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Oregon School District board approves $2.16 million in payments, athletic co-ops, vision plan and 2025–26 calendar
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the Oregon School District Board approved payments totaling $2,158,211.38, multiple WIAA cooperative sponsorships and 66.0301 contracts for lacrosse and hockey, added a two-tier DeltaVision plan effective July 1, 2025, and adopted the 2025–2026 school calendar.
The School Board of the Oregon School District on Jan. 13 approved routine business items and several personnel and program actions during a meeting at the OSD Innovation Center.
In a single roll-call vote on the Consent Calendar, the board approved payments totaling $2,158,211.38 and accepted minutes from Dec. 9, 2024 (open and closed). The Consent Calendar also recorded staff resignations and retirements, including the upcoming retirements of Nate Mahr (science teacher) and Julie Hagstrom (health office paraprofessional), approved a staffing contract change for Jessica Schrimpf, authorized a field trip to the SkillsUSA regional competition at UW Stout (Feb. 27–28, 2025), accepted donations (including $1,250 and $8,000 from the Oregon Rotary Foundation and $1,500 from Tom and Diana Kirchdoerfer), and approved new scholarship awards from the Rick and Jackie Symdon Family Foundation and the Brooklyn/Oregon Snowmobile Clubs.
The board voted 6–0 to support the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) Delegate Assembly resolutions except for resolutions numbered 25-02, 25-03 and 25-08 (motion by Ahna Bizjak; second by Troy Pankratz). Several athletics items were approved unanimously after presentation by Ms. Brittany Spencer Grant: the 2025–2027 Girls Lacrosse cooperative sponsorship and the 2024–2025 66.0301 cooperative contract; the 2025–2027 Boys Lacrosse cooperative sponsorship and the 2024–2025 66.0301 cooperative contract; and the Girls Hockey cooperative sponsorship and its 66.0301 contract for 2025–2027 (motions moved by Ahna Bizjak and seconded by Dr. Mary Lokuta or Troy Pankratz as recorded). All votes were 6–0 by roll call.
On employee benefits, the board approved adding the two-tiered DeltaVision Full Plan offered by Delta Dental, effective July 1, 2025, on a 6–0 roll-call vote (motion by Dr. Mary Lokuta; second by Troy Pankratz). The board also adopted the 2025–2026 school year calendar, which includes Nov. 26, 2025 as a no-school day; Winter Break Dec. 22, 2025–Jan. 2, 2026; Spring Break March 30–April 3, 2026; Oct. 30, 2025 as a professional development day; and Oct. 31, 2025 as a no-school day. Dr. Lokuta moved to approve the calendar following a 3–0 recommendation from the Policy Committee; the full board vote was 6–0.
The meeting included a student representative update from Oregon High School student Ryan Fahey and a brief public-comment period listing Carson Nott and Laura Nott; the minutes do not record the topics of those comments. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Bergstrom shared district photos and event updates; the minutes refer readers to the district website for the full Superintendent’s Report.
The board recessed at 7:54 p.m. and later moved into closed session to discuss administrator performance evaluations. The board scheduled typical committee meetings and provided routine committee updates during the Discussion portion of the agenda.
The board approved all recorded motions and votes by roll call with six yes votes and no recorded no, abstain, recused, or absent votes for the covered items.
