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McFarland board approves consent agenda, fees, teacher contract and multiple open-enrollment actions; most votes unanimous
Summary
At the same meeting the board approved routine business: consent agenda items, the 2025'26 fee schedule, renewal of the Dane County New Teacher Project shared-services contract, student-representation process and a series of open-enrollment approvals and denials. Nearly all motions passed unanimously (5'0'00).
The McFarland School Board voted on a series of routine and administrative items at its regular meeting, approving the consent agenda, the 2025'26 fee schedule, the district's shared-services contract with the Dane County New Teacher Project and multiple open-enrollment requests. Most motions passed by unanimous 5'0'00 votes.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Approved (motion recorded as approving minutes from May 5, vouchers, purchasing-card transactions, staffing recommendations and the 2025'26 salary/wage schedules). Outcome: approved, vote 5'0'00.
- Student representation selection process: Approved (annual process for selecting student representatives to attend board meetings). Outcome: approved, vote 5'0'00.
- McFarland High School Start College Now course approval: Approved (one student approved to take a college course, listed as Calculus II). Outcome: approved, vote 5'0'00.
- 2025'26 employee handbook: Approved (see related article on survey/handbook). Outcome: approved, vote 5'0'00.
- 2025'26 fee schedule: Approved (administration recommended fees; board said increases were largely inflationary). Outcome: approved, vote 5'0'00.
- Dane County New Teacher Project shared-services contract (66.0301): Approved (renewal as charter member of program that supports new-teacher mentoring). Outcome: approved, vote 5'0'00.
- Open-enrollment approvals and denials: The board approved multiple open-enrollment requests for attendance at McFarland schools and virtual programs, approved requests for certain outside placements, approved WIVA/Weeba/other virtual-program enrollments where applicable, and approved denial of a small set of reapplications that were previously flagged as failure-to-participate. All motions as recorded in the meeting carried by voice vote. Outcome: approved/denied per exhibit, votes recorded as unanimous for each motion where a vote was taken.
- Open-enrollment reversal authority: The board authorized the district administrator or designee to reverse open-enrollment approvals or denials based on updated data related to expulsions, wait lists and special-education status. Outcome: approved, vote 5'0'00.
Meeting notes
Board members and administrators described several of these votes as procedural and routine. The business manager told the board the district's fiscal picture has improved relative to earlier estimates thanks to better-than-expected health-insurance results and other adjustments, which helped enable the board to approve modest compensation improvements earlier in the process. Administrators noted that open-enrollment approvals for virtual programs include routine provisions that students must show up in September to be counted; some approvals are conditioned on participation.
The board adjourned after completing business; most recorded motions were unanimous.
