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Board to support most WASB resolutions but oppose proposal to base report cards on achievement-only
Summary
The board reviewed Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) resolutions and instructed its delegate to vote yes on the package while opposing resolution 2508, which would change the state accountability system to an achievement-only score.
Board members reviewed a packet of proposed Wisconsin Association of School Boards resolutions and gave guidance to the district’s WASB delegate. The board agreed to support the slate except for a resolution that would calculate state report cards based solely on achievement.
At the meeting, trustees discussed several individual resolutions, including one calling to revisit a 2018 Blue Ribbon Commission recommendation (resolution 2501), and another seeking to separate public-school funding from private-school vouchers (resolution 2504). Trustees also raised concerns about a proposed change to the state accountability system (resolution 2508) that would remove growth, attendance and graduation metrics and score schools on achievement only.
“I would recommend not supporting that one,” one trustee said about 2508, and several board members expressed disagreement with an achievement-only accountability approach, saying it would deprioritize growth and other measures the district values.
The board voted to instruct its WASB delegate to support the resolutions overall, with the exception that the district’s delegate should oppose resolution 2508 on the accountability system. Staff noted delegates may face emergency resolutions or amendments at the WASB convention and may cast votes consistent with board guidance.
Ending: Board members asked the delegate to raise questions during the convention and to report back any emergency resolutions or amendments that affect the district.
