Madison Metropolitan School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
1 h 18 min
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Madison school board adopts 2026-2027 budget, certifies $512,286,482 tax levy 45:22
- Speakers at public comment asked the board to raise pay for Science Olympiad coaches and add assistant coaches, and others raised concerns about staffing and communication at Erlanger Elementary. 12:58
- The board unanimously adopted the 2026-2027 budget, with total revenue for all funds net of interfund transfers of $910,888,842 and total expenditures of $918,976,480. 45:22
- The board also unanimously certified a 2026-2027 total tax levy of $512,286,482. 1:06:05
- The board also unanimously approved the consent agenda, a library software renewal and a playground equipment purchase. 1:08:55
Item by item (12)
- Call to order and recognitions 0:04
- Blair Mosner Feltham called the meeting to order and led the recitation of the district's vision and mission. 0:04
- A district staff member presented this month's People, Purpose, and Pride Awards, starting with a staff honoree who is an 8th grade science teacher and Science Olympiad leader at Hamilton Middle School. 0:53
- The staff member also recognized 4 students, two of whom were not able to attend. 3:53
- Written statements and public comment 11:27
- Blair Mosner Feltham said 4 written statements were submitted for the meeting, addressing the 2026-2027 budget percent increase on average for non-union professionals, compensation for Science Olympiad program coaches and staff support for students in classrooms at Erlanger Elementary. 11:27
- Speakers at public comment asked the board to direct the handbook committee to pay Science Olympiad head coaches 12% of base salary, up from 4%, and to fund at least one additional assistant coach at 8%. 14:14
- Other speakers at public comment raised concerns about staffing, a kindergarten classroom merge and communication from school leadership at Erlanger Elementary. 20:29
- News from around the district 29:47
- Blair Mosner Feltham thanked donors, including the Madison Public Schools Foundations for donations of $15,560 to Thoreau Elementary School, $28,158 to West High School and $10,148 to East High School. 29:47
- Blair Mosner Feltham said results from the 2025-26 Wisconsin Forward exams showed year-over-year improvements in the percentage of district students reaching the highest performance level in English language arts, reading and mathematics. 30:35
- Approval of prior meeting minutes 31:47
- Superintendent announcements 32:15
- The superintendent said approximately 500 people joined a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at Centro Hispano, the largest turnout in the event's 3 years. 32:15
- The superintendent said the district hosted groundbreakings in October at Senate Middle School and at the new Cherokee Middle School site. 35:26
- The superintendent said Tuesday, October 27th, is Milwaukee Brewers Day at the district. 42:00
- Work group reports 42:30
- Nichelle Nichols said the October 5th instruction work group focused on strengthening school culture through peer-to-peer relationships, and the next meeting on November 2nd will focus on family experiences. 42:43
- Ali Janae Muldrow said the operations work group reviewed healthcare and 2026-2027 staffing and will take up the attendance and boundary review and the 2027-2028 budget in November. 43:50
- Fall budget adoption 44:45
- Blair Mosner Feltham moved to adopt the 2026-2027 budget with total revenue of $910,888,842 and total expenditures of $918,976,480 for all funds net of interfund transfers. 45:22
- Nichelle Nichols said the average City of Madison home tax bill will still see an increase but that the amount is less than last year's. 50:33
- In response to questions from Ali Janae Muldrow, a finance staff member said the budget is balanced, adds 27.1 FTE and projects an unassigned fund balance of just under $88 million, or about 15.8%. 55:25
- Blair Mosner Feltham said the budget passed unanimously. 1:06:05
- Tax levy certification 1:06:05
- Consent agenda 1:07:35
- Library software license renewal 1:09:24
- Blair Mosner Feltham moved to approve an amended expenditure of $6,150 to Wallet Software LLC to renew software licenses for the 26-27 school year. 1:09:31
- A speaker said the software is the main system schools use to check out books and store library databases. 1:10:11
- Blair Mosner Feltham said the item passed unanimously. 1:11:03
- Playground equipment purchase 1:11:03
- Student and committee reports 1:12:59
- The student board representative said Student Senate met twice in October and is planning projects on inclusive school climate and student mental health and well-being. 1:13:13
- Martha Siravo said the Friends of MSCR hosted a centennial celebration on October 15th and that MSCR provides after-school programming for over 1,500 K through 12 students daily. 1:14:10
- Nichelle Nichols said the Policy Committee met October 14th to work on a timeline and cadence for the year's policy priorities. 1:15:47
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Do we have any recurring costs that we are covering using one-time dollars or fund balance? Are we deficit spending in any way in relationship to this budget?Ali Janae Muldrow · Clerk56:21
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