Rich Brown

The meeting included elementary, junior high/high school, and student services updates, as well as the Superintendent's Report. Key new business involved a review of the Curriculum Committee Meeting concerning course changes, a summary of the district's 2024-2025 Financial Audit Report, and a presentation by the Upper Elementary Leadership group regarding their goals. The board approved enrollment limitations for regular education students in grades K-6 for the 2026-27 school year while not accepting special education open enrollments for the same year due to current pupil counts. Additionally, the board approved recommended policy updates, the 2026-2027 calendar, new course offerings, an agreement with the Rural Virtual Academy Charter School, and the hiring of a High Needs Paraprofessional. Monthly invoices were also approved for payment.

Key discussions included elementary, junior high/high school, student services, and superintendent reports. The board reviewed and approved November monthly invoices totaling $186,854.15. New business encompassed Title I updates concerning conferences, data collection, and literacy initiatives, as well as a discussion about potentially changing the December Board Meeting date. The board also reviewed policy updates (Volume 34 - Number 2), recommending approval of 31 policies for the First Reading with a modification regarding agenda consent language from "shall" to "may". A special presentation featured the district's DPI Report Card scores from the 2024-2025 school year. Actions taken included accepting a one-year Transportation Contract with Brown Bus Service INC., approving policy updates on first reading, approving a date change for the August 2026 Regular School Board Meeting, and approving personnel actions including the resignation of an assistant track coach and the hiring of three new assistant coaches.

The agenda for this special meeting included standard preliminaries such as calling the meeting to order, verification of compliance with Open Meeting Law, roll call, and agenda approval. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to moving into a closed session to deliberate concerning a case that is the subject of a judicial or quasi-judicial hearing before the body, and to consider financial, medical, social personal histories, or disciplinary data of specific persons. The closed session specifically included conducting expulsion proceedings, including a hearing, and reviewing and discussing pupil records.

The special board meeting agenda included standard opening procedures such as calling the meeting to order, verification of compliance with the Open Meeting Law, and roll call. Key discussion items involved consideration of adjourning to closed session under Wisconsin Statutes sections 19.85(1)(a) and 19.85(1)(f). The closed session agenda specifically covered the conduct of expulsion proceedings, including a hearing according to Section 120.13(1)(c) of Wisconsin Statutes, and the review and discussion of pupil records as defined in Section 118.125 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

The meeting included updates from Elementary Administration, Junior High/High School Administration, Student Services, and the Superintendent's Report. During the period of public comment, a citizen praised the recent musical production. Key new business items involved celebrating New Lisbon with student-athletes sharing their fall sport experiences, approving the renewal of a line of credit, accepting a resignation for an Assistant HS Track Coach position, rescinding an employment offer for a JV Girls Basketball Coach, hiring a new JV Girls Basketball Coach, and hiring a Paraprofessional. The board also approved the monthly invoices for October.