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Oak Creek-Franklin board approves policy manual, substitute provider and enrollment limits

Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District Board of Education · January 27, 2026
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Summary

At its Jan. 26 meeting the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District board adopted a new policy manual effective July 1, 2026, approved EduStaff as the district's substitute provider effective June 15, 2026, and set open-enrollment and special-education seat limits for 2026–27.

The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District Board of Education on Jan. 26 adopted several administrative and operational actions, including final approval of a new policy manual, a change to the district's substitute staffing provider and limits on open enrollment.

The board voted to adopt the new school board policy manual, listed to take effect July 1, 2026. The board recorded a motion for final approval (seconded by a board member identified as Nicholas) and approved the manual after discussion and acknowledgements of the work by board members Meredith Whitman, Cheryl Cerniglia and Mike Dudzik.

Director Rivera Smith announced a motion, moved by Meredith Whitman, to approve EduStaff as the district's substitute teacher and support-staff provider, with the change to become effective June 15, 2026. The motion was approved by the board.

Whitman also moved to approve the district's open-enrollment limits for the 2026–27 school year; Ellen Kaiser seconded and the motion carried. Separately, the board adopted special-education open-enrollment space limitations for the same school year, recording “0 seats” available for the named program; that motion was seconded by a board member identified as Reglia and approved.

Other procedural votes during the meeting included approval of the meeting agenda and consent agenda. The board later moved into executive session to discuss the superintendent’s evaluation under the statutory citation the chair named during the motion.

What the board approved: a policy manual (effective 07/01/2026), EduStaff as the substitute staffing provider (effective 06/15/2026), general open-enrollment limits for 2026–27, and special-education open-enrollment limits showing 0 seats for the named program. Where the record is silent on details: several motions were recorded without a named mover or with only a second explicitly called in the transcript; the article reflects only the actions and dates stated on the public record.

Next steps: The policy manual will take effect July 1, 2026, and the substitute-provider change will go into effect June 15, 2026; the board also moved to an executive session to discuss the superintendent evaluation before adjourning the public portion of the meeting.