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Board approves first draft of budget, student fees and facility-use fee updates
Summary
The board approved the first draft of the 2025–26 budget, approved student fee adjustments (including a corrected large-instrument fee), and accepted minor facility-use fee changes including a senior discounted Aquatic Center pass.
The Waunakee Community School District board on Monday approved the first draft of the 2025–26 budget, a corrected student fee list and a small set of facility-use fee changes.
District staff told the board the draft budget includes estimates that will be adjusted as the state budget process proceeds; staff specifically flagged special education funding levels and the state per-student increase as items to watch. Two changes since the committee review were an administrative assistant position supporting a growing program and the addition of a previously-missed large-instrument fee for intermediate and high school students.
Facility-use fee changes were limited to a few increases and the addition of a senior discounted pass for the Aquatic Center. The board approved the budget draft, the student fees (with the corrected large-instrument fee), and the facility-use fees by voice vote. Staff reiterated the budget should be treated as a draft tied to state funding estimates and that the administration will monitor state action and update the board as needed.
Board members commented that the budget draft format and estimates had been reviewed by the budget committee and that the committee discussed staffing and estimate assumptions. The board passed the items by voice vote with no roll-call tallies included in the transcript.
