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Solon Springs School District board meeting, Sep 28, 2026

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What happened at this meeting

Solon Springs board tables early retirement policy language, discusses graduation date 50:50

  • Action on the expenditures was tabled after questions about how the figures matched the treasurer's report. 3:19
  • The board heard from an invited speaker about the district's arrangement with a child care center, including a $16,000 total estimate for a well at the building. ~22:18
  • A motion was made to keep graduation on Saturday at the usual time after a staff member said sectional finals fall on that day. 48:54
  • During the second reading of an early retirement policy update, a staff member said the change added the word continuous, and a speaker asked why 15 years of service should not qualify whether or not it was continuous. 51:21
Item by item (13)
  1. Opening and announcements 1:00
    • The meeting was called to order at 6 PM. 1:00
    • Announcements included a committee of the whole meeting October 5th and an annual budget hearing and regular board meeting on the 26th. 1:14
    • The board took up the agenda and the meeting minutes for August 17th. 1:34
  2. Treasurer's report and expenditures 2:09
    • Scott O'Brien reported a beginning balance of $137,502.17, total receipts of $1,256,470.85, total expenses of $458,039.94 and an ending balance of $935,933.88. 2:09
    • A speaker said that after adding up the treasurer's report with the taxes in, it did not match the expenditures. 3:19
    • A speaker said the treasurer's report should be accurate and the expenditures were missing a page. 9:29
    • The expenditures were tabled. ~10:05
  3. Charter school and athletics updates 10:05
    • A staff member asked for a board member volunteer to serve as liaison for the Eagle's Wings Charter School. 10:38
    • A staff member said more student athletes attended an event than had registered. 12:09
  4. Principal's report 12:37
    • A staff member reported on enrollment, homecoming for the week of October 12th through 16th, and state and district testing. 13:49
    • The staff member said a part-time special ed teacher position remained open. 15:01
    • John Swanberg asked that future principal reports include a special education director report. 15:19
  5. Administrator's report 16:05
    • A staff member said a printer hired to print district surveys did not put the right codes on them and that the district expects all of its money refunded. 16:09
    • The staff member said people will have until the middle of October to return surveys. 19:29
    • The staff member said the district will evaluate every staff member every year rather than every 3 years. 21:28
  6. Child care center arrangement 22:13
    • John Swanberg said there had been uncertainty about the future relationship with the daycare and invited questions. 22:18
    • The invited speaker said no changes would be made to the building until the school had secured another facility that meets child care needs, and said the arrangement should be revisited biannually. 25:21
    • The speaker gave a $16,000 total estimate for a well and asked about board support to cover half so the work could be done in the spring; a speaker said the board would need 3 estimates. 27:33
  7. Personnel and donations 40:00
    • No personnel recommendations were presented. ~40:00
    • A motion was made to accept a $1,000 donation from Key Ingredient, and a staff member said the closet provides items such as hygiene supplies, food and clothes. 40:16
  8. Spring athletic co-ops 41:40
    • The board considered athletic co-ops for softball, baseball and track, and speakers said there were no changes. 41:40
  9. CVTC Academy enrollment 42:15
    • A staff member said the program lets students graduate from high school with an associate's degree at the same time and proposed piloting it with one student this year. 42:22
    • Speakers asked whether the course met during the regular school day, where the student took it and what the student did with the laptop outside the class. 45:20
    • A motion was made to approve enrollment for one student for the 2026⁠-⁠2027 year. 48:25
  10. Graduation date 48:42
    • A staff member said sectional finals are on that day and that Northwood and Hayward will hold graduation on Friday. 48:54
    • One speaker said they were against holding graduation on Friday because of the co-op relationship with Northwoods. 49:56
    • A motion was made to keep graduation on Saturday at the same time. 50:50
  11. Early retirement policy language 51:21
    • A staff member said the second reading added the word continuous to the early retirement language. 51:31
    • A speaker asked why an employee with 15 years of non-continuous service should not receive the benefit. 51:38
    • A staff member suggested aligning the policy and handbook in the spring, and said the item could come back in May. 1:05:17
    • A speaker said the item would be tabled, and another said until March. ~1:06:25
  12. Field trip approval 1:06:39
    • A motion was made to approve an overnight Ethos Academy field trip, which a staff member said followed board policy. 1:06:39
  13. Closed session 1:07:10
    • A motion was made to convene in closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.851 to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data. 1:07:12
    • The board went into closed session. 1:07:12

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