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New Holstein board approves consent agenda, accepts donations and adopts compensation guide
Summary
At its Feb. 16 meeting the New Holstein School District board approved the consent agenda — including January financials, several hires and renewals — accepted multiple donations, approved a retirement, and adopted the 2026–2027 Alternative Compensation Guide and the K–3 AGR report.
The New Holstein School District Board of Education met Feb. 16, 2026, in New Holstein, Wis. President Craig Sesing called the meeting to order, verified the meeting notice had been published Feb. 13, and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
In a motion by Don Turba, seconded by Vicky Anhalt, the board approved the consent agenda, which included the Feb. 16 meeting agenda, minutes from Jan. 26, committee minutes, January financials and payments, and personnel items; the motion carried with five yes votes and an abstention by President Craig Sesing. The district reported January 2026 revenues of $3,020,787.41, expenditures of $1,199,947.33 and a year-to-date all-funds balance of $7,335,304.51.
The consent agenda included several hires: Juan Aranda was hired as a school bus driver; Gabrielle Schaetzer as a special education paraprofessional; Amber Johnson and Pam Pierquet as girls varsity assistant softball coaches; and Ron Balazs as middle school wrestling coach. The agenda also authorized procurement and renewals, including a three-year renewal of the Skyward student management software and a three-year renewal of financial audit services with CLA, and a Chromebook purchase quote from CDW-G.
The board recognized multiple donations. Motions carried to accept high-mileage car donations from Tasch's Custom, Schneider and Schneider Mechanical, Ledgeview Weld and Fab, and Martin Automotive Group; to accept a quarterly donation from Weber Oil; and to accept a donation from the Mootz family designated for boys basketball. Each donation motion passed unanimously among voting members present.
Julie Schneider moved, seconded by Brian Grenzer, to accept the retirement of Lori Verhagen, Curriculum and Instruction Director; that motion carried 6–0. The board also approved the first-semester AGR report for grades K–3 following a presentation on student data and the accuracy of Bridges math assessments, and it approved the district's 2026–2027 Alternative Compensation Guide after discussion of proposed changes to the compensation model.
Other items approved on the consent agenda included the district's wage-negotiation guidance tied to the Consumer Price Index (listed as a 2.63% total base wage negotiation figure), and an industrial sander purchase from Bay Verte Machinery. The board recorded upcoming dates and events, including candidates for the spring school board election (Kaden Bennin, Julie Schneider, Vicky Anhalt and Brian Grenzer) and scheduled meetings and school calendar items in March.
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn by Jodie Goebel, seconded by Julie Schneider; the motion carried 6–0. The board set its next regular meeting for March 16 at 7:00 p.m. and the next Finance Committee meeting for March 11 at 2:00 p.m.
