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MCSD Board Meeting July 21st, 2025

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Source
YouTube / Merton Community School District
Date
2025-07-22
Location
Waukesha County, WI
Material
Transcript
Extent
1,211 words · about 7 min
Collected
2026-06-10

Transcript

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001and get started this evening with our community forum. Anyone has signed up to speak this evening like to speak? Okay. All right. That concludes the meeting. Now we want this until 6:05 to begin our work 65. Go ahead and call this evening uh meeting to the order. Stand of allegiance. Okay, this meeting has been posted on the normal and customary posting places. I'm just looking for a motion to approve this meeting agenda. >> Second. We have a motion and a second to approve this evening's agenda. Any discussion? Right personally first off, you know, business. Any approval of the agenda? Any discussion? >> Yes. Yes. Second agenda change of the week in front of center. Yes. No car. Okay. So that moves us forward to business item a discussion surrounding potential board member limitations with spouse.

002What are they? Sure. So um again obviously if we're doing so for two things first of all from a history standpoint um our employee handbook does allow for spouses to be immediately um from a state statute state of interest,000 hours of birth system. Uh that way they can evaluate go back to compensation. Uh so in this case we had a spouse board member they would not be able to vote for engagement conversation around teacher compensation teacher compensation or group or the individual need. Um the other one would be an indirect will be recommended. So from the important handbook standpoint as well in books that involve insuranceances compensation. So ultimately it would be of the board member or anything that really ultimately it's all right compensation. So uh then ultimately any challenges to that commission ultimately

003the board of Denver would be responsible toward their actions recommended there are some things not uncommon including this is not uncommon in some communities does not limit board member's power outside of direct conversation. online. If this was a situation without its action, In this case, you're also go to obviously result supervisor there type of human but then the spouse would not be I assume you're so Good. Asian benefits policy. Please be not in here. So the situation Take that policies. They are hand as well. process is always follow the same. >> It's the same process regardless. >> It is the same process regardless of the position. Uh there are maybe some some steps applicants in a pool whether we officially or not but they follow the same process. Ultimately when when we did make this

004recommendation we did follow our process and practice right I can't repeat. I understand that. >> Makes sense. seconds. You Thank you very much. questioning whether you not just lawyer just angle Wait. Oh. I went to that. They took the time to interview it. supposed in person control district. All right. So, that'll bring us back to Thank That's right. So this will approve the participation by Snider. Looking for a motion to My question I Not getting higher Obviously, we did. We knew we knew about it. checkered school policies were three state statute side not considering side of this just She forgot to get some sort of Hey, Everywhere. Simply process. Ouch. Oh. part. It's going See? I All right. Very good. We can move into new business. Uh we're going to the additional division. So open

005records request. Pull the record request on it. No, no, it's it's a statewide basically So it's nice that I can just website and this month boarding committee reports. The finance committ last week and again review items here. which is taking some of those education class in 45 minutes. Uh we're very minimal. And then our work just same thing and probably our analysis with our food service director You look at it is making sure that we service self-sufficient means all the way from food to the labor that goes into it. Think about our little things that can be put into fun. uh about a year ago. It's um that leader teams well opportunity to really make sure that whatever you service that's why there is that small cent so believe it or not the park is

006indiv disadvantages. It makes it very quick. This adds to again it gives our staff a little bit more opportunity to we want to do uh and then hopefully we'll talk more about it the recommendation $300,000 fund from six unit still have access to it when they need to but we're going to be assigned best part of that is we are doing 25 and that's important because levers from our state aid for property tax rehending some of the surplus that we have here Still making sure that we're not short-term borrowing. Cash flows are tight. Share with two that our lowest pointed switch. So very do this and still stay with. So again, okay, any business? Um, we go to E special about possibly doing fourth grade six. issue. I'm sorry. judging possibly or again they're working

007with facility committee and stuff like that or remodeling finance. problem at behind right over there some uh some improvements allow fourth grade to stay that's still currently eventually building. So those classrooms by our special educational stand. zone who primary school everybody who participation has space big thank you to Mr. But uh this year actually came down section. So so right now the investment of dollars that primary school utilized all you're going to do a lot of space. So the great thing is is gather because the food to go ultimately we can move forth right over to the minimal thing we ever need to be but uh but everybody's you know pretty comfortable where they're at right now and uh and it's interesting talking about this how many kids are coming into our district property won't

008turn over. We have 13 new students from first grade say first grade eighth grade traditionally 5k righties who decide that hey child 5k that's right you go back a year ago he gained space first of the biggest fear when I walk around where are all these kids going to go I tell them black kids we'll take them again we do have ways for growing class we will You know, we'll take a look at that again this year. You have an opportunity because I'm this year now. I would even say being creative right here when I take a look at truly average class sizes. So anybody you know when I think about our class section four sections are so uh swings about the same we significantly class six sections, five sections. So we would section this

009be a 28 section right investment. You go back and look a section size. You know, we got 19 18 19 20 22 18 Yes. You know, we need to hear but something significantly would have to change. something significant. Oh yeah. Yeah. You gave us free bless. will always be concerned about someone both you know will build interact. Fourth grader special. We got this perfect discussion. questions. Thank you. Wonderful. Can I have a moment? C approval of the 20256 that fiery standard declaration. So the administration is recommending the board identifying academic standards for the 526 school year. Thank you. standards that best fit the needs of the Martin Community School District students. These sources include the Wisconsin model academic standards I have a motion and secondation say yes. Yes. But the administration and the finance committee

010recommend the board make a motion six discussion the registration especially all those in favor of the 205 2016 fees of food service. Yes. Say no. Uh looking forward to approval. So uh fortunately it's just that regular the north end of the building. They get unaulted doesn't know for this side. Then the other piece tooling Alex there are three doors that But the storage door. So the administration is recommending propos a motion and a second session. So then when they come up one the other. Yeah. Like for instance the last time you did they bought material starting. Yes. Typically we do go because it is our building say yes who want to take class All right. So, all those in favor of two possible designation fund for the six investments. So this is shift team basically

011six unlike 14 the last day that we have a couple season. We're very comfortable and we're just still something we believe this is still button. Thank you. We're just looking for a team $300,000 into the district. for unfortunately audit. So um when I work for CCI we believe that dollar surplus the past several years is about you know 44% of our budget. So we never want to go through enough of that. What do we need to do is approximately 1 billion that money investment in CDs? Well, because it's not part of our cash flow. Um, our CDs for the Jurgle just still there. Emergency department. cash flow up 73,000 our district moving right then we have our normal uh community for everybody Um the October meeting was set requested that so a little bit later

012in the work a little better. What do you think? Got to make sure something later. Yes. Yes.

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