Fort Atkinson School Board elects officers, assigns committees and approves fiscal authorizations at organizational meeting

The Fort Atkinson School District Board of Education on April 28, 2025, elected a full slate of district officers, confirmed committee assignments and approved routine financial authorizations during its annual organizational meeting at the Luther Administration Center.

The board first appointed board secretary Lisa Haas to preside during the election of district officers and temporarily suspended its operating rules for the purpose of conducting the election. The board then agreed to close nominations and cast a unanimous ballot for a four-person slate.

Under that unanimous ballot, the board kept Corey Nickram as president, elected Amy Reynolds as vice president, appointed Robin Sully treasurer and designated Matt Loop as clerk. The board also named Kurt Lewis as its representative to Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) 2’s June convention and appointed Amy Reynolds as delegate to the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) 2025–26 Delegate Assembly with Matt Loop as the alternate.

Board members confirmed committee assignments for the coming year. The board maintained five standing committees—Certified Staff (including negotiations), Finance and Operations, Personnel, Policy and Sponsorship—and assigned each member to two committees. The membership as discussed in the meeting: Certified Staff and Personnel (members remained as they were), Finance and Operations and Policy assignments were finalized with Kurt Lewis joining Finance and Operations and Matt Loop taking Policy, and Sponsorship remained with Amy Reynolds and Matt Loop.

On routine fiscal matters the board authorized the depositories and types of accounts to be used for district monies in the 2025–26 fiscal year (the transcript refers to the banks the district has used in prior years; specific bank names were not specified in the record) and approved an annual resolution authorizing the director of business services to invest funds not immediately needed by the district. The investment resolution directs that only account types and depositories authorized by the board be used for investments and allows facsimile signatures of district officers to be used to authorize transfers for investment purposes. Both resolutions passed on motions followed by roll-call affirmation; the meeting record shows the measures carried with affirmative votes by the members present.

The board also set its regular monthly meeting schedule for the 2025–26 year: meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the Luther Administration Center, 201 Park Street, Fort Atkinson, except when changed by later board resolution. The meeting adjourned at 5:43 p.m.

Votes at a glance: • Appointment of board secretary Lisa Haas to preside during election: passed (motion recorded; unanimous voice/affirmation). • Suspension of operating rules for election: passed (voice/affirmation). • Close nominations and cast unanimous ballot for slate (Corey Nickram, Amy Reynolds, Robin Sully, Matt Loop): passed (unanimous affirmation). • Resolution naming Kurt Lewis as CESA 2 representative (June convention): passed (voice/affirmation). • Resolution naming Amy Reynolds as WASB delegate and Matt Loop as alternate: passed (voice/affirmation). • Authorization of depositories and account types for 2025–26: passed (roll-call affirmation; all present voted yes). • Authorization for the director of business services to invest district funds (facsimile signature permitted for transfers): passed (roll-call affirmation; all present voted yes).

The actions taken were routine organizational items commonly addressed at the board’s annual organizational meeting; no contested or substantive policy changes were proposed or adopted during the session.