Elizabeth Battaglia

This document presents 10-year enrollment projections for Madison Public Schools from 2025-26 to 2035-36. It provides a detailed analysis of enrollment drivers, including demographics, housing market conditions, birth trends, and student migration patterns. The projections are based on a Cohort Survival Methodology, offering low, medium, and high models. The medium model, identified as the most probable, forecasts a moderate 12% increase in PK-12 enrollment over the next decade, with specific growth anticipated across elementary, middle, and high school levels, driven by larger matriculating cohorts and elevated in-migration.

The meeting included reports from the Board of Education Student Representatives detailing mid-trimester progress, VIBE competition travel, student leadership discussions on cell phones, successful Career Expo, and a gymnastics championship win. The Superintendent's report covered the 100th Day of School celebrations, tentative calendar adjustments resulting in a new last day of school of June 17, and a presentation on cell phone survey results. The Board approved the consent agenda items, which included budget expenditures as of January 30, 2026, and the January Personnel Report. Committee updates were provided, noting discussions on four policies by the Policy Committee. A key action item was the approval of a $3,850 donation from the Neck River PTO to fund subscriptions for Neck River Elementary School. The minutes from the January 27, 2026 meeting were also approved. Future agenda items requested include the cell phone policy and unified sports.

The meeting focused primarily on preparations for an upcoming auction and registration process. Key discussion points included finalizing the solicitation letter for auction items and donations, confirming the use of the Give Butter platform for both online auction bidding and general donations, and ensuring the Give Butter account is properly linked to the organization's bank account. Attendees also discussed the inclusion of a QR code and web link for the Give Butter site in promotional materials, including a forthcoming article in the Madison Neighbors magazine, which is scheduled for the January issue. Further discussion involved transitioning the organization's Venmo account to a dedicated phone number for professional use, with consideration given to the associated annual fee. Additionally, the group addressed the consolidation and digitization of registration forms into a Google Form system, intended to streamline the process for collecting student information, lawn sign orders, and payments for event attendance, lawn signs, and parent donations.

The meeting commenced with a discussion regarding the successful cleanout of storage sheds, which is projected to save $5,200 annually, including an in-kind donation from Cherry Hill Construction. Subsequent discussions focused on budgeting and fundraising for an upcoming event, specifically establishing financial targets for the auction. Topics included setting an auction goal (historically between $12,000 and $15,000), anticipated student fees, and reviewing past expenditures on entertainment, decorations, and food services. The need to set concrete financial goals for fundraising efforts was emphasized to scope out future event expenditures appropriately, such as for entertainment and food trucks.

The meeting commenced with the Superintendent presenting the Administrative Team's recommended 2026-2027 budget proposal. The Policy Committee report detailed policies scheduled for review, including Student Discipline and several others concerning abuse reports, education records, curricular exemptions, and parental access to instructional material. Key actions included the approval of the Consent Agenda, which covered budget expenditures as of December 31, 2025, and the December 2025 Personnel Report. The Board subsequently approved policy #5110.4 Student Discipline and waived the second reading to approve four additional policies. Furthermore, the Board approved three separate donations: one from Steady Photography to Neck River Elementary School for staff development, another from Steady Photography to Polson Middle School for student activities, and a third from the Madison Foundation to Daniel Hand High School for an international trip. The meeting adjourned after the motions.