Cross Plains School Board approves minutes, consent agenda during brief Sept. 15 meeting

The Cross Plains School Board on Sept. 15 approved meeting minutes and its consent agenda, including bills payable and personnel changes, during a meeting that lasted about two minutes.

The approvals were routine: the board voted to adopt the minutes from its prior meeting and to accept the consent agenda covering bills payable, resignations, staff appointments and retirements. The board also voted to adjourn and set its next regular meeting for Oct. 29 at 7 p.m., with an option to attend the agenda review at 5:30 p.m. or the finance meeting at 6:00 p.m.

Dana Menogue, school superintendent; Jan Chenoweth, deputy superintendent; and Jera Brothing, assistant superintendent of operations, were listed as present, along with board members Bartlett Durand, Emily Evans, Katie Frank, Marnie Ginsberg, Bob Green, Tabitha Hansa and Catherine Kells. Catherine Kells identified herself during roll call and asked for a motion to approve the minutes.

A motion to approve the minutes was moved and seconded and the chair called for the vote; the motion passed. The board then considered a short consent agenda that included approval of bills payable and personnel items — resignations, staff appointments and retirements — and again voted to approve. A final motion to adjourn passed. The transcript records verbal “aye” responses but does not record a roll-call vote with individual yes/no tallies.

Board members and staff noted the meeting was unusually brief; one participant described it as possibly the shortest board meeting ever and another asked whether streaming had been turned off. The board confirmed the date for its next regular meeting, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m., and noted the option to attend earlier associated agenda or finance meetings.

Because the actions taken were limited to routine procedural approvals, there were no policy votes, ordinance changes or program adoptions discussed or decided during this session.