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Board reviews foundation grants, accepts donations and approves personnel appointments
Summary
The board heard a foundation grants report ($20,423.82 awarded of ~ $26k requested), approved donations of $3,500 and $7,395 for the lunch fund and playground shade structure, and approved a personnel report including a temporary literacy coach appointment for up to 440 hours.
Board members considered several action items related to philanthropy and personnel. S3, identified as the Onalaska Education Foundation committee chairperson, told the board the foundation received 26 applications and funded 23 projects, asking the board to approve distribution of foundation awards. S3 said the foundation asked for "a little north of $26,000" and that the foundation was able to fund $20,423.82.
A board member moved to approve the foundation grants (motion recorded as "Motion by Mark" with a second); the transcript records the motion but does not include a roll‑call or tally in the provided excerpt. Separately, S4 presented two donations for board action: a $3,500 gift from Eileen Upton for the district lunch fund and a $7,395 donation from the Northern Hills PTO to purchase a 16‑foot playground shade structure. S5 described the lack of playground shade at Northern Hills and the PTO's multi‑year effort; after a motion to approve the donations S1 stated the donations "are approved," indicating acceptance of those gifts.
On personnel, S1 moved to approve the personnel report detailed in Enclosure 17. The report named Mary McKee (a retired academic interventionist) to fill up to 440 hours in a temporary literacy‑coach capacity to cover Act 20 and reading‑plan work, and noted a resignation by the school psychologist described in the transcript as "John, also known as Jack Kennedy." The motion to approve the personnel report was recorded as "Motion by Erin, seconded by Tracy" in the transcript; the excerpt ends after the motion and no explicit vote tally is included.
The board did not discuss contract details or the vote tallies in the provided transcript excerpt; motions and funding amounts were stated on the record. The foundation chair asked the board to act so the foundation could disburse funds to teachers and classrooms.
