit about what we accomplished last year. Kind of just to start off describing what DECA is and what we mainly focus on is we mainly focus on being academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible and building a club for experienced leaders. going into academically prepared. I'm not going to read all these words because I know your guys' time is very important and uh DECA does a lot. So, I kind of just I'll do a little brief summary. Um so, starting off, our team delivered an impressive performance at this year's district's competition, earning 14 exam medals and 37 role-play medals. We secured nine automatic qualifying spots along with 14 additional qualifiers. resulting in a state team of 23 competitors which state is February 24th through the 26th. Um and then also in the year of 2025
022we had 13 people attend ICDC which is our international conference in Orlando, Florida. Um we prepared for state and ICDC with coffee and cramps by doing practice role plays and practice presentations. Uh it was a very helpful time to receive feedback from our adviserss and our peers. Um competition is something we think is very important in the aspect of DECA because it prepares students for real world business situations. And then going into community oriented, our chapter dedicates our events to supporting younger grades through superhero training camp, which is actually this Saturday. So if you have any little kids, feel free to bring them. Um and then through young entrepreneurs, future financers, and the big little dance. Uh these support business and marketing skills at the elementary and middle school level and provide a fun space
023for community members to gather. We raised over $6,000 for Carbone Cancer Center. We collected 2,110 cans for Trigger Can. And then we did over 250 color smile sheets which we give to little kids in the hospitals. And then we reached over 2500 community members and our highest miracle minute was $1,000 $1,055. >> Wow. Uh recently McFarland Deca hosted our young entrepreneurs which is an event designed to guide students through the steps of product development allowing them to express their creative abilities. The event was incredibly popular filling all 60 available spots. Um we're also thrilled to share that our events supporting the W carbone cancer were a massive success uh thanks to our miracle minutes. This included our blockout to block out cancer, our volley for a cure, and sticks up for cancer where we raised
024over $6,000. >> Wow. Impressive. >> Sorry if you can hear my dog barking. >> It's okay. Like totally approved. Um, moving into professionally responsible, we had our Chicago business industry field trip provided which where we provided a once in a-lifetime trip for our members to hear from past student business professionals. So, some of Ginger's old students, some of the MG advisor's old students who attended um the Chicago University came in and they kind of gave us a little spiel on their career, what they do in their day-to-day life, and gave us students the opportunity to ask questions about how they got there, where they plan to go in the future, just all those different questions that um you'd want to hear from a past student. And then also we partner with local businesses to support
025our chapter. They donate um usually supplies sometimes money. For example, for future financers workshop, Spartan Pizza donated 12 large pizzas which fed all of our volunteers and all of our students. And then one community bank also came in and spoke about what a banker does, what a bank is, savings and checkings accounts. So, we really just love partnering with the different local businesses and they love supporting and we couldn't be where we are today without them. And then last but not least, for experienced leaders, we have 75% of our members volunteered at least one community service event, which is really good for um just overall development in high school. It's good for having those community service hours. Some of these events they might have volunteered at is the Big Little Dance, Superhero Training Camp, which
026is a Saturday, Young Entrepreneurs, Future Financers, the Craft and Bender Fair, Blackout to Blockout Cancer, Bing for a Cure, Sticks Up for Cancer, and Pause for a Cause. Um during these events, DECA members make an effort to be welcoming, approachable, and supportive, helping younger students feel comfortable asking questions and getting involved. Members of our chapter serve as excellent role models for younger students and each other um in many different ways. And me members of our chapter are very involved in many different school-based events like freshman orientation and the school fair club. Um that is all I have today. If you guys have any questions, please feel free to ask me. Otherwise, thank you for having me. Do you know? Um, >> you might have to say to the mic. Mike, >> even even ballpark, how
027many current members are there in DECA? >> Okay. Um, 148. >> Wow. >> Is our current is our current number right now. >> I've I've been here a long time and I remember when there was and this number might be off by one or two 12 members. >> Yeah. >> And DECA 12 members. Deca almost went away. >> Wow. >> And your current leadership came in and >> and has completely turned everything around. What a what a positive group you are. >> Yeah. Absolutely. >> It's great to hear your report. >> I agree. I think to your point, Craig, I want to say I mean it's probably at least tripled since we've been on the board. Bruce, >> don't you think? >> Yeah. Well, I don't know if it's triple, but boy, I mean, she's
028just turned this thing around. >> Done a lot. >> Yeah. >> Well, and even just, you know, you highlighted a lot, but I think about especially the um the craft fair, the vendor fair, like how much that actually does. >> Very, very big event. >> Yeah. And just how much it does for the for the community. Like it brings in a lot of business to the or you know, >> people to the community to shop at our local businesses. And >> I mean, you guys have a really big impact. So, >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Yeah. Thanks for all you do. >> Yeah. Good luck at state. >> Oh, of course. Thank you. Thank you so much. Well, thank you all for having me tonight and I hope I'll be able to come back
029at some point, too. >> Absolutely. Welcome anytime. >> Thank you. Bye. >> Have a great night. >> Thank you, Mallerie. >> You too. >> All right. >> Excellent. >> I love hearing from our students. Um and which leads us into the nextformational item which is in um Indian Mound Middle School student report. I'm so excited to see this. >> Yes. So one of the things that President Fesler had brought forward was it'd be nice to hear from other buildings as well. We love our high school student reports, but there's lots going on through the district. So, our middle school student council put together this video to highlight some of the things that have happened so far this year. So, this is created just for you. >> Amazing. Heat. Heat. N. Hey, hey, hey. You can
030feel you can dance with you. that sound. Heat. Heat. N. Oh, nice. That was impressive, right? I >> I know. >> Start hiring them to help me, >> right? >> That's awesome. >> That was wonderful. >> How many years they've been going to Timberly? >> Oh my gosh. >> I love >> Long time. >> My kids went and they're 40. >> Oh, it's long before that. >> I have to. >> You have to. >> Yeah, they went. >> He's out of chaperone at least once. Okay. >> They did go to Cal Marine. >> Okay. 20ome years. I was >> 30 years. >> Yeah. Wow. >> Well, that was that was really great. I >> a a special shout out. I know that >> doing something like that requires a little bit more lift from administrators,
031teachers, whatever. Um and but I I knew that the kids had it in them to like do it, do show some leadership and show us what they've got going on. So >> that's great. Thank you for taking the time to do that. >> Well done. Good things going on at that middle school. >> That's right. Okay. Next, we have our school safety written drill notification and review per our Wisconsin statutes. You want to tell us a little bit about that, Mr. Turner? >> Yes. So you will see um here for you was um a administrative hold called uh here at the high school uh for a medical situation and just proud of our staff for how they handled it. A very um significant situation that was handled really well and with with care and looking
032out for our students. So appreciate everybody involved. >> Great. All right. Um then next we have the WASBY Wisconsin Association of School Boards um state education conference update. Mr. Tarneter and myself, do you want to start us off or you want me to? >> Uh I can I can start I I will go fairly quickly. So this is our annual state conference where uh school leaders in including schoolboard members and uh superintendent etc. um executive assistants all come together to kind of learn together and grow together and I think it was a really exciting event. Um, we always, you know, take the time in this to make sure to get away and and really enjoy the warm weather um of Milwaukee in January. It's just gorgeous. It's just I feel spoiled when I am out
033there in the minus5 degree >> streets of of wonderful Milwaukee. >> Um, but it it is a good conference. The keynotes um were excellent. I was only able to see one and then you really do have a lot of good sessions to choose from. I would say the conference has continued to get better during my four years as superintendent. I was able to attend several um sessions and >> it was nice not to go to sessions about referendums, but there were a lot of those. >> I went to ones focusing on community engagement, ways to engage your community. I went to sessions about u connecting with your legislators um including uh Senator Radcliffe a session >> about the legislative day that Stoen does u for their representatives and uh and also attended several sessions about
034compensation schedules and districts that had made changes to their compensation schedules given that we are in the midst of that review. Uh, one of the sessions that I I found the most valuable was mastering the art of school finance storytelling where we talked about how to make school finance understandable and realize we are real close to about as good as it gets in terms of what we have learned the hard way over the last couple years that school finance is hard to message. Um, but we're doing well. One of the things that I think is a next step for us is helping people really understand their tax bill, including um having information on their tax bill that clearly shows where their money is going related to school funding, including the dollars that are spent on
035private schools and voucher programs, >> which isn't on the bill. >> Yeah. >> Yep. And it's not separated, but you can have that added. Yes. >> Good. >> So, those were some of the things that stuck out to me besides the great times. >> That's right. Great times. >> Times learning and all the vendors. >> Yeah. >> And lots of pens. >> Lots of pens. >> Did you have any favorites though? Any favorite pens? Because you know >> Oh, are important. >> Absolutely. The fuzzy heads. >> The social schools for edu is a good one. That purple. >> Oh, yep. Yep. It's good. I mean, it was the thing I appreciated most actually about the pens is that the pens that were fun, like there were some with construction hats. Um, >> and then the
036fuzzy hair, like they all had different skin tones because they had faces on them, too, >> and they all had different skin tones. So, I was like really proud of the vendors for being >> that's nice >> um inclusive. So, that was that was my favorite part of the pens specifically, right? >> Were there other things you enjoyed? >> There were other things. >> We shared >> um Yes. So um yeah, this was my first one. Um and a big part of the president's job while attending is attending the delegate assembly, which is >> where the WASBY sets, you know, the um legislative advocacy resolutions. You know, what what they're going to advocate for all of member school boards. Um and as Craig has said in the past, it's interesting and I did find it
037interesting. I kind of geek out a little bit about it. Um I thought it was really fascinating actually. Um and my highlights from it are probably that um lots of school boards get up and like speak really passionately about some of these resolutions. >> Um like more people from their school boards. I think other other districts have more than one school board member attend um which >> they call the question much. >> What's that? >> Did they call the question much? >> No, we only had to call the question once which was that we were we were done in an hour and a half or two and a half hours. That was a lie. Two and a half hours. Um but let's see. We there was notably a bylaw change proposal that allowed for a
038limited membership. um did not pass. That failed. So that's just notable because then everybody who's in WASBY, who's a member district, will also still get advocacy benefits. So we all advocate for the same thing is really what that means. >> Um there's an emergency resolution that was passed and brought up during the assembly, so it wasn't one that we got to see ahead of time. Um and that was for um requesting that the state actually meet their promised special education reimbursement rate um since the everything's coming in way below what they anticipated. Um, so and I think the thing that I learned most um as a delegate was that in future years I think it would be helpful for us to review them together or discuss them together ahead of time. >> Um, >> because
039there are changes that and amendments that can happen during the delegate assembly and I didn't feel totally prepared with like what I thought you all would agree or not agree with those. So, I think that might be something that >> I think that would be good. >> I think that'd be really good. >> They're not I mean, they're not all totally applicable to us, but you know, we want to know if we support them or not. So, um yeah, the keynote sessions were really great. They were, you know, as they're meant to be. They're always uplifting and um have a positive message, touching. Um the the option or the sessions that I went to were about special education, developing a financial scorecard for the district, um like an easyto read snapshot basically. Um there was
040a board president's leadership networking session that was really robust. Um school attendance and then a legal briefing about the rights of some of our more vulnerable students in the changing landscape of the federal administration. Um, so I just I my two favorite were the ones about spe special education. Um, there's a school district um, Campbellport in Wisconsin that's making a like really changing how they're providing their special education like scheduling and they had four years of data that was really interesting. So I just I loved learning about that. Um, and then the pre the board president networking. It was um I really enjoyed talking to our other region presidents just about some >> retention for administration and um and it was there's some really small districts in that group and some really large districts and
041so it was really interesting how some things are similar and how considerations change. So I really enjoyed it. I get kind of geeky about conferences. So >> she was geeky. I will verify. I was gonna say, as Erin and Angie can attest to, I was Yeah, I get a little geeky and excited about them. So, >> did you enjoy the art >> the art display? >> Yes. I didn't actually spend as much time looking at it, but the one the winner that they had. So, they always have an art display of >> students across Wisconsin. And I don't remember what the official name of the contest is, but they highlight student art. And the one was >> like she was basically doing a portrait of herself while she was painting. and or drawing and I
042don't know it was very cool. >> Wow. >> And the music. >> Yes. Yes. And the music >> band played but >> um Green Bay was one of them. >> And I don't remember the other. >> I remember. >> They usually have a drum circle. >> I No, I didn't. We don't I don't know if we saw that one. >> I don't think that was there. Yeah. So, it was it was good. >> There's plenty to do. >> Yes, there's plenty to do. It was definitely the energy waned a little as the days went on because my brain was like >> over overactive. >> It was valuable. >> What's that? >> It's very valuable. >> It is very valuable. So I'm Yeah, I'm excited to with all the learning. So >> it ensures that there
043will be bad weather. >> So if you can always plan on bad weather that week. So we >> That's true. >> Yeah. Friday was bitter cold. >> Yes. Luckily, there are skywalks in Milwaukee. I pretty sure it was a good 36 hours before I had fresh air for a while stretch there just because all the walkways. So, >> yep. So, yeah, that was great. And thanks to Angie for organizing us and >> making sure all of our transal arrangements were correct and yeah, totally went smoothly. So, thank you. >> Wonderful. >> All right. Anything else on that? Any questions? Thanks for going. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Fun. Um, okay. So, next is the joint village board school board meeting update from Mr. Fischer, Miss Huey, and Tarnizer. Mr. Tarner. >> You want me
044to go? >> Sure. Okay. >> It's been a couple weeks slept since then. Okay. Um I would say the f the few things that kind of took away from our meeting um was really highlighting our engagement um between the village and the district especially in our senior outreach program. Um so Katie from the village um talked with um Kelly Thompson about the successes that they've had um with >> for example you know making meal kits for Thanksgiving when they couldn't um deliver items on a holiday. Um, I think we'll only see and these are just ideas that I think I'm impressed with that that Kelly and Katie come up with and try it and students have responded really well. It seems like their engagement is high. Um, and so when you try it, you learn
045one how to get better the next time, but two, then you're like, "Oh, well that was a good idea. Let's try some more ideas." And so I feel like they do they seem to work really well together on creating those opportunities um for joint engagement for s community senior outreach and the students. Um so thank you to both of them for leading those efforts. Um Dean mentioned they all we also highlighted Kelly highlighted the many united Against Hate um conference day coming up on the 26th. Um and then I think just kind of some continued planning session and conversations um between the district and the school district for the youth center. Those were kind of the top three things I came away with. Yeah, there was a there was a bunch of things. They went
046through some of the village capital projects and give us a you know update of what's happening with the municipal building, the library, um the parks, um kind of the comprehensive plan is is starting to go on get underway. Um and um the whole kind of the tiff the possible moving the lumber company out on AB and the whole east side development. And then it's kind of neat that again this the the construction of the the well number five which again involved the school because we uh >> we ended up selling that property so they could put that well in there and again it's just the two comm community the two organizations kind of working together >> back diamonds. >> Yes. Yes. >> Yep. And then uh they looked at uh just the upcoming traffic studies
047coming on. And um I guess really that that those are things that I think are going to be important for the village is just as we start to undergo some of the the changes to our traffic patterns and stuff like that this spring. >> Anything about the solar farm? >> Um no, they didn't mention that at all. Um but that just continues. I know the last meeting before that they they said it was it was getting pretty close to being up and ready to go. >> Yeah. >> So, and they talk about the youth center a little bit too. >> A little bit. >> Yeah. What's going on? Trying to keep it independent but helping them out financially. >> So, >> yeah, good call out on the traffic studies. There'll definitely be some changes >>
048um >> to busing routes, etc. But I think Jess's been working pretty closely um with the state and county to make sure we're >> solid on the plan. Um and then I think there's you reminded me planning for some resurfacing or work off of Creary Road and trying to coordinate that so it's not during the school year so impacts less to NPS. So >> that was good to hear. It's just wonderful that we have this joint board meeting between the the village and the district and it's just something that long overdue and I just think it keeps on I don't know I think the connection between the two entities is just getting tighter and that's the way it should be. >> Yeah, agreed. >> Agree. >> Yep. We meet again on March 10th. >> Yeah.
049>> Awesome. Anything else? >> All right. Then we've got the This is always a mouthful. Hold on. Greater Dayne County School Governance Consortium. They try to use an AC acronym, but that's just silly. Um >> I don't know what you'd call that one. >> GDCSGC. That's a lot, >> right? That's not a memorable. >> I couldn't even remember that one. >> I just I just rather say the whole thing. All right. And that is also Miss Hugh and Mr. Turniter. >> Apparently, you guys are stuck hearing from me tonight. Um and Angie participated and was there as well. So thank you Angie. Um the consortium um meeting took place in Belleville. So thank you to Belleville for hosting us. Had a lovely meal. Um very good cookies. Um there was really good I think conversation.
050This is my first one. So it was nice to kind of one see other people and really get a feel for just how one big Dane County is in terms of we have rural um school districts and very urban school districts. So, it's all varied needs. Um, but had a really good great conversation and kind of networking chance um with those other districts. Um, sat at a good table um with some reps from Milton Cross Plains um and Wisconsin Heights where we talked about kind of the our our board member role like what is your board member role in the board and then within the community. Um and so received some good kudos from those other um districts for our engagement planning with doing kind of the office hours um and the the work that
051Aaron you do and Angie do for like our agenda prep and how we can go back and look and how things kind of come forward to us. Um so kudos to all of us for participating in those. Um and kudos to you two for um helping us execute that. Um and then I think the second half of the um meeting really turned into kind of a deeper discussion on the role of the consortium on um joint legis legislative engagement opportunities. Um so kind of posed a question of do does the consortium have another kind of subcommittee work group that just does like legislative white papers and then all of our school districts would sign on to that. Um and there was I would say not full consensus on on the best way to approach that.
052Um which was really informative for me. Um so I think um Dr. Gothard and Victoria Stewart presented I forget her name. I think that was what um on >> I can't remember her name. >> Um but very informative, very active um legislatively had seemed to be very aware. Um, so I think more to come on how that group will participate with any kind of legislative voice or action related. So I think the bottom line I took away from that was >> um all of us are hurting in school districts and what's what is the best way for all of us to give voice to each other so bigger districts can help smaller districts and smaller districts can better inform bigger ones. So, it was interesting. Um, no outcome, but kind of see where the next
053one lands and what that will turn into. But I thought it was very informative, very helpful to kind of talk with those other >> board members. So, well worth our engagement. >> Yeah, the sharing of ideas across districts is really neat. And it's so unique as you're sitting there and you're looking and you're seeing Madison to Belleville, >> you know, represented and having conversations and struggling with the same issues and that was powerful. I think there's a sense in terms of legislatively is what is our role? Dayne County is very unique >> and certainly as we just saw our elected officials um certainly uh our advocates for public education and I can speak for the ones that were just here earlier. they're very informed >> about public education needs >> and I and I think
054it was a matter of how do we you know use our combined resources not only for our own um localities and municipalities but larger in terms of statewide and and what's our role and how can we best be heard. So I think it's valuable, you know, we'll continue the work. I I always pick up ideas from them on some strategies to work. But one of the things that really struck the people that were there was how engaged all of you are as board members with the community and how intentional you are in connecting with the community. That is very unique compared to other boards >> like our board specifically. your board specifically, the office hours, the intentional going to advising night coming up, like making sure that you're visible and accessible to the public in
055your role as a board member is is quite unique. >> Oh yeah, definitely got a few like oh kind of respons. >> I just think that's like second nature. >> I Yeah, I guess I would have like it just it feels like the right thing to do. Well, that's nice. Thank you for sharing that. The referendum is what garnered a lot of people's interest. >> That's true. Well, and I I think it showed us that if we're not being that way, like if we're not accessible and not engaged, >> we're missing a lot of people. >> Yeah. We're missing a lot of people and we're missing out on hearing from a lot of, you know, I mean, I So, yeah, that's you're right. We did learn that from the referendum and and have wanted to
056continue that relationship building. So, >> thank you. Cool. Okay. Thank you all. >> And I probably to that point too, I also want to recognize that all of you all of us board members, thank you for, you know, providing these updates about, you know, the committee work you're doing and the legisl legislative update. Those are not things that we did before and true. >> You know, Aaron did a lot of that for us and so um I think it's a great way to support both our knowledge and our role as a school board member and Aaron, too. So yeah, >> thank you. Nice work. >> Yeah. >> Okay, now we get the district administrator's report. >> All right, let's see some stuff going around. >> Yeah, >> what's the happening here? Starting with our youngest
057learner. So each classroom at MPS gets to have the Spartan astronaut visit them, >> who happens to be Mr. Nelson. Um he's not actually a real astronaut. He plays one for ability to multi learners. >> Out of this world. >> Yeah. So they get they Oh, >> that was terrible. >> Oh boy. They get to pick a book and each class gets gets to pick a book. So he brings a a bag and kind of a fun way to help them fill their classroom libraries. >> You get to see um winter snow much better. um making some snowmen to put on their desks. Isn't that nice? And that's in Mrs. O'Brien's >> kindergarten class. There you can see having fun. Um the four educational assistants at the primary school dressed up in those gorgeous outfits.
058Yeah. >> Um, they love to have fun and so I appreciate them >> being playful and the students appreciate it too. That was a very popular social media post by the way. >> Yeah, >> it's like woo this is getting viral here. Um, gums and toothpicks make something build the tallest tower. nice, you know, strategy, problem solving, collaboration, great thing for our kids to learn in Miss Presser's class. Moving on to Wisa, the third graders doing some ecosystems work. I think it's uh exciting to see they do their diaramas there. >> So, well done hands-on learning, right? Mhm. >> Our fourth graders art and music show. Heard great things about it. Well attended. It's a great thing that they do to kind of share both art and music in in one event. Congrats to them.
059The third and fourth grade students. So, they were working on some math challenges there. And that word that's >> pentos, right? >> Pomos. pominos. >> Great problem solving. >> Can see that critical thinking. One thing you'll notice, >> not a piece of technology in there. >> Not a piece of technology. >> Coach Eversol's uh fifth grade class and Coach Rice's fourth grade class came and sang the national anthem. >> That was so good. >> Was it? >> It was so good. that. >> What a clever idea. >> That is a good idea. >> Oh, >> I just think that's so great. And of course, Mr. Addison led them. What a what a clever idea. >> And by the way, that I mean that girls basketball team, what five out of the last six or something.
060>> Yeah, that's an awesome winning streak. >> Very exciting. the seventh grade teachers their annual dressing up uh for Harry Potter movie day and they really are all all into it and I think they had a student assembly that day too because I was there and they're doing it. They're bringing it. I love that. Having some fun dedication seventh graders need it. >> Those those still go down in both my kids. >> Yeah. >> Like as favorite days for sure. I love that. It's a nice surprise. >> You heard a little bit about the web lead web leaders. You saw them in the video before and that was kind of at the beginning of the year and they continue their work with the students. So doing a little celebrating over their work so far this
061year. They've continued to work with those sixth graders. It's not just at the beginning of the year. It's important to remember. So, um, the men's club, men encouraging nonviolent strength club at the middle school had a special guest. >> Nice. >> From Cal Fischer. Cal Fischer, he plays baseball at Florida State >> and uh likely to end up in the major leagues here. Um, Cal comes from Deerfield. >> Um, is also the son of Jodie Fischer who is a staff member at the middle school. So, Oh, how cool. >> You talked about leadership. He is a wonderful, wonderful person and a great role model for our kids. So, what a neat opportunity. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Cal. >> And then Miss Rachel's um special education classroom, they have um combined with some sixth grade
062general education students for for a daily circle. So, a kind of a neat thing bringing classrooms together. I made some thank you cards and it's a nice positive experience. I love that. Speaking of cards, um you can purchase yours too. Hearts for hunger Valentine's Day postcards from our uh art ambassadors and that ends up being donated uh the proceeds are donated to the food pantry. >> Holiday cards here. You saw this picture a little bit earlier and this is from the MLK youth recognition. Both middle schoolers, this is middle schoolers here and then also high schoolers were recognized. A wonderful event uh from around uh the the communities. I think there were and the my number that's in my head is 24 schools. I had had students recognized. It is a packed house there and
063we get to have wonderful meal and hear some great speeches. Very inspirational, but more importantly recognizing these students for being leaders. You're always welcome to attend. If you're interested, um the high school political science of course legislative uh semester full session happened right before winter break. They're continuing to learn civics. >> And then I mentioned this earlier. Here's Dean talking about youth mental health and wellness here. Uh Senator Radcliffe um sponsored this Wisconsin Children's Mental Health briefing. So >> Representative Stubs right there. So look at that. >> Yeah. Mr. Mooney representing the Optimus. Thank you Optimus Club for making a generous donation to the Pride Pantry. Appreciate that. Well put to use. And this is what happens when it's too cold for our staff to have professional development. So you can see them. I have
064looked at every little screen of this Brady Bunch and uh it is something. They had a great time. It really brought back some traumatic memories from the pandemic for me. >> Brian Helen Brand's dog. >> Oh, no. >> Yeah. The the the pets and the they were so engaged though. Our staff across the district. >> People had to make adjustments at the last minute, these presenters, and they were so worried and and we just kept saying, "It's going to be fine. It's going to be people are going to be snuggly in their houses and engaged." And they were. All the cameras were on, you know, people were really really engaged and learned a lot. So, and we're safe. So, really proud proud of our our staff, our administrators and the presenters for that great day.
065You saw this a little bit with the MLK was a really great assembly, really powerful. And the speakers, the student speakers especially did a wonderful job. Wonderful job. Thanks for organizing that. You heard about Anna, a great representative. Of course, we've seen her many times on our screen here >> speaking to us with the student report, but she is a really phenomenal leader. And as I told her, um, when she was recognized with this award, she was that way in middle school. >> She's just one of those people. >> But wherever she goes, she's going to to be a really positive and and humble leader. We had students that were recognized, our girls, uh, golfers recognized for their academic allstate achievement. So, four of our golfers were recognized. So, what a great thing. >> Kid's
066daughter. >> Yep. >> Oh, yeah. That's right. >> Mackenzie Green, 3.25 plus GPA. >> Amazing. >> That's a varsity managing it all. I don't know how they do that. >> That's a lot. uh basketball teams got to go and and and uh play where the Bucks play. What a great thing for them to be there and get to play. A neat experience. >> Heard a little bit about DECA. >> 49 competitors and lots of wonderful awards. Congrats to them. And just a reminder, open enrollment is available. Get your seat >> starting today. Welcome to McFarland >> to share it share it out. Um Angie created this amazing image for our our socials and um another neighboring district has also are promoting their open enrollment on social media. So I guess let's see how we do.
067>> Great job, Angie. >> Roll out the red carpet for you. >> It is >> blue carpet. make that >> make the perfect >> and maybe my new new favorite picture I think. >> Yeah. Right. >> Wonderful. >> All right. And then in other news, our compensation committee keeps working. We are working away. Uh they've been done a great job. This is the hard part. They have a draft model and now it's talking about okay this could work but how do we pay for it? >> Yeah. So, uh, that's a challenge and that's when we have to make some tough decisions. Also wanted to acknowledge, um, now that, you know, we've turned over the start of the year, um, appreciate you, Craig Howry. Um, as you know, Craig is not running for reelection. There's no
068special people here for you, but um I meant to recognize you at the last meeting and I know you weren't able to attend, but just, you know, we will continue to thank you for your many years of service. Uh we've got a couple more months um with you, so we're going to take advantage of it. >> That would be just fine. >> Give you a little shout out now that you're >> That would be just fine. >> You're not on the ballot and somebody else is >> is is running for that open seat. And there's one candidate, Yanni McCrae, who's running for that open seat, but some big shoes to fill. >> That's right. >> We are going to miss you. >> That's for sure. >> So, we will celebrate you. >> You have to
069come to public comments. >> You as well. >> What are you going to do with your Monday nights? >> Wow. >> Come down here and sit in the back. Do it. You must do it. >> He said, "Wow." Um, also I've been out on the road at listening sessions in all the buildings. So that's been that's always a good experience and staff come and have great ideas and great questions. The most popular >> topic compensation that is what people want to talk money. >> So very good. Great. >> Student surveys are out uh annually. we uh gather feedback from our students and so we have an 88% response rate so far from grades four through 12. >> So we're going to get that up to 100 and uh we'll share those results with you coming
070up. want to thank donationwise special thanks to Larry Fron to Bonnie's book club as you know may know >> um Bonnie was a reading specialist here in the district and just loved getting books in the hands of kids and so that is a tradition that continues where um since she passed away she had uh battled cancer and now these there's these donations that continue to provide books to kids especially in the summer >> so anything if you're looking for something to donate to. Shout out to the middle school. They did a virtual family session about how to navigate Infinite Campus and Canvas and all those things, recorded it so you can still watch it. Uh really nice, >> nice thing because it's a lot to learn. Mhm. >> Um just a reminder, you know, we're
071coming up uh recognizing our crossing guards is coming up, but it's been cold and so I was like, I I got to go out there and I got to thank these people. >> And it's really cold. >> Yeah. You know, and I think it's interesting as I was saying to them, I don't know that it made them feel better, but it showed them that I I had empathy because it's too cold for outside recess for our students, but not too cold for you to stand outside for half an hour to 45 minutes, >> greeting kids as they come in. And there's, you know, not many kids walking, >> Right. In that weather, but they're still there. So they get excited when someone comes when they get to do something. So >> very caring. >> Yes.
072Bring them some coffee, some hot chocolate, >> please. Uh >> several have been pretty long term, haven't they? >> Yeah. >> If I'm very consistent, >> great folks. >> Uh we had the McFarland Schools Equity Collective. The last meeting uh really had some really neat student uh athlete leadership team members that came and spoke about their experience, the culture of athletics and really had wonderful things. Thanks Paul to for organizing and and answering some questions. They really talked about how different our community and our fans and our players are than other communities. And it's not to disparrage other communities, but we are better. >> Um, just in terms of being kind and respectful to the opposing team >> and there's a lot of people that deserve credit for that, parents, the students, and especially Paul
073as the athletic director. He will shut down a >> negative chant in a hurry. >> Oh yeah. So >> that's great. >> Yeah, we have a history of that. I mean, statewide, we've won a lot of awards for that. >> Yeah, we have four. Um, thank you to the board for my evaluation. Very great feedback. I'm working on my goals related to your feedback and we'll be sharing that out with faculty soon, right when everything stops for a minute. Of course, it is Black History Month and and that is a time when we celebrate the achievements and history of African-Americans, but that is not the only time. And one of the things that we do in the buildings is we talk about how do we recognize black history throughout the school year and a lot
074to be proud of. We've come a long way in that regard. It is also kindness month where we talk about kindness and being intentional and in your acts of kindness and CTE career and technical education month. And we have a lot to be proud of with our program. It is National School Counseling Week. So celebrating our school counselors just amazing. We are so fortunate. They are so talented and they have come from other districts and they come here and they make such a big difference. So >> grateful for them. Coming up on the 4th is World Read Aloud um day where throughout the world people read out loud to their students and they love it at all levels. Uh remember to come go and see Honk Jr. The middle school musical this week. Also, this
075weekend will be the first session of two sessions of the anxious generation community event. This one will be at 10 o'clock at the Wisa multi-purpose room. I just remembered yesterday that I'm helping to facilitate that. Um so, it's going to be great time and um we're going to engage >> and I finally finished the book over the weekend. >> Don't be anxious. >> There's a lot of call to action for schools and parents and communities. What day is that, Aaron? >> Saturday. >> Yep. Saturday at 10. >> Um, we've got the orchestra concert on the 9th advising night, as you know. We'll have a table there on the 11th. That is also the same night as the primary school open house. And we do not have school on the 12th for staff development. The 13th.
076Oh, the 12th is also Abraham Lincoln's birthday and my mother's birthday. Um, yes, Abraham Lincoln gets to share a birthday with my mom. And, uh, conference release day on the 13th. I think that is, is that Friday, the 13th? >> Yes, it is. >> All right. Neat. Um, Valentine's Day, of course, is Saturday. Um, and and some people celebrate Friendship Day that day as well. School resource officer appreciation day is the 15th. Susan B. Anthony Day is the 15th. And uh also we have a school board meeting on the 16th which is when we start celebrating school crossing guard recognition week. Are there any recognitions board members would like to share? >> There's one I would like with the black in conjunction with the black history month the uh the display for the unjust deeds
077>> is opening at the library. Um, it's opened yesterday or really Sunday or they set up it on Sunday and on the 21st there's going to be a presentation >> by uh and I I've forgotten his name off the top of my head but the individual from >> Bernstein. >> Yeah, it's he's involved with the Dane County Historical Society and it's a phenomenal presentation um and and just the exhibit is amazing and I would really recommend people for this whole month. So, it's kind of cool that we have that. >> Yep. And the McFarland School Equity Collective will actually be >> right >> previewing or going and viewing the exhibit on the 18th and then discussing it as a group >> as well. >> Very cool. >> On a more personal level, our entire family
078is extremely excited for opening night of Honk. >> My grandson got to lead in that. He's ugly. Joey is ugly. >> Character named ugly. I'm assuming >> he's the ugly duckling. >> A boy. >> I I think the entire family is way more nervous than he is. >> Yeah. >> Aiting since October. >> Oh, that's exciting. >> Good. >> It is. >> Congratulations. >> Shout out to Joey. >> Nice. >> That's exciting. I'll be there Thursday. >> Nice. I'll be there Saturday afternoon taking the kids. >> I think I'll be there. >> They'll enjoy it >> Saturday afternoon and Thursday night. I believe >> Cool. >> My wife is bringing a crowd with her. >> It's the only way to do it. It's the only way to do it. >> Awesome. Anything else? Um, I
079just wanted to, I guess, call out um, Adam DACA, I think I'm saying that correctly, um, notified the board and others of some incredible work um, at WHIS with some maintenance fun um, that happened. Um, so I just one, Adam, thank you for highlighting the teamwork um, and as you put it, unparalleled um, building and ground staff. Um, it sounds like everyone worked really well together. Um and as I me as a board member, I love hearing about those opportunities for um different staff to highlight how well um they come together and support not only the staff but our students. So I think um Adam specifically called out um Tamara, Jason, Ben, um Corey, and I think that was everybody in the email. Um, but thank you for bringing that to specifically our attention. And
080thank you to all of those and others for stepping up that day and making things run smoothly when it was not smooth to begin with. So, thank you. >> You reminded us of something that we all >> are pretty aware of. This >> custodial crew and the buildings and grounds crew are >> they're beyond reproach. I mean, this all of these buildings look brand new. >> Yeah. at the start of each school year >> and they're they are really really good >> and Adam went to our schools. >> He went through the school. >> That's true. That's what he said. >> Got four boys in the district now. >> Yeah. It's >> amazing. >> It was an interesting event. The Corey was not in his office at the time thankfully because you would have had
081a shower. >> It came in >> from the ceiling. Yeah. >> From the ceiling. Oh my gosh. Some pipes first and all these people were trying to grab his >> all the items that he has in his office to save them. And >> yeah, it was really >> quite an operation. >> Gosh. >> Wow. >> And he he also called out, I hate to be remiss in people, Ashley, Scott, and Jeff as well >> for the night custodians coming in to help early and all this stuff. >> That was amazing. >> Thank you to all all the people. >> You matter. >> Really well done. >> Right. Yeah, that was a really nice email to get. >> Yeah, >> thank you for bringing that up. >> Yeah. >> Anything else? >> Thank you, Megan, for
082are inviting our special guests and >> Oh, I can't even take credit for it. Senator Radcliffe contacted me, but >> phenomenal like just >> welld deserved. >> Yeah, we well deserved. We were very lucky to >> have them come surprise. It was fun organizing it. The surprise for sure. >> They were all here. >> I'm trying to figure out how to keep it off the agenda. >> They're all here for you. Yeah, >> we could have we could have really changed the world, I think. >> Yeah, maybe to have five more minutes. We >> Right. >> That was very nice. Thank you. I'm very humbled. >> Thanks, Meredith. Um, all right. So, then we can move to our action items. >> Yes. Um and the first three I'm wondering if um Erin you can give
083us an update about all of them. >> I would love to give you an update. So this is just more of a technical correction about this. So what had happened was we put together you voted on the district calendar and we we didn't clearly delineate the difference between the K12 calendar >> and the early childhood calendar. We do separate that out for 4K and we just didn't do so in early childhood. Now it hasn't affected anybody who has a child in early childhood knows the calendar. They haven't missed a day that they weren't, you know, supposed to and and it's been fine. But we want to be as accurate as possible. So these items are just adjusting the calendar to more clearly delineate when early childhood is here both this year and next year. Okay.
084All right. Any further questions or discussion on those items? >> No. >> All right. Then I would look for a motion um on the 2025 2026 McFarland early childhood calendar. Um >> I move to approve the 202526 McFarland early childhood calendar as recommended by administration. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any discussion? Okay. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. 5 Z. >> And to clarify, that was motion by Chapman, second by >> Yes, it was. >> All right. Um then I would look for um a motion on action for the 2627 McFarland Early Childhood Calendar. I move to approve the 202627 McFarland early childhood calendar as recommended by administration. >> Okay. >> I can second. >> Any further discussion? All right. All those in favor, please
085signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Hearing none. Motion carries. 5-0. All right. Um, and then action on the revised 2526 McFarland District calendar. >> I move to approve the updated 202526 McFarland School District calendar as recommended by administration. >> I will second. >> You guys are so fast. All right. Any further discussion? >> Okay. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. >> I. I. >> Any opposed? Hearing? None. Motion carries. 5-0. Um and then the next one is the action on the McFarland High School spring start college now program request. >> I would move. >> Okay, go ahead. >> I move to approve the course approvals, the Start College Now program request as recommended by MHS administration. >> I can second that. >> Okay. All right. Look at you
086guys getting in there now. Um, okay. Do you want do you want to give us a little background? >> Just a just a quick note. This is out of cycle from our the typical time when you approve the spring courses. However, there was just a misunderstanding and the student had been approved in the fall for the same courses. So, confusion about reapplying. So, we want to make sure that they >> are are approved for those things. So, thank you. >> All right. Um, any further questions or discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Oh, motion carries. 5-0. And then our last item is the recommended WEA DCA Insight School of Wisconsin student transfers to residents districts. >> I move to approve the WEA Destinations Career Academy and
087Insight School of Wisconsin recommended student transfers back to their resident districts due to lack of engagement. Oh, I think I think Craig >> got it. I think you did. >> Yep. Okay. How are we seconded? >> Any discussion? >> Um, I'll go. The list is getting longer. >> Yeah. >> And, uh, I also noticed they've changed up their formatting a little bit >> before they used to do it in numerical order. So, um, you know, still seeing some kindergarteners pop in there. And I think the thing that makes me most sad is not one parent on this list attended their admin conference. >> And that's just a bummer. >> That's why they were in admin conferences. >> Yeah. >> Um and so, you know, hopefully these students will flourish back in their home districts. Um
088as we all say, virtual school is is not easy. It takes um a village basically uh to help students get through the process. So um yeah, I hope I hope they flourish. >> Yeah. >> Same. All right. Any further discussion? >> All right. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Okay. I sorry to delay the vote a little to write down the names. >> I got it. >> All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. We are adjourned at 8:30. >> 15 years. Never had an opposed. >> Right. Yeah. >> Wow.