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Board approves minutes, $1.295 million in disbursements, personnel actions, loan, JC Playground and 37 open-enrollment seats; enters closed session
Summary
The Greendale School District board approved a series of routine and capital items, including $1.295 million in disbursements, personnel reappointments and the JC Playground project, before moving into closed session for the superintendent’s mid-year evaluation.
The Greendale School District board approved a slate of routine and capital items and then moved into closed session to conduct the superintendent’s mid-year evaluation.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of the Jan. 13, 2025 regular board meeting minutes (agenda item 1.1): motion and second; roll-call vote; motion passed. No substantive amendment was recorded.
- Approval of checks and disbursements totaling $1,295,243.76 (agenda item 2.3): motion and second; roll-call vote; motion passed.
- Personnel approvals (agenda item 4.1): the board approved listed teacher retirements (recorded as resignations for benefit-eligibility reasons) and approved reemployment of administrative staff consistent with state contract-renewal rules.
- State Trust Fund loan request for purchase of a van to support special-education transportation (agenda item 4.2): motion and second; roll-call vote; motion passed. Finance staff said the item is accounted for in fund 49 and will be offset when loan/loan proceeds are recorded.
- JC Playground project approval (agenda item 4.3): the board approved the playground project; staff noted the project exceeds the district’s $100,000 policy threshold and is accounted for in fund 80. Dedicated memorial benches in JC Park will not be removed; replacement funds are set aside for benches in poor condition.
- Open enrollment seats (agenda item 4.4): the board approved two separate motions required by procedure — one for special-education seats and one for general-education seats — including approval of 37 new general-education open-enrollment seats for the 2025-26 school year; motions passed on roll call.
- Motion to enter closed session under Wisconsin state statute 19.851(c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of public employees: the board voted to enter closed session specifically to discuss the superintendent’s mid-year evaluation and stated it would not return to open session.
Where recorded, motions were moved and seconded and decided by roll-call vote; the transcript records unanimous “Yes” responses during roll calls and statements of “Motion passes” but does not provide a published count of individual board member votes in the meeting transcript excerpt.
No further public action was taken before the board adjourned to closed session.
