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River Falls board approves minutes, personnel items, policy revisions, budget changes and moves into closed session
Summary
The board approved routine minutes and bills, adopted a co-curricular salary schedule (5–0–1), approved handbook and policy revisions, approved budget revisions, accepted support-staff and administrator contract adjustments, and voted to convene in closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) to discuss the superintendent's evaluation.
During the meeting the River Falls School Board handled a series of action items across committees and then moved into closed session.
Minutes, bills and employment: The board approved meeting minutes and the bills for payment; the motion passed by voice vote.
Ed Program and Personnel committee items: The board adopted a revised co-curricular salary schedule as recommended by the Ed Program committee (motion carried with five in favor, zero opposed and one abstention). The board approved handbook revisions as presented and approved school board policy 3.42.11 (independent education evaluation) following committee review.
Personnel items: The board approved a seasonal school-bus-driver job description and a set of employee handbook updates for 2025–26. The board also approved substitute-teacher pay incentives designed to improve substitute fill rates.
Finance and facilities: The board approved 2024–25 budget revisions to close the fiscal year and discussed ongoing construction and facility projects (tennis courts, high school gym/mechanical work, bus garage). Administrators noted the district's current special-education reimbursement rate and the potential state-level changes that may affect local levy and aid balances.
Contracts and compensation: The board approved 2025–26 support-staff/supervisor salary adjustments (average increase ~3.57%) and administrator contracts for 2025–27 (average increase ~3.23%) as the final group of negotiated contracts for the cycle.
Policy second readings: The board completed second readings and approved several revised policies related to early literacy, third-to-fourth-grade promotion/retention, selection of instructional materials, and library-media procedures.
Closed session: The board voted by roll call to adjourn into closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment and performance-evaluation data for the superintendent; roll-call votes were recorded as 'Yes' and the board moved into closed session.
The motions and outcomes listed above reflect board action taken on the record at the meeting.
