The Antigo School Board voted to approve the 2025–26 school calendar, the district’s academic standards for 2025–26, and updated teacher, support staff and student handbooks during its meeting Monday. Trustees also approved first readings of Neola policy updates and asked one policy about fund-balance targets to return to the finance committee for further review.

Board member Bobby Braun moved to approve the full consent package that included the calendar, minutes, financial reports and accounts for payment. The motion carried. Separately, the board approved the 2025–26 academic standards and the teacher and support staff handbooks after committee review. When discussing student handbooks, a board member asked that QR-code links to district social media pages be removed; the board directed removal and approved the handbooks with that change.

On policy updates, the board approved first readings of Neola volumes 33.2 and 34.1 and an update to Policy 7540.07 (first reading). The board discussed but did not finalize a possible change to policy 6235 regarding a 10% Fund 10 balance target; trustees asked that the Finance Committee review the percentage and report back for a second reading.

Why it matters: Approving the calendar and standards sets the operational schedule and instructional expectations for the year beginning Sept. 2, 2025. The handbook approvals set staff and student conduct guidance and remove QR links the board considered inappropriate or outdated.

Details and next steps: The calendar adopted sets Sept. 2, 2025, as the first day of school for all students. The board will receive the second reading of policy updates in a later meeting where required.