Votes at a glance: Board approves consent agenda, PMA investment services, course-catalog tweaks, open-enrollment seats and superintendent contract

At its regular meeting the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District Board of Education approved a set of formal actions, including consent items and several staff recommendations.

Summary of votes and key details

- Consent agenda (items 9.1–9.4) — Approved. The consent agenda included approval of the January 13 regular‑meeting minutes, the employment summary, substitute-money contracts, and the financial summary. Motion moved, seconded and approved; no roll‑call tally was recorded in the public portion of the transcript.

- Investment and financial management services RFP — Approved. The board approved contracting with PMA for investment and financial-management services related to referendum proceeds and district investments. Josh Barbian of PMA described the firm’s work with Wisconsin school districts, reporting the company’s role in managing tax‑exempt bond proceeds, arbitrage compliance and competitive bidding across banks and securities. PMA will assist with draw schedules, monthly/quarterly reporting and post‑issuance compliance reporting for approximately $70,000,000 in expected referendum proceeds. Motion moved and seconded and the board approved the recommendation.

- 2025–26 course catalog updates — Approved. The board approved technical and formatting updates to the 2025–26 course catalog; administrators noted there are no substantive course changes in this update. Board members discussed expanding AP options for underclassmen for the 2026–27 school year and said that will be considered separately.

- 2025–26 open‑enrollment seats (district) — Approved. The board approved 56 open‑enrollment seats for 2025–26. Administrators said the figure includes 35 students on tuition waivers returning from 2024–25 and 21 new seats.

- DLBA open‑enrollment seats (virtual academy) — Approved (no cap). The board approved a motion to not cap open enrollment seats for the DLBA virtual program, with administrators saying enrollment will be monitored under admissions policy and staffing ratios to ensure program viability.

- Superintendent salary and contract terms — Approved. After convening an executive session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) and (g) for a performance evaluation and compensation discussion, the board returned to open session and approved superintendent salary and contract terms as discussed in closed session; the meeting record shows a motion and an affirmative vote but does not report a detailed public roll‑call tally for the final action.

Why it matters: These votes finalize vendor selection for district investment management tied to referendum proceeds, establish enrollment numbers that affect school staffing and capacity planning, and complete a superintendent compensation decision taken following a closed‑session evaluation.

Provenance: Each action listed above was introduced in the meeting’s public agenda items and is recorded in the meeting transcript.