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Board approves consent agenda and 2025–26 budget calendar; moves to executive session
Summary
The West Allis-West Milwaukee School Board approved the consent agenda and the 2025–26 budget calendar by unanimous voice votes, then convened an executive session under Wisconsin statute to review written evaluations of school safety drills as required by 2017 Act 143.
At its Dec. 9 meeting, the West Allis-West Milwaukee School Board approved the consent agenda, voted to adopt the 2025–26 budget calendar and then voted to convene an executive session to review written evaluations of school safety drills under state law.
The board took the following formal actions:
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (minutes from Nov. 25, employment summary, supplementary contracts): Motion moved and seconded; board voice vote recorded as "Aye" and the chair declared the motion passed.
- 2025–26 budget calendar: Motion moved and seconded; the board approved the calendar. The superintendent and finance staff described the calendar as a multi-step process beginning with projected enrollment and open enrollment in January and proceeding through staffing reviews and preliminary tax levy work in April.
- Executive session: The board moved into closed session pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(d) to review written evaluations of school safety drills as required under 2017 Wisconsin Act 143. A roll-call vote was recorded with the following results: Mrs. Carr — yes; Mr. Burns — yes; Mr. Becker — yes; Mrs. Kaiser — yes; Mr. Keller — yes; Mrs. Lee — yes; Ms. Steele — yes; Mr. Sikich — yes; President Lee — yes.
Motions for the consent agenda and the budget calendar were moved and seconded on the record; the board voice-voted "Aye" and the motions were declared passed. No individual yea/nay roll-call was read for the consent or budget calendar votes during the public minutes. The executive session motion used a roll-call vote as required by statute and was entered following a brief recess.
No ordinances, resolutions or contracts requiring distinct public roll-call tallies were introduced or adopted in the public portion of the meeting.
