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Oregon School District board approves 2026–27 staffing, capital projects and HRA benefit changes; staffing passes 6–1
Summary
At its March 9 meeting the Oregon School District Board approved the 2026–27 staffing recommendation (6–1), a slate of capital maintenance projects and changes to employee HRA benefits, and then moved into closed session to negotiate a School Resource Officer agreement.
The School Board of the Oregon School District approved several staffing and fiscal measures at its regular meeting on March 9, 2026, including the district's recommended 2026'27 staffing plan, a list of capital maintenance projects and revisions to employee Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) benefits.
Board President Troy Pankratz called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM in the OSD Innovation Center at Oregon High School. Mr. Nathan Hensal moved to approve the 2026'27 staffing positions presented by Jina Jonen, Andy Weiland and Dr. Leslie Bergstrom; Dr. Caleb Bush seconded the motion. The motion carried 6'1, with Dr. Mary Lokuta recording the lone dissenting vote.
The staffing vote approves the positions shown in the meeting materials as Section III, Table A (materials posted to the district website). The board discussed the recommendation and asked questions of district staff before voting.
Also on the agenda, the board approved the recommended list of capital maintenance projects for the 2026'27 school year as presented by Zain Heitz and Mr. Weiland; that motion passed unanimously by roll call. The board likewise approved recommended edits to Policy 611 (Financial) following a 3'00 Policy Committee recommendation, and it approved a change to employee benefits to move to a Health Reimbursement Arrangement.
Under the HRA plan, the Policy Committee recommended—and the board approved—payment schedules to be distributed over four years for legacy employees and eight years for administrators, in amounts equivalent to the administrator benefit, the legacy benefit or the $40,000 non'legacy benefit, whichever is greater. The board also approved a minimum eligible age of 55 for HRA participation.
The consent calendar adopted earlier in the meeting included approval of payments totaling $1,253,301.28 and multiple donations to support transportation, athletics, student scholarships and program sponsorships.
After the public portion of the meeting the board voted to move into closed session under Wis. Stats. A719.85(1)(e) to discuss negotiations related to the School Resource Officer agreement for 2026'2028; the board entered closed session at 8:10 PM.
Next steps: the district posted meeting materials and the superintendent's report on the district website; formal implementation timelines for staffing positions and capital projects were not specified in the public minutes and may require additional board or administrative action.
