D C Everest Area School District board imposes 2.95% pay proposal for teachers after closed session

President Lewitzke announced the board would return to open session and moved that the board "impose and implement the District's proposal to the members of the bargaining unit represented by the D.C. Everest Teachers Association for the 2025-2026 collective bargaining agreement pursuant to Wis. Stat. 111.70 which results in an increase of 2.95% which shall be distributed through implementation of the salary schedule as contained in the background material." The motion, seconded by Schaefer, passed by voice vote with Board Member Dickerson recorded as abstaining.

The board had recessed into closed session earlier under Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(e) for an update on negotiations with the D.C. Everest Teachers' Association (DCETA) because the parties had not reached a tentative agreement, according to the meeting record. The action to impose the district's proposal is a formal statutory option when a bargaining unit and a municipal employer have not reached agreement; the motion as recorded cites Wis. Stat. 111.70.

Board members present for the imposition motion were Schaefer, Dickerson, Grabko, Xiong, Lewitzke and Felch; Felch had joined the meeting at 4:14 p.m. The meeting record states the motion carried with a voice vote, with Dickerson abstaining. The minutes stress that the record of these minutes is not official until approved at the May 21, 2025 board meeting.

The minutes and motion text do not provide further detail about how the 2.95% increase will be allocated across steps or lanes beyond the reference to the salary schedule in background materials, nor do they state whether the teachers' union accepted or will challenge the imposition; those details were not specified in the meeting record.