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River Valley School District board meeting, Aug 13, 2026

23 min

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

River Valley board approves business manager hire, accepts 10 gifts 10:15

  • District staff members described preparations for the start of the school year, including scheduling, building cleaning and fall sports. 5:29
  • The board approved four Policy Committee recommendations for first reading. 18:40
Item by item (11)
  1. Retirement recognition 0:00
    • A staff member recognized a retiring employee and noted the employee's work for the district over the last 7 years. 0:00
    • A staff member said a shirt and a gift certificate were provided. 1:59
  2. Regional service agency annual report 2:21
    • A staff member shared the annual report from the CESA 3 annual meeting and described CESA 3 as the district's cooperative education service agency. 2:26
    • Another attendee summarized a presentation on AI, saying educators need to embrace it rather than ignore it as was done with social media. 3:00
    • A staff member said the meeting brings together 31 districts from the southwestern corner of Wisconsin. 4:10
  3. Administration operations update 4:40
    • A staff member said fall sports registrations were running through a new Bound program and that a new football stadium scoreboard was installed yesterday. 6:03
    • A staff member said the district was seeking a couple more instructional assistants in special ed and that a competition through Amazon brought in almost 200 backpacks. 7:34
    • A staff member said there was nothing new for the legislative update. 9:22
  4. Consent agenda 9:40
    • The consent agenda included checks, invoices, receipts and July 2026 meeting minutes. 9:40
    • The motion carried. ~10:06
  5. Staff resignation 12:02
    • A staff member said one interventionist who worked mainly at the junior high and intermediate buildings resigned to take a job in a neighboring district. 12:10
    • The motion carried. ~13:15
  6. Hiring of speech-language pathologist 13:15
    • A staff member said a contracted speech and language company in Madison decided 2 weeks ago to stop providing the service. 13:19
    • A staff member said a part-time speech path would work with students a couple days a week and provide more time for less money. 13:53
    • The motion carried. ~14:50
  7. School year crisis plans 14:50
    • A staff member said there were no changes to the crisis plans for the 26⁠-⁠27 school year outside the names. 15:05
  8. Policy Committee recommendations 15:54
    • A staff member said policy 722.5 on student mental health services was up for second reading and was mainly a name change toward prevention and response. 16:00
    • A staff member presented policies 543, 734, 751.4 and 763 for first reading, including new state-required language on drones. 16:58
    • Kiley Cates said the Wellness Committee's main changes concerned vending machines. 18:12
    • The motion carried. ~19:04
  9. Curriculum and Instruction Committee report 19:43
    • A staff member said Kiley Cates was elected continuing chairperson of the Curriculum and Instruction Committee. 19:51
    • Kiley Cates said the committee had no actionable items and reviewed PLC trainings, new curriculum documents on the website and staffing updates. 20:01
  10. Resolution accepting gifts 20:39
    • A staff member presented 10 gifts, including donations for the mock trial team, a Project Lunchbox account, the school supply drive and the weekend backpack program. 20:46
    • The resolution passed on a roll call vote of 8 yes, 1 absent. 22:21
  11. Adjournment 22:30
    • The board voted to adjourn. ~22:30

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Video: posted by the district as “River Valley School District - Regular Board Meeting - August 13, 2026”