Board approves minutes, consent agenda and open‑enrollment projections; grants, donations and expulsions included in consent

The School District of Waukesha Board of Education on Jan. 15 approved several routine but consequential items: minutes from prior meetings, the consent agenda (which included retirements, resignations, a donation of $85,100, and expulsion-panel decisions), and the district’s open‑enrollment space projections for the 2025–26 school year. Each of those motions passed on roll-call votes.

Minutes: The board approved the minutes from the Dec. 11 regular meeting and executive session and the Jan. 6 executive-session expulsion panel. Chancellor Anthony Zenobia moved approval, seconded by Mark Borowski; the roll-call vote was recorded as 9-0.

Consent agenda: The amended consent agenda included four retirements, two resignations, two leaves of absence, one new contract and decisions from the Jan. 6 expulsion panel (confidential details were handled under executive session documents). The consent agenda also recorded a gift: Merkle Specialty Insurance Company donated $85,100 to cover students’ negative food-service account balances. The board approved the consent agenda by roll call, 9-0.

Open enrollment projections: The board reviewed and approved the district’s declared open‑enrollment space for 2025–26 as required by Wisconsin Statute 118.51; the open‑enrollment application window runs Feb. 3–April 30, 2025. The motion carried 9-0. Board discussion noted past denied open‑enrollment applications for 2024–25 (the district denied 57 applications for that year) and that denials can reflect capacity or student‑fit considerations.

Ending: The board also received routine reports — including committee updates and a multi‑year budget forecast that projects a $3–4 million deficit in future years — and scheduled the next regular meeting for Feb. 12, 2025.