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Waunakee committee approves 4K task force and $5,000 stipend offer, leaves $5,500 increase conditional
Summary
The budget committee authorized forming a 4K task force and voted to recommend additional 4K open‑enrollment seats and a one‑year stipend increase to $5,000 for 2026–27; board members agreed a future boost to $5,500 should be conditional on mutually agreed enrollment targets or other benchmarks.
The Waunakee Community School District budget committee voted Dec. 1 to form a 4K task force, to recommend additional 4K open‑enrollment seats to the full board, and to increase the district’s 4K partner stipend from $3,600 to $5,000 for 2026–27, while leaving a pathway to $5,500 if agreed targets are met.
Doctor Brown (district staff) introduced three administrative recommendations: raise the stipend, add open‑enrollment seats for 4K in January 2026, and create a 4K task force to prepare for the 2027–28 school year. Speaker 3 explained the administration had modeled multiple scenarios: the base budget carried a roughly $300,000 positive balance;…
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