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Waunakee board raises 4K stipend to $5,000, approves extra open-enrollment seats and forms task force
Summary
After weeks of committee work, the Waunakee Community School District board voted to increase the district's per-student 4K stipend from $3,600 to $5,000, approved pursuing additional open-enrollment seats in January 2026 and created a 4K task force to plan long-term options.
The Waunakee Community School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to raise its per-student 4K stipend to $5,000, authorize additional open-enrollment seats for 4K in January 2026 and form a community task force to plan longer-term options for the program.
The decisions followed a lengthy budget-committee review and public comment from local early-childhood providers. The committee had recommended increasing the stipend from $3,600 to $5,000, endorsing additional open-enrollment seats and forming a task force to develop a 1-, 3- and 5-year plan for 4K programming.
"Our first choice is still to continue to work with the district," an early-childhood provider told the board during the public comment period, urging the district to keep community partners engaged and to raise per-student funding…
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