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Board approves summer programming, software contracts and begins referendum planning
Summary
The school board approved multiple operational items including the E4E plan, summer school, a medical adviser, EXL instructional software and a GoGuardian monitoring contract; administrators also laid out a timeline and community-taskforce idea for a possible operating referendum in November.
The Tomorrow River School District board approved a slate of operational items on voice votes and discussed next steps on an expiring operating referendum.
Approvals included the annual Education for Employment (E4E) and Academic & Career Planning plan; the 2026 summer-school proposal (staffing and dates based on enrollment averages); a memorandum of understanding naming Dr. Trina Daniels as the district medical adviser (as listed in the board packet); a two-year contract for the EXL instructional platform (net cost $7,240 for two years after a vendor credit); the purchase and licensing of GoGuardian monitoring software for student Chromebooks (coverage listed for 602 students); an overnight FBLA trip to Green Bay (April 12–14); a preliminary approval for an international student trip to Berlin in 2028; acceptance of an initial donation pledge to begin a baseball/softball batting-cage project; and approval of a van purchase amount for TRCCS ($45,000 as noted in finance committee discussion).
Most motions were approved by voice vote; the transcript records repeated "All in favor say 'I'" followed by "Motion carries," but does not include roll-call tallies for each item. The minutes show the board treated the medical adviser arrangement as a non-salaried (hourly/consultant) relationship and asked staff to add language clarifying the medical adviser’s responsibilities for emergency nursing-service plans.
On instructional software, administrators said EXL supports math, ELA, science and social-studies skill practice on Chromebooks and reported middle-school students had answered more than 300,000 questions through the platform this year. The vendor overcharged the district last year, and the board approved a two-year sales contract at an adjusted price that the presenter summarized as $7,240 total.
On monitoring software, administrators explained GoGuardian includes teacher and administrator interfaces plus an emergency beacon to manage critical incidents and that the quoted quantity (602) corresponds to the number of students the system will cover. The board discussed the option of removing teacher-monitoring components to save money and said staff will solicit competitive bids for future renewals.
Administrators also presented a timeline for an operational referendum (the district’s current three-year operational referendum expires next year). Kelly proposed forming a community task force (15 community members and 10 students in the example cited) to help educate voters; the board discussed deadlines for ballot language (the packet lists a due date on or before Aug. 21) and the need to verify per-pupil and tax-rate data before public messaging to counter inaccurate social-media claims.
Votes at a glance
- E4E and ACP plan: approved (voice vote; tally not specified). - 2026 summer school proposal: approved (voice vote; tally not specified). - Medical adviser MOU (Dr. Trina Daniels): approved (voice vote; arrangement described as consultant/hourly, not salaried). - EXL instructional contract (two years, net $7,240 after credit): approved (voice vote; invoice adjustment discussed). - FBLA overnight trip (Green Bay, Apr. 12–14): approved (voice vote). - International student trip (Berlin, summer 2028): preliminary approval granted (voice vote). - GoGuardian monitoring contract (coverage for 602 students across teacher/admin/beacon interfaces): approved (voice vote; board directed staff to pursue competitive options next year). - Batting-cage donation pledge acceptance (anonymous donor): accepted to begin phase one (voice vote). - TRCCS van purchase amount ($45,000 including tax/license per finance discussion): approved (voice vote). - Motion to enter closed session under state statutes 19.85(1)(c) and (f) and 118.22(2): approved by roll call; members answered individually as recorded in the transcript.
What’s next
Administrators will add policy-language wording for Act 57 to the policy committee agenda, finalize the medical-adviser responsibilities language, seek competitive procurement options for monitoring software next year, and return refined referendum-language timelines for board review in April.
The transcript does not include final numerical vote tallies for most motions; when the meeting recorded a roll-call, the transcript captured members answering but did not provide a detailed roll-call result for every item.
