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Verona audit returns clean opinion; board approves OE-6 monitoring report and moves to closed session
Summary
CliftonLarsonAllen completed the district—s annual audit and returned an unmodified (clean) opinion with no findings; the board voted that the OE-6 monitoring report meets expectations and later took a roll-call vote to move into closed session to consider the superintendent—s contract under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c).
The Verona Area School District reported a clean financial audit for the 2024-25 year to the board on Dec. 15. The audit firm CliftonLarsonAllen submitted the audit to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on Dec. 11; district staff described the result as an unmodified (clean) audit opinion with no compliance findings.
Finance staff credited internal controls improvements and daily reconciliation practices. The district also described new budget dashboards that update nightly to give principals and department leaders near real-time visibility into spending and to reduce the risk of significant undisclosed overruns. A presenter said the district—s finance team runs daily checks and that automation feeds Skyward data into dashboards updated each night.
After discussion, Joe moved that the OE-6 monitoring report "meets expectations." The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Later in the meeting the board voted by roll call to move into closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data relating to the superintendent—s employment contract; the roll call recorded ayes and the board adjourned to closed session.
Board members also reported back from the Slate state technology and education conference, describing sessions on AI in education and discussing a draft AI philosophy statement that administration will present to principals. Consent agendas from the superintendent and the board were approved as presented earlier in the meeting.
