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Board approves handbooks, hires special‑education aide, accepts Lions Club donation and lowers district office asking price
Summary
The board adopted student/family handbook updates, approved a special‑education aide position for Shepherd Hills, accepted a $30,770 Lions Club donation for 10 outdoor AEDs, reduced the district office listing to $2.2 million and delegated limited authority to the CFO and superintendent to adjust price up to 10%.
The Oak Creek‑Franklin Joint School District board voted on several action items May 18, approving policy updates, staffing, a donation and a listing amendment.
The board adopted the student and family handbook updates for the 2026–27 school year after a motion by Meredith Whitman; the update materials included explicit descriptions of what changed. Whitman moved the adoption and the motion passed by voice vote.
The board also approved creation of a 16‑hour special‑education aide position at Shepherd Hills. A board member asked which school would receive the additional staffing and was told Shepherd Hills. The motion passed after a second was recorded.
On district safety infrastructure, the board accepted a $30,770 donation from the Oak Creek Lions Club to fund purchase of 10 outdoor automated external defibrillator (AED) units. A speaker noted $5,400 of the total came from the International Lions Club and confirmed the gift is part of a broader committee fundraising effort.
On the district office property, the board approved reducing the listing price to $2,200,000 and then passed a separate motion delegating limited authority to Blaise Paul, chief business and finance officer, and Dan Thielen, superintendent, to make reasonable adjustments to the asking price so long as cumulative changes do not exceed 10% of the asking price; any change beyond the threshold requires board approval. The motion directed the superintendent to keep the board informed of pricing changes and related updates.
Most votes were taken by voice and recorded as "aye" in the meeting transcript. The board also approved a motion to convene in closed session under statute "1 1 9.851 c" to consider personnel matters later in the agenda.
