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Board approves summer-school pay changes, community liaison expansion, open-enrollment spaces, superintendent extension and other routine items
Summary
At its January meeting the Kenosha Unified School District board approved a slate of operational items including: a summer-school program with modest pay increases, an added community liaison position funded through Fund 80 cost-sharing with Kenosha County, an open-enrollment allocation for 200 spaces, a one-year extension of the superintendent's
The Kenosha Unified School District board approved multiple operational items during its January session, including changes to summer-school staffing pay, an expanded community-liaison contract funded through Fund 80, an open-enrollment allocation, the one-year extension of the superintendent’s contract and several routine resolutions.
Summer school: The board approved the 2025 summer-school program and updated hourly rates that the administration said would align summer pay with starting salaries. Teacher summer-school pay moves from $33 to $34 per hour; clerical support pay moves from $13.21 to $17.80 per hour; and special-education educational support professionals’ summer rate moves from $15.90 to $20.18 per hour. The administration said the changes do not increase overall summer-school program cost projections.
Community liaison partnership (Fund 80): The board authorized continuation and amendment of the long-standing contract with Kenosha County Division of Children and Family Services and Professional Services Group to fund community liaison positions in middle and high schools. The amended 2025 contract covers Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025, adds a liaison position at Mahone Middle School and increases the Fund 80 contract to $282,716.50 annually; KUSD pays half and Kenosha County pays half of each liaison’s cost.
Open enrollment: The board affirmed 200 available open-enrollment spaces for the 2025–26 school year; 18 of those are designated for selected special-education program service types. Administration said kindergarten, sixth- and ninth-grade transitions typically attract the largest open-enrollment interest.
Superintendent contract: The board approved a one-year extension of Superintendent Dr. Weiss’ employment contract through June 30, 2027. The motion passed on a voice vote; the transcript records one opposed vote during that motion.
Other routine business: The board accepted district donations for fine-arts concert busing and a visiting-artist theater program, approved a Black History Month resolution proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month in the district and approved the second reading of Policy 5475 (students with disabilities).
