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Pittsville School Board elects officers, approves child care and lunch price increases
Summary
The Pittsville School District board reorganized its leadership and approved a 9% increase to district-run child care rates and a 30-cent increase to paid school meals (plus a rise in extra-milk charges); administrators also approved open enrollment allocations and a Project SEARCH agreement.
Maryann Libert was appointed president of the Pittsville School District board at the reorganization portion of the May meeting, with Nate Bowden named vice president, Julie Strand as clerk and Chris Swissland as treasurer. The board also appointed Rick Winters as district representative to two external groups and designated Associated Bank as the district depository. The board voted to hold regular meetings on the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m.
The board took several budget-related actions. After committee review and discussion, members approved a 9% increase in rates for the district-run child care program effective July 1 to reduce an ongoing fund-balance deficit; staff projected the center would need roughly 80% enrollment to approach break-even and described prior-year shortfalls in the low six figures. In the motion to adopt the recommendation the committee’s work was cited as the basis for the change; the motion passed by voice vote.
Separately, food-service staff recommended raising paid meal prices by 30 cents (weighted average) and increasing the price for extra milk from 40 cents to 50 cents. Administrators said the change is necessary to reduce an anticipated transfer from the general fund and to better align the district’s paid-meal weighted average with federal benchmarks. The board approved the 30-cent per-meal increase and the extra-milk charge by voice vote.
Other votes included approval of open-enrollment allocations for 2026–27 (capacity-based approvals) and authorization of a 66.03 agreement with Marshfield School District for one student to participate in Project SEARCH next year. The board also approved a change to an administrative contract clause (retirement-notice date moved from April 1 to February 1) and moved policy 443.5 (use/possession of electronic/wireless devices) to second reading.
The outcomes leave the board with immediate additional revenue obligations for families using district child care and modest increases for students who purchase paid meals, while administrators continue to explore program changes and external funding to reduce the district’s operating transfers.
