Votes at a glance: Winneconne board approves calendars, job descriptions, coach appointment and a package of policies

At its Dec. 2 meeting the Winneconne Community School District board approved several routine and policy items by roll call.

What the board approved: - Consent agenda: approved by roll call. - School calendars: the 2025–26 and 2026–27 calendars (each with 170 student days) were approved after brief member discussion about December break timing and the possibility of ending school before June 1. - Personnel: the board approved the interim high-school girls wrestling coach for the 2024–25 season (Mr. Meniere) and updated job descriptions for an elementary health-room aide/4K–12 clerical assistant and a district health-room aide (home base middle/high school, flexible assignment). Administration clarified support staff are paid hourly and summer-school work is paid separately. - Policy package: the board approved revisions on academic honesty (addressing AI tools), class rank language to comply with UW guaranteed-admit requirements (including tie-breaking procedures), graduation requirements (adding a 0.5-credit financial-lit requirement per state law for the class entering 2024–25), search-and-seizure policy revisions, procurement and property-inventory language, social-media policy edits, and the student name-change and pronoun-usage policy (to be numbered by Neola if approved).

Votes (summary): the motions were carried by roll call votes; members recorded as voting 'Aye' during roll calls include Stelsner, Verich, Keller, Peterson, Ackman, Condie, Stelzner/Condie (as recorded), and Hanson. Specific vote records and roll-call order are in the official minutes.

Next steps: administration will implement the approved job-description changes, submit the policy package to Neola for formatting/numbering and pursue scheduled follow-up actions noted by the board and committee.