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Mount Horeb Area School District board meeting, Sep 8, 2026

53 min · 1 public speaker

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Mount Horeb school board members vote yes on new unmanned aircraft policy 49:06

  • The Mount Horeb Area School District Board of Education heard committee reports, including a Parks and Rec update on phasing construction of a park on the Luckin property. 23:58
  • The board held a roll call vote on the renumbered buildings and grounds policy, and each response recorded was yes. 43:02
  • A district staff member said a new law passed this past spring prohibits the use of unmanned aircraft, typically drones, over school property without permission, and the district drafted a policy in response. 43:39
  • The board voted in a roll call to go into closed session on 2027⁠-⁠28 wages and the superintendent's contract. 52:10

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Item by item (11)
  1. Opening, roll call and agenda 0:02
    • The board took roll call, recited the Pledge of Allegiance and read the district mission statement. 0:11
    • Motions were made to approve the agenda, the August regular board meeting minutes and the August 31st board workshop and closed session meeting minutes. 1:12
  2. Student spotlight and building good news 2:04
    • A staff member recognized a 2nd grader at Mount Horeb Primary Center for helping classmates feel included. 2:48
    • A staff member said the building theme this year is that it may be under construction but its foundation is strong, and that just under 5,000 red tokens had been distributed for respectful, responsible body choices. 8:40
    • The staff member said fall assessments had just finished and the results were pretty amazing. 11:11
  3. Citizen comments 12:22
    • A speaker at citizen comments described a newly published book and upcoming launch events, and said the book had been nominated for the Stonewall Award through the American Library Association. 13:06
  4. Student and district reports 14:07
    • A student said clubs were starting, the musical this year is The Music Man and the Debate Club had announced interest in forming a mock trial team. 14:21
    • A district staff member said a bus evacuation drill would take place on September 23rd at the end of the school day and showed a traffic safety video made with the police department. 15:33
    • The staff member said Homecoming is the week of September 21st and the parade route would change slightly because of construction around the Primary Center. 19:16
  5. Personnel transactions and consent agenda 22:50
    • A district staff member said an addendum to personnel transactions was posted late in the afternoon. 22:53
    • The consent agenda included approval of a WIAA football co-op. 23:10
  6. District committee reports 23:51
    • One board member said the primary center bus loop cut transfers at IC from 100 students to 40, and that the district could use 2 or 3 more full-time drivers. 25:24
    • One board member said the projected budget reviewed at the August 10th annual meeting is very large given referendum spending and that the district has a very healthy fund balance. 27:36
    • Sara Sarbacker said police incidents went from 109 to 88, marking the 3rd consecutive year of reductions. 28:49
  7. Parks and Rec and village park update 30:20
    • Elizabeth Grabe said the commission broke park construction on the Luckin property into phases, with nothing starting until May at the earliest of 2027 and the beginning phase projected at about $6 million. 30:23
    • Elizabeth Grabe said sewer infrastructure would need to be expanded for the development and estimated maybe 2029. 35:34
    • Adam Mertz said the Village Board was unanimous in its view of the phasing approach and that fundraising was approved at the village board meeting. 37:35
  8. Buildings and grounds policy revision 40:14
    • A district staff member said the revisions put the district's long-range facility planning and its ties to annual budgeting clearly into the policy. 40:22
    • A district staff member said the policy would be renumbered from 732 to 721 to follow WASB's numbering system. 42:20
  9. New unmanned aircraft policy 43:09
    • A district staff member said the policy is required under a new law prohibiting the use of unmanned aircraft over school property without permission. 43:39
    • A speaker asked whether the policy should bar drones from dropping anything on district property, and Elizabeth Grabe said they could look into drone classifications. 45:14
  10. Future agenda items and county consortium 49:26
    • A district staff member said the district will host Dane County superintendents and board members on October 14th, with a topic of voucher transparency. 49:38
    • Jessica Arrigoni said an RSVP had been sent out for the meeting. 51:45
  11. Closed session 51:45

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