New Berlin School District board meeting, Oct 26, 2026
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- Janet SchulzPresident
What happened
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New Berlin school board approves budget for school year ending June 30th, 2027 23:27
- A district staff member presented the budget and said the estimated tax rate had dropped from $6.51 in June to $5.60, mainly because the district received more state aid than anticipated. 21:02
- The board approved the original budget and a 2026-2027 property tax levy of $46,417,439, including $10,000 for capital expansion projects. 23:33
- The board also approved a change to the superintendent evaluation process allowing a document tracker in lieu of a presentation. 24:42
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Item by item (8)
- Call to order and closed session 0:02
- Janet Schulz called the meeting to order at 6:46 PM with a quorum present. 0:02
- Mitchell Helmer moved to go into closed session to consider closed session minutes and employment performance and compensation matters pertaining to staff. 0:59
- Janet Schulz announced the board was moving to closed session and later said the board returned to open session at 7 o'clock. 1:27
- President's message and district reports 14:25
- Janet Schulz said the superintendent evaluation had been postponed to the coming week. 14:25
- A student representative update said 93 sophomores and juniors at Eisenhower took the PSAT. 14:56
- Matt Arend read the donation report, which included $35,000 from InPro for the school's discretion, including the playground. 18:37
- Consent agenda 20:12
- Original budget for coming school year 20:42
- A district staff member said the district received much more state aid than anticipated and the estimated tax rate dropped to $5.60, while saying that level may not be sustainable. 21:02
- The staff member said the change provides a $138 decrease on the school portion of the tax bill per $350,000 home. 22:46
- Matt Arend moved to approve the original budget for the school year ending June 30th, 2027. 23:27
- Janet Schulz announced the motion passed. 23:33
- Property tax levy 23:33
- A speaker said the $10,000 was correct because the district has to continue funding Fund 41 annually. 24:07
- Matt Arend moved to approve the property tax levy for the 2026-2027 school year in the amount of $46,417,439, including $10,000 for capital expansion projects. 24:24
- Janet Schulz announced the motion passed. 24:42
- Superintendent evaluation process 24:42
- One board member proposed amending the superintendent evaluation process so the superintendent could give a presentation or provide the goal tracking document. 24:42
- One board member said the change would add flexibility rather than replace the presentation. 26:54
- Janet Schulz announced the motion passed. 26:54
- Employment performance and compensation report 26:54
- Upcoming dates and adjournment 28:28
- Janet Schulz said the next regular meetings are November 9th and November 14th and that November 5th is the end of the first quarter. 28:28
- Janet Schulz said there is no school November 6th and November 25th, and November 26th through 27th is the Thanksgiving holiday. 28:28
- Janet Schulz announced the motion to adjourn passed. 28:58
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Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Meeting 10/26/2026”