Rice Lake board elects officers, approves consent agenda and adopts Bridges math curriculum

The Rice Lake Area School District Board of Education completed routine governance actions April 27, electing officers, approving personnel items and adopting a curriculum recommendation.

Board members nominated and elected officers for the coming year: Kevin Jensen was nominated by Bert Richard and elected Board President by unanimous ballot; Doug Kuchko was elected vice president; Miriam Barbara was cast as clerk; and Lori Sarauer was elected treasurer. The board then approved the consent agenda, which included two resignations and seven employment recommendations.

On curriculum, the Curriculum Committee recommended the district adopt the Bridges math curriculum for 4K through elementary grades with the purchase funded from the curriculum budget. The board moved to approve the Bridges math curriculum; with no objections, the board adopted the recommendation.

Other routine matters handled on the consent and action calendar included approval of committee assignments and a proclamation designating May 4–8, 2026 as National Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week.

Where specific mover/second names were stated in the record (for example, Bert Richard’s nomination of Kevin Jensen), that attribution is preserved; multiple motions were recorded as made and seconded though some individual mover/second names were not specified on the audio record. Vote results for routine items were recorded as 'all in favor' or 'aye' in the meeting minutes; no specific roll-call tallies for each motion were provided in the publicly available transcript.