Dodgeland School District board meeting, Jul 27, 2026
49 min
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- Who spoke · first speaks at
- Jeffrey G. CaineVice President
What happened
What happened at this meeting
Dodgeland board approves added elementary teacher as kindergarten enrollment reaches 45 35:54
- A presenter reviewed financial statements and said the district expected a little bit of a surplus at the end of the year, though problems with Skyward had kept the district from closing the books. 4:46
- The board took no action on a proposed BoardBook agreement, with a recommendation that the item first go to the finance committee. 25:46
- The board approved adding an elementary teacher for the 2026-27 school year after a presenter said 45 students were enrolled in kindergarten with 2 teachers. 35:35
Item by item (11)
- Call to order and agenda 0:04
- Consent agenda 1:10
- The presiding officer said nobody was in attendance for public comment. 1:10
- A motion was made to approve the consent agenda with the authorization to hire item removed for separate action. 1:21
- The consent agenda was approved with the item authorizing administration to hire certified staff members removed. 1:51
- Certified staff hires and resignations 2:20
- Financial statement and budget update 4:46
- A presenter reported a checking account beginning balance of $93,315.34, a CD at $815,105 and a Fund 46 total of $1.151 million. 4:46
- The presenter said Skyward problems over almost 2 weeks had kept the district from closing the books on the last school year and from making inter-fund transfers to Fund 27 and Fund 50. 4:46
- The presenter said the district would probably end up with a little bit of a surplus, citing unfilled positions, lower salaries for rehired positions, grant revenue and reduced legal services. 4:46
- Administrative reports and enrollment 12:28
- A staff member said kindergarten had the highest class list and about 4 or 5 new students had come in, while 2 had left. 14:17
- Another staff member said the high school master schedule had been committed and all middle school and high school staffing positions had been filled. 15:29
- Asked about open enrollment, a speaker said the district was at a plus 4 and the overall budget impact could be in the ballpark of maybe $300,000 year over year. 17:56
- Academic standards adoption 24:57
- BoardBook agreement 25:37
- A speaker recommended moving from Google Docs to BoardBook, a WASB partner, at a cost of about $3,000, saying it would make the board's information easier to navigate and post. 25:46
- A speaker said it would be an annual fee. ~29:22
- A speaker said the contract made the district responsible for archiving its own data, and another asked what would happen to the data if the contract were terminated. 32:13
- The board agreed to take no action so questions could be answered and the item could go to finance first. 35:01
- Additional kindergarten teacher position 35:20
- A presenter said 45 students were enrolled in kindergarten with 2 teachers and recommended hiring another kindergarten teacher. 35:54
- A staff member said only 3 of the kindergarten students were coming from Houston and the request was not because of the agreement. 37:34
- Jeffrey G. Caine moved to approve the addition of an elementary teacher for the 2026-27 school year. 38:55
- The motion carried. ~39:37
- First reading of revised policies 39:37
- Future agenda items and scheduling 42:06
- Adjournment 48:59
- A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. 48:59
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Video: posted by the district as “Regular Board Meeting 7.27.26”