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Mukwonago School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

2 h 57 min · 11 public speakers

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What happened at this meeting

Mukwonago school board approves 2026⁠-⁠27 budget 2:41:34

  • Speakers at public comment addressed the fitness center proposal and asked the district to consider a 4K program at Eagleville. 32:11
  • The board heard presentations on a proposed fitness center expansion, a hypothetical consolidation using Mukwonago and Palmyra Eagle as the basis, and Eagleville. 56:42
  • The board approved the recommended changes to the pre-employment drug screen and employee HRA, and later approved a school year calendar. 2:44:28
Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and roll call 11:08
    • Craig Vertz opened the meeting and said it had been posted. ~11:08
    • Craig Vertz said the Employee of the Month recognition would be held next time. 11:58
  2. Introductions and student leadership report 12:14
    • Craig Vertz invited the new school resource officer for Mukwonago to give an introduction, and the officer said they had been with the Village of Mukwonago for 10 years and that this was the officer's first year at the high school. 12:14
    • Students from the Section Elementary leadership team said the student leadership council gives all 55 members opportunities to lead. 13:18
    • The students described PBIS activities and said the team was planning a food supply drive for the Mukwonago Food Pantry. 14:08
  3. Section Elementary school goals report 18:04
    • A staff member said 77% of students were able to make sense of math problems at a depth of knowledge level 3, above a target of 75%. 18:45
    • The staff member said almost 90% of students were meeting or advanced on the Forward Exam in mathematics. 21:24
    • The staff member said the school's goal this year is that 80% of students will demonstrate proficiency on grade-level standards in fiction and nonfiction reading. 23:24
  4. Citizens comments 28:19
    • Carolyn Simon read the public comment guidelines, which allot each speaker 3 minutes. 28:28
    • Several speakers at public comment said they supported the fitness center expansion, while another speaker asked whether additional physical education staff would be needed and how it would be funded. 32:11
    • Speakers at public comment asked the district to consider a 4K program at Eagleville for the 2027⁠-⁠2028 school year and described possible grant funding. 40:07
  5. Fitness center presentation 56:42
    • A staff member said the waitlist was 175 students and that the proposal of 12,500 square feet would accommodate approximately 125 students. 1:00:59
    • A staff member said the district anticipated $8.2 million available for building projects in Funds 41 and Fund 46. 1:09:39
    • Eric Schwartz asked how the proposal differed from an earlier one, and a staff member cited deeper plumbing issues than imagined. 1:17:36
  6. Consolidation process presentation 1:20:22
    • A district staff member presented a hypothetical consolidation using Mukwonago and Palmyra Eagle and said an aid floor of $30.6 million would be set in place for 5 years. 1:20:27
    • Michael Guch asked whether the district would end up paying a defaulted loan, and Jason Bennett asked about modeling for years 6 through 10, which the staff member said had not yet been done. 1:35:33
    • The staff member said a consolidated district could not start any sooner than July 1st, 2028. 1:40:54
  7. Eagleville presentation 1:58:38
    • A staff member said 38% of Eagleville enrollment is open enrolled in, and another staff member said costs including personnel, supplies and a bus route added up to approximately $850,000 and that there were $675,000 in capital maintenance costs. 2:00:33
    • Jason Bennett asked what the actual net savings would be given open enrollment, and Crosby Bugenhagen asked whether Eagleville students could move to a Palmyra Eagle building under consolidation. 2:07:57
    • A staff member said the district would poll the board and schedule an open dialogue with Eagleville families in the next 2 to 3 weeks. 2:20:46
  8. Consent agenda and committee reports 2:21:18
    • The consent agenda included the minutes of October 12th and vouchers and receipts. 2:21:18
    • A speaker said updates had been shared at the Committee of the Whole meeting on the Gifted and Talented program and on a proposed blend of in-person and virtual world language offerings. 2:22:20
    • The minutes and the vouchers and receipts were approved with no objections. 2:21:18
  9. Enrollment counts and budget overview 2:22:55
    • The finance staff member said the district was down 79 students from the prior year and down 413 FTE since '21-'22. 2:23:35
    • The finance staff member said the mill rate is $5.74 per $1,000, the lowest in the district's history. 2:34:33
    • Micah Roberts asked why taxes keep going up, and the finance staff member cited private school voucher costs and said state aid is down $922,000 this year. 2:36:41
  10. Annual district budget 2:40:44
    • The finance staff member said the budget totals $103,954,356 in revenues and $167,898,630 in expenditures. 2:41:07
    • The motion to approve the budget passed on a roll call vote. 2:41:41
  11. Tax levy 2:42:05
    • The finance staff member said the tax levy totals $37,351,340. 2:42:11
    • The motion to approve the tax levy passed on a roll call vote. 2:42:31
  12. Policy revisions 2:42:50
    • Micah Roberts asked why policies use different terms for the board, and a staff member said older terms are being changed to the board or the school board. 2:43:20
    • The motion to approve the policy revisions passed. 2:43:07
  13. Employee health and drug screen 2:44:26
    • A staff member recommended keeping the drug screen and TB screener for new employees, eliminating the physical screen and revising the timeline for the employee HRA. 2:44:28
    • The motion to approve the recommended changes passed. 2:44:55
  14. 2027-28 school calendar 2:45:23
    • The resolution read aloud requests that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction grant a waiver to start the 2027⁠-⁠2028 school term prior to September 1, 2027, citing private school transportation costs. 2:48:59
    • A staff member said the calendar would not be published until DPI approves the waiver. 2:53:44
    • The motion to approve the 2027⁠-⁠2028 calendar and the early start resolution carried. 2:53:21
  15. Reports and closed session 2:54:06
    • A staff member said Parkview Middle School construction was on time for an April soft open and a formal open in September of '27. 2:54:09
    • A motion was made and seconded to go into closed session to confer with legal counsel. 2:56:00

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