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Hortonville Area School District board approves 2.95% pay increase, longevity stipend and 4K agreement
Summary
On April 21, 2025, the Hortonville Area School District Board approved a 2.95% salary increase for all employee groups for 2025–26, established a contractual staff longevity stipend beginning 2025–26, and approved the district's 4K agreement and reimbursement rates. Several routine consent items and overnight trips were also approved.
The Hortonville Area School District Board of Education voted April 21 to approve the district’s 2025–26 compensation package, including a 2.95% salary increase for all employee groups and a newly authorized longevity stipend for contractual staff that begins in the 2025–26 school year. The motion to approve the compensation and longevity stipend was made by Mrs. Jessica Hartjes and seconded by Mrs. Andrea Marcks-Ziegler; the board carried the motion by roll call vote.
The board also approved the 2025–26 4K Agreement and the associated reimbursement rates. Mrs. Andrea Marcks-Ziegler moved the 4K agreement approval and Mrs. Jessica Hartjes seconded; the motion carried on a roll call vote.
Other formal actions taken during the meeting included approval of the April 14, 2025 open-session minutes and multiple voucher batches (regular vouchers and ACH/employee reimbursement vouchers). The board carried a consent agenda that approved overnight and out-of-state trips for high school and middle-school teams with dates and transportation arrangements noted, staff memos and personnel changes (including the hire of Monica Jones for an HHS social studies position and the reassignment of Angela Schumaker from kindergarten to first grade at NGES), and one professional unpaid leave request. Several transportation approvals were recorded as having been approved by Brian Gooding.
No vote tallies were recorded in the minutes beyond the notation that roll call votes were taken and motions carried. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn at 7:51 p.m.
Votes at a glance • Approval of April 14, 2025 open-session minutes — motion carried (mover: Andrea Marcks-Ziegler; seconder: Jessica Hartjes). • Approval of regular vouchers #58268–58321 (voids listed) — motion carried (mover: Andrea Marcks-Ziegler; seconder: Jessica Hartjes). • Approval of ACH/Employee Reimbursement Vouchers #242500259–242500281 — motion carried (mover: Jessica Hartjes; seconder: Andrea Marcks-Ziegler). • Approval of 2025–26 compensation and longevity stipend (2.95% salary increase for all employee groups) — motion carried (mover: Jessica Hartjes; seconder: Andrea Marcks-Ziegler). • Approval of 2025–26 4K Agreement and reimbursement rates — motion carried (mover: Andrea Marcks-Ziegler; seconder: Jessica Hartjes). • Consent agenda (overnight/out‑of‑state trip requests, staff memos and personnel changes) — motion carried (mover: Andrea Marcks-Ziegler; seconder: Jessica Hartjes).
Next steps The board indicated committee and officer assignments will be set at the May 12, 2025 meeting; budget assumptions presented will feed subsequent budget work sessions and formal adoption processes.
