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Votes at a glance: Cedarburg School Board approves boundary resolution with Grafton, AP Physics textbook, donations and consent agenda
Summary
At its Feb. 19 regular meeting the Cedarburg School Board unanimously approved the consent agenda (minutes, financial reports and personnel resignations), a resolution resolving a boundary line with the School District of Grafton, adoption of a new AP Physics textbook, and acceptance of a $2,455 donation to CHS girls basketball.
The Cedarburg School Board held a series of unanimous votes at its Feb. 19 regular meeting. The board approved the consent agenda, adopted a boundary resolution with the School District of Grafton, approved a new AP Physics textbook for Cedarburg High School, and accepted a donation to the high‑school athletics program.
Summary of votes - Consent agenda — approved unanimously. The consent agenda covered the minutes of the Jan. 15, 2025 regular board meeting; budget and finance items (summary of accounts, check register, check detail, and credit card transaction reports); and the personnel report. The personnel report included three resignations or recommendations for approval: Stephanie Parker (building substitute at Thorson Elementary School), Amber Urnesi (third grade teacher at Thorson Elementary), and Rebecca Sorensen (science teacher at Cedarburg High School). The board motion passed without opposition.
- Resolution resolving boundary (Cedarburg School District and School District of Grafton) — approved unanimously. Board materials and staff said both districts worked cooperatively with municipal planners and the developer on a proposed lot split for the Hawks Ridge subdivision. The resolution — which district staff described as a boundary‑line agreement rather than a dispute resolution — must meet a statutory filing deadline; staff said Grafton was scheduled to consider a matching resolution and that the new boundary would take effect July 1 if both boards approve it.
- AP Physics textbook (Cedarburg High School) — approved unanimously. The board approved Fundamentals of Physics (Halliday & Resnick; current AP‑level edition cited in board materials) as the resource for AP Physics at Cedarburg High School starting in the 2025–26 school year. The curriculum committee had forwarded the recommendation to the full board.
- Donation acceptance — approved unanimously. The board accepted a $2,455 donation from the Cedarburg Basketball Club to the CHS girls basketball program. Board materials listed total donations to date for the school year as $283,117.30.
What board members said Board members noted the boundary resolution was developed collaboratively with the village and the Grafton district and that the Hawks Ridge/Stonewall Farms area required clarity before construction and school‑assignment decisions. On the textbook vote the curriculum committee recommended an updated AP‑level text; the board approved the request to ensure AP materials align with current College Board expectations.
Procedural notes The boundary resolution was presented to the board after review in the policy and finance committee; staff said statutory timing requires the district to file by a March 1 deadline for the change to be effective July 1. The board accepted the donation and personnel actions as part of routine consent agenda approval.
Actions (structured) 1) Motion: Approve consent agenda (minutes 01/15/2025; budget & finance reports; personnel report) - mover: not specified - second: not specified - outcome: approved (unanimous) - notes: personnel report included resignations for Stephanie Parker, Amber Urnesi and Rebecca Sorensen.
2) Motion: Approve resolution resolving the boundary between Cedarburg School District and School District of Grafton - mover: not specified - second: not specified - outcome: approved (unanimous) - notes: staff said both districts and municipal planners agreed on the lot split; effective date July 1 pending Grafton approval and meeting a March 1 filing deadline described in board materials.
3) Motion: Approve Fundamentals of Physics (Halliday & Resnick) for CHS AP Physics for 2025–26 - mover: not specified - second: not specified - outcome: approved (unanimous)
4) Motion: Accept donation(s) (Cedarburg Basketball Club $2,455 to CHS girls basketball) - mover: not specified - second: not specified - outcome: approved (unanimous) - notes: donations year‑to‑date total cited as $283,117.30.
Provenance: the votes and supporting discussion appear in the board packet and in the Feb. 19 meeting transcript; the boundary resolution was introduced by district staff and was recommended by the Policy & Finance committee prior to the full board vote.
No roll‑call tallies with individual member votes were read into the record; minutes record the motions and unanimous outcomes.
