Frederic School District board meeting, Jun 17, 2026
45 min
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Frederic board weighs joint meeting with Siren, Webster boards led by outside facilitator 30:00
- The board approved its consent agenda after a district staff member reviewed invoices, an open enrollment deficit of $44,193 and a projected 18% rise in employee health insurance costs. 0:59
- Board members discussed the district's new academic and career plan, and a motion was sought to approve the 25-26 plan as presented with a new plan to come in the fall. 26:01
- The board considered a motion to conduct a joint board meeting with Siren and/or Webster Schools with a facilitator from a third party, after a speaker said Siren had reached out to both districts. 30:00
Item by item (7)
- Call to order and agenda 0:03
- Consent agenda, budget and personnel 0:31
- The staff member said the open enrollment deficit is $44,193 and that a vehicle purchase scheduled for June would be held off for a year to balance the budget. 0:59
- A district staff member said the district's health insurance is projected to go up by 18%, or $153,000, on approximately $852,000 spent this year, and that the district will go out to bid. 2:33
- A staff member reviewed personnel changes, including a 6-12 math hire from the Philippines, and said the visa organization's fee went from $2,000 a year to $5,500. 5:06
- The consent agenda was approved. 7:35
- Administrative reports 7:35
- An administrator said summer school was under way in both buildings and that administrators attended a strategic planning event at CESA 11. 7:58
- A staff member described the 8th grade and high school graduations and said the 8th grade class had less than 30 students. 11:38
- A staff member said facilities committee members would review numbers on the track and football field and that the staff member would speak on a panel at a summer learning symposium in Stevens Point on July 11th. 16:06
- Academic and career plan 17:35
- A speaker said academic and career planning has long been required in grades 6-12, but the formal plan extends it to the elementary level and is new to document. 19:18
- A speaker asked about the date in the document's file name, and a speaker suggested approving the plan for the '25-'26 school year and bringing it back, possibly in October, to approve for the '26-'27 school year. 22:30
- The motion sought was to approve the 25-26 academic career plan as presented, with a new plan to come in the fall. 26:01
- Property and liability insurance renewal 27:56
- Joint meeting with neighboring districts 30:00
- A speaker said Siren had reached out to Frederic and Webster about a discussion and proposed that the meeting be led by an outside facilitator, such as someone from WASB or DPI. 30:00
- A staff member said Webster School District voted earlier this week to participate and that Siren has had multiple personnel leave in the last 6 weeks. 32:38
- A staff member said the meeting would be open to the public and would be discussion only, listed as a committee of the whole. 34:06
- Future meeting dates 38:41
- A goal setting meeting with administration and the board was also planned for July. 43:29
- The schedule read back included a Policy Committee meeting Wednesday, June 24th at 10 AM, a Facilities Committee meeting Monday, July 6th at 5:30 PM and a regular board meeting Wednesday, July 15th at 5:30 PM. 43:45
- The board then took a break before convening in closed session. 44:19
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