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Platteville board approves consent agenda, technology purchase and personnel items; enters closed session on superintendent evaluation
Summary
The Platteville School District board approved the consent agenda including May financials, approved a student technology purchase and several personnel actions, and voted to enter closed session to discuss the superintendent's evaluation and contract.
The Platteville School District board approved routine business, a student technology purchase and several personnel items before voting to enter closed session for the superintendent's evaluation and contract.
During the meeting the board approved the consent agenda, which included May 28 minutes, the May financial report (total receipts $818,059.29; disbursements $1,991,822.16), the first reading of expanded cell-phone policy language, three resignations from food-service staff described by administration as isolated incidents, a request for overnight out-of-state travel for a student competing at the HOSA national event, and senior-high membership renewal for the WIAA.
On the student technology purchase, administration recommended acquiring Chromebooks at a price described as one the district had not seen before. A board member moved to approve the purchase and the motion passed by voice vote; the official motion language recorded in the meeting was "Motion by Ben, second by Keisha to approve the student technology purchase as presented." The meeting record did not include a roll-call tally for this voice vote.
The board accepted the resignations of Patrick Ralph (Westview third-grade teacher) and a first-grade teacher listed in paperwork as Megan Kosharik; administration noted liquidated-damage provisions apply to at least one contract. Motions to accept resignations were moved, seconded and approved by voice votes.
The board approved hiring Deanna (Dee) Knorn Shield as the middle school math intervention teacher for the 2025-26 school year following a motion and voice vote.
Finally, the board moved into closed session to consider superintendent evaluation and contract "pursuant to state statute 19.85 (1)(c)," and took a roll-call vote in which each member recorded a "yes" vote; the chair announced the board was in closed session at 7:52 p.m.
The meeting record shows several speaker-name references and some inconsistent spellings in personnel item paperwork; the board did not disclose details of the closed session or any vote counts beyond the final roll call for entry to closed session.
