Board actions: consent agenda, meal fee increase, pool wages, SRO agreement and policy approved; executive session authorized

The Stoughton Area School District Board of Education took a series of votes during its meeting, approving routine and substantive items ranging from consent agenda items to personnel and policy actions. Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript:

- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda by voice vote. No roll‑call names were recorded in the minutes beyond an “Aye” from board members present.

- Meal and facility fees: The board approved an increase to adult and student K–12 breakfast and lunch fees by $0.10 and milk by $0.05 for the 2025–26 school year, with facility usage fees updated as attached (effective July 1, 2025). The motion passed on voice vote.

- Pool employee wages: The board approved wage increases for pool staff effective July 1, 2025: cashier $15.50/hour (lifeguard‑certified cashiers receive lifeguard rate), lifeguard $16.50/hour, instructor $18.50/hour, and a top rate noted as $20.50/hour for a role identified in the motion. The board recorded one abstention (identified in the transcript as Thorig); the motion carried.

- SRO agreement and SRO policy: The board approved an SRO intergovernmental agreement by roll call, 5–3, and then approved the SRO policy by roll call. For the agreement, the recording shows Yes — Don Garcia; Mr. Masa Myers; Tim Buban; Allison Sorg; Jill Patterson. No — Dr. Sharon Mylan Bartlett; Jim Moser; Mia Croyle.

- Executive (closed) session authorization: The board moved to convene an executive session under Wisconsin statutes to discuss representative negotiations, staff compensation, performance and contracts. The roll call for the motion to convene closed session was unanimous among members present in the recorded roll call.

Several items included clarifying committee or staff follow‑ups. The pool wages motion included the specific new hourly rates listed above. The meal fee vote referenced the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) guidance on adult meal pricing and indicated the district has followed DPI’s adult pricing guidance when setting increases. Several motions were approved by voice vote with no detailed roll‑call breakdown in the transcript; contested items (SRO agreement and policy, executive session) used roll‑call procedures as required.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting transcript): - Consent agenda — outcome: approved (voice vote). - Increase breakfast/lunch/milk fees and facility usage costs — outcome: approved (voice vote); effective July 1, 2025. - Pool employee wage increases — outcome: approved (majority; one abstention recorded as Thorig). - SRO intergovernmental agreement — outcome: approved (roll call, 5–3). Yes: Don Garcia; Mr. Masa Myers; Tim Buban; Allison Sorg; Jill Patterson. No: Dr. Sharon Mylan Bartlett; Jim Moser; Mia Croyle. - SRO policy — outcome: approved (roll call; votes recorded in transcript; motion carried). - Motion to convene executive session under Wis. Stat. 19.82; 19.85; 118.125 — outcome: approved on roll call (unanimous among those recorded).

The transcript did not list detailed mover/second attributions for every motion; where a second or mover was recorded it is noted in the transcript (for example, the consent agenda motion was seconded by Croyle). The meeting notes identify additional follow‑up: the district will model SRO costs into the budget process and will develop implementation details if the board moves forward with hiring an SRO.