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Ripon school board approves walk-in freezer project and teacher overload pay 14:21

  • The board unanimously approved teacher overload pay and the consent agenda items. 16:37
  • A district staff member gave the Finance Committee report, including a mill rate of $643, up from $636, and a staff member then answered a question about how the city's reassessment affects the mill rate. 26:21
  • A staff member reported a preliminary enrollment of 1,450, a loss of 57 students from last year. 57:00
  • The board voted unanimously to go into closed session. 1:02:34
Item by item (15)
  1. Friend of Public Education recognition 0:06
    • The board recognized the 2026 Friend of Public Education recipient. 0:06
    • A staff member read a summary of the recipient's more than 25 years with the district, including work with the BRAVE program and as executive assistant to the superintendent. 0:54
  2. Agenda adoption and donations 5:10
    • The presiding officer said there appeared to be no public comments or written comments. 5:10
    • A staff member reported a donation of $700 to the RMS band department for band polos, a donation of $500 from Walsworth to the Ripon High School cheer team, and a donation of $2,000 from a family fund to the Ripon High School cheer team. 6:22
    • The motion to approve the agenda passed unanimously. 5:54
  3. Student representative report 7:02
    • A student representative reported on athletics, club activities and homecoming plans. 7:20
    • The student representative said the phone ban seemed to be working but that students were concerned about being written up after turning in phones brought by accident. 8:15
    • The student representative also said students in online college classes need an authenticator app, and a staff member offered help from the technology department. 10:54
  4. Walk-in freezer project 14:21
    • A speaker said the freezer had an unplanned equipment failure and was now working again. 14:59
    • A speaker said the bids were not in the same ballpark and noted a $4,000 allowance on one of them. 15:50
    • The motion passed unanimously. 16:37
  5. Teacher overload pay 16:37
    • A staff member said the district sought clarification from new principals on Odyssey statements and on RHS stipends, where many overloads occur. 17:28
    • The board approved the overload pay unanimously. 18:07
  6. Consent agenda 18:07
    • The board took up the consent agenda items without discussion. 18:07
    • The consent items were approved unanimously. 18:55
  7. Curriculum and Instruction Committee report 19:10
    • A staff member said the district added new screeners and diagnostics to its assessment calendar and was in a middle school literacy curriculum adoption tied to Act 20. 19:31
    • Asked about Act 20, the staff member said the district is still required to have plans in place for students who do not show proficiency. 21:07
    • A speaker raised concern that IXL is more drill-based than concept-based, and a staff member said instruction is a balance and IXL is used far less than iReady had been. 23:21
  8. Finance Committee report and property taxes 26:16
    • A staff member reported about $1.8 million in August tax receipts and a mill rate of $643, up from $636, or $7 per $100,000 of property value. 26:21
    • A staff member said the city's average reassessment increase was 69% and that property owners above that would see higher taxes. 28:02
    • Denise Martinez said municipalities falling under a state percentage for 3 years in a row are required to reassess. 36:22
  9. Policy Committee report 38:51
    • A staff member said Act 89 updates will likely come to the board next month and the committee is reviewing the animals in schools policy. 38:51
    • The staff member said technical edits are being made to correctly identify the district's Title IX coordinators. 39:30
  10. School calendar timeline 48:47
    • A staff member said the district will survey all employees, bring draft calendars to the board probably in November and share a recommendation in December. 49:08
  11. Strategic planning and health care updates 50:10
    • A staff member said strategic planning sessions were set for Wednesday evening and all day Thursday, with findings to come to the board in October. 50:10
    • A staff member said an employee team will review health care plan options at the midpoint of a 2-year agreement, with sessions September 30th and October 7th. 51:28
  12. December board meeting date 53:36
    • A staff member asked the board to consider moving the December meeting from December 21st, during winter break, to December 14th. 53:36
    • A speaker suggested bringing the change as a consent agenda item. 54:27
  13. General fund interim budget report 54:50
    • A staff member reported general fund revenues of $215,000 through August, 1% of projected annual amounts, and expenses of about $1.5 million, 6% of the budget. 55:10
    • Staff said the annual meeting is September 28th and that key figures arrive October 15th. 55:58
  14. Preliminary enrollment report 56:45
    • A staff member reported a preliminary enrollment of 1,450, a loss of 57 students from last year, down about 3.8%. 57:00
    • A staff member said 4K enrollment dropped from 93 to 67, and David Scott asked whether that reflected a population shift. 58:25
    • A staff member said the staff member would work with the 4K team to review the program and planned to bring a summary of findings and a recommendation on 4K programming to the board. 59:32
  15. Closed session 1:01:44
    • The board took up a motion to move into closed session. 1:01:44
    • The board voted unanimously to go into closed session. 1:02:34

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