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Board approves consent agenda, OKs high-school trip to Greece and schedules calendar vote
Summary
The Fond du Lac School Board approved a consent agenda that included the superintendent’s retirement, authorized a 2027 student trip to Greece and opened a workshop process on the 2025–26 school calendar; votes on the recorded motions were unanimous, 7–0.
The Fond du Lac Board of Education on Monday, Jan. 13, approved its consent agenda — which included minutes, personnel recommendations, financial reports, issuance of administrative contracts and the superintendent’s retirement — and separately authorized a planned high-school trip to Greece in summer 2027.
The board also adjourned the regular meeting into a workshop to discuss the 2025–26 school calendar and subsequently into an executive session to discuss employee discipline and the superintendent vacancy under state open-meeting law.
Motion and consent agenda: Board member Mr. Godfrey moved to approve the consent agenda, and the motion was seconded by Mr. Lambert. The board approved the motion by roll call, 7–0.
Trip to Greece: The board voted to approve an out-of-country high-school trip to Greece. The trip organizer, identified in the presentation as teacher Miss Nossum working with a travel company, described the early approval as enabling students to fundraise and make monthly payments over more than two years. Presenters said the trip requires a minimum number of student participants (a presenter said “they need 8 students to go or 10, something like that”). The trip motion passed by roll call, 7–0.
Calendar workshop and schedule: Administrators presented a draft 2025–26 planning calendar and said the district followed staff listening sessions and a superintendent advisory committee in developing the draft. Administration said technical constraints — including the district’s decision to start the school year after Labor Day and staff preferences to end in early June — limited the amount of variation the district could propose. The administration said it plans to bring the calendar back for approval after workshop feedback.
NEOLA policy update notification: District administration notified the board that technical corrections to a policy update (described in the meeting as volume 34.1) were submitted to NEOLA; the district expects to present updated policies at a workshop in early February with a first reading later that month and a second reading in March.
Executive session: The board voted to adjourn into executive session to discuss employee discipline and the superintendent vacancy, invoking Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c). The motion to enter executive session passed by roll call, 7–0.
Votes at a glance: - Consent agenda (minutes, personnel, bimonthly financial reports, administrative contracts, superintendent retirement) — Motion by Mr. Godfrey; second Mr. Lambert; outcome: approved, 7–0. - High-school trip to Greece (August 2027) — Motion by Mr. Labyrinth; seconded by Mr. Henschel; outcome: approved, 7–0. - Adjourn to workshop (2025–26 calendar) — Motion by Mr. Henschel; second Mr. Godfrey; outcome: approved, 7–0. - Executive session to discuss employee discipline and superintendent vacancy (Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c)) — Motion by Mr. Henschel; second Mr. Godfrey; outcome: approved, 7–0.
Why it matters: The consent-agenda approval formalizes the superintendent’s planned retirement and begins administrative steps for transition. Approval of the Greece trip allows student fundraising and planning to proceed; the calendar workshop starts the formal public and staff-review process that will culminate in board readings and a final vote in the coming weeks.
