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Rhinelander committee recommends new high school courses and up to $125,000 for dual-credit program
Summary
The Instruction and Accountability Committee of the Rhinelander School District voted March 9 to recommend Board approval of new courses for the 2026–2027 Rhinelander High School catalog and to authorize up to $125,000 for dual-credit Start College Now coursework for fall 2026. Both recommendations passed by voice vote.
The Instruction and Accountability Committee of the Board of Education for the Rhinelander School District met March 9, 2026, and recommended approval of new courses for the 2026–2027 Rhinelander High School program and funding for dual-credit coursework.
Committee members Patricia Townsend and Mary Peterson moved and seconded the course recommendation and the funding recommendation, respectively; both motions passed by voice vote. The committee accepted the minutes of its Jan. 12 meeting earlier in the session and adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
According to the committee action, the new courses proposed for Rhinelander High School were recommended to the full Board “as submitted” for the 2026–2027 school year. The meeting record does not list the individual course titles or descriptions; those details were not specified in the committee minutes and will appear in the Board packet if published for the full Board meeting.
On funding, the committee recommended Board approval of an expenditure of up to $125,000 to support dual-credit coursework for Rhinelander High School students in the 2026 fall semester through the Start College Now program at the technical-college level. The motion as recorded in the minutes sets the maximum expenditure at $125,000; the minutes do not specify a funding source breakdown, per-student costs, or the number of students expected to participate.
No members of the public registered to speak during the meeting, and Superintendent Eric Burke and Committee Chair Judy Conlin reported having no items for their respective reports. The meeting included district instructional and business staff in attendance and a reporter from the Northwoods Star Journal.
The committee’s recommendations will be forwarded to the Rhinelander School District Board of Education for consideration. The minutes recorded voice votes for the motions but do not provide roll-call tallies.
