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Votes at a glance: DC Everest board approves routine business, contracts, budgets and closed session

2804911 ยท March 28, 2025

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Summary

The board approved the consent agenda, classroom safety kits, 4K contracts, building budget allocations, summer learning courses, scholar recognitions, first readings of policies, a senior high band trip to Ireland, and adjourned to closed session under a cited statute; vote tallies and key notes are listed below.

The D C Everest Area School District Board of Education took a series of formal actions and votes during the meeting. Below is a concise list of motions, outcomes and recorded vote details.

1) Approve agenda Motion: Approve tonight's agenda. Outcome: Approved by voice vote.

2) Consent agenda (excluding item 6g and 6g1) Motion: Approve consent agenda without items 6g and 6g1. Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote. Recorded votes: E (yes), Shannon (yes), Josh (yes), Katie (yes), Larry (yes), Presiding board member (yes). (Ben was absent.)

3) Approve item 6g and 6g1 (classroom safety kits/CPR masks) Motion: Approve item 6g and 6g1 (discussion noted CPR masks and simple classroom safety kits). Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote. Recorded votes: Yi (yes), Shannon (yes), Josh (yes), Katie (abstain), Larry (yes), Presiding board member (abstain). Tally: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain, 1 absent. (Motion carried.)

4) 4K provider contracts for 2025-26 Motion: Approve 4K contracts and annual appendix adjustments, including payment frequency set to quarterly and wage increases for teachers where partners elected to raise wages. Outcome: Approved by voice vote.

5) Building budget allocations for 2025-26 Motion: Approve recommended budgetary allocations for buildings and athletics (no increase to per-pupil allocation noted; transportation funding separated out for athletics). Outcome: Approved by voice vote.

6) Summer learning courses (information and approval) Motion: Approve summer learning courses for 2025 (packet included 2024 courses and a preview of 2025 offerings; new career-pathway "summer shadow" series highlighted). Outcome: Approved by voice vote.

7) Wisconsin Technical Education Excellence Scholars (4 students) and Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholars (4 students) Motion: Approve scholar recognitions for the Class of 2025. Outcome: Both motions approved by voice vote; one abstention was recorded for the Technical Education Excellence Scholars vote (speaker not identified in meeting transcript).

8) First reading of listed policies Motion: Approve listed policies on first reading. Outcome: Approved by voice vote. Board member raised a question about placing nondiscrimination language on vending machines; the question was noted and the motion carried.

9) Senior high band trip to Ireland (March 2026) Motion: Approve senior high band trip to Ireland. Outcome: Approved by voice vote.

10) Adjourn to closed session Motion: Adjourn to closed session pursuant to "19.851 d" for considering strategy for crime detection or prevention (statute citation used in meeting remarks). Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote. Recorded votes: Katie (yes), Josh (yes), Shannon (yes), Yi (yes), Larry (yes), Presiding board member (yes). Motion carried.

These actions complete the formal votes recorded in the meeting. Where roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript they appear above; voice votes were recorded as passed in the minutes. No legislation or ordinances were considered.