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Board approves consent agenda including CONNECTS consortium items; staff outlines process if a partner district withdraws
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda, which included the CONNECTS contract. Board members questioned what would happen if a partner district left the consortium; staff said districts must notify by December and seats could be redistributed among remaining members.
The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District board approved the consent agenda June 9, which included the CONNECTS consortium contract used for shared special‑education and alternative‑placement services.
During the consent discussion, a board member asked what would happen if one participating district decided to withdraw from CONNECTS. Blaze, a district staff member, said districts would need to notify the consortium by December if they intended to discontinue participation for the following school year. He explained that the consortium could reallocate seats — "the 4 districts have 18 seats each, so you could split those 18 seats by the 3 remaining districts" — and that the district has been holding quarterly meetings with partner districts as fiscal agent to maintain continuity.
Blaze added that the program’s staffing plan could be revised if membership changed and noted the district has been engaged with neighboring districts to ensure the program continues to serve participating students effectively. The board approved the consent agenda without separate discussion of the CONNECTS contract.
