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Board actions at a glance: McFarland School District meeting, April 7, 2025
Summary
The board approved multiple routine and contractual items, including cooperative purchasing agreements, a CESA contract, early college course approvals, policy first readings, and student transfers; it also approved a naming recommendation to rename Conrad Elvium Primary School (4‑1).
The McFarland School District Board of Education completed several formal actions at its April 7 meeting. Below is a concise summary of motions, outcomes and next steps recorded during the session.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Approved unanimously (5‑0).
- Citizens Advisory Facilities Naming Committee recommendation to rename Conrad Elvium Primary School: Motion to accept committee recommendation passed 4‑1. (See separate coverage for details and next steps.)
- Adoption of Wisconsin School Nutrition Purchasing Cooperative Resolution: Approved unanimously (5‑0). The district participates in a cooperative to reduce food and supply costs; the resolution authorizes membership and administrative fee sharing pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.0301.
- 2025–2026 Wisconsin School Nutrition Purchasing Cooperative Agreement: Approved unanimously (5‑0). The agreement outlines the cooperative procurement services and vendor arrangements; administration identified Middleton School District as fiscal agent for the cooperative.
- CESA 2 contract (2025–26): Approved unanimously (5‑0). Administration recommended and the board approved the education services contract with CESA 2.
- McFarland High School early college credit and “Start College Now” course approvals: Approved unanimously (5‑0). The board approved a list of student requests to take college‑level classes at Madison College and UW–Madison under statutorily authorized programs.
- First reading of multiple district policies: The board approved the first reading of a list of policy updates covering district organization, ethics/conflict of interest, curriculum, student programs, employment matters, and fiscal controls. (Motion carried.) Specific policy numbers were read into the record and will return for a subsequent reading/approval as the process requires.
- WEVA Destinations Career Academy and Insight School of Wisconsin recommended student transfers back to resident districts (lack of engagement): Approved unanimously (5‑0). The board approved recommended transfers for students who had been enrolled in those virtual providers and were being returned to their resident districts.
- Adjournment: Motion to adjourn passed unanimously (5‑0).
What’s next
Several items require follow up: the administration must bring the unusual hazardous transportation plan back for board approval so the district can file it with DPI; the board will convene a naming follow‑up process to select a new primary‑school name and determine funding; and several first‑reading policy changes will return for final approval per the board’s policy procedure.
The board did not record individual roll‑call vote names for all motions; where recorded, the chair announced the tally in open session.
