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Lake Mills board approves preliminary 2025–26 budget, ratifies LMEA agreement and adopts academic standards
Summary
The Lake Mills Area School District board voted unanimously to approve a preliminary 2025–26 budget, ratified a collective bargaining agreement with the LMEA and adopted the 2025–26 student academic standards; the board also approved a routine consent agenda and accepted donations.
The Lake Mills Area School District board approved several key fiscal and governance items in a single meeting, including the preliminary 2025–26 general fund budget, a collective bargaining agreement with the Lake Mills Education Association (LMEA), and the district’s student academic standards for 2025–26.
Finance director Pasha presented the budget preview and explained the timing: the July 1 equalized aid estimate and preliminary enrollment figures inform the district’s draft budget, with final adjustments to follow the October 15 state aid release and updated enrollment counts. The board approved the preliminary budget as presented. The motion carried on a roll-call vote with all members present voting in favor.
The board also ratified a collective bargaining agreement with the LMEA that had been negotiated in prior meetings. Board members publicly thanked LMEA representatives who attended the meeting. The motion to approve the agreement passed by roll-call vote.
Separately, the board approved the district’s student academic standards for 2025–26, noting the standards reflected no substantive changes from the previous year and citing the statutory reference included in the motion.
Routine business: the consent agenda (minutes, treasurer’s reports, vouchers and personnel report) was approved, and the board accepted several community donations — including small monetary gifts to FFA and equipment to the music department — with thanks to donors.
Votes at a glance: the meeting’s roll-call votes on these items were all unanimous among members present. The meeting moved to executive session at the end for a personnel evaluation under Wisconsin statute.
Attribution: motions were moved and seconded on the floor as recorded in the meeting minutes; specific mover/second names were not consistently associated with the motion text in the transcript and are recorded as not specified in the actions list.
