Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
After reviewing parent survey results and cost estimates, the Germantown School District ad hoc transportation committee voted to forward a positive recommendation to the full board to retain current elementary school start and end times for the 2026–27 school year.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
At the Feb. 3 Teaching and Learning Committee meeting, district staff presented winter NWEA MAP data showing gains in elementary literacy and growth over three years; the presentation was informational and no committee action was taken on the assessment report.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
District staff presented a K–5 science pilot plan that would field two units in year one (with an optional third unit later) and recruit about 31 teachers across elementary schools; a committee member moved to recommend the pilot to the full board but the transcript does not record a committee vote result for that motion in the captured segment.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
The committee voted to forward proposed summer school courses and a 2026 budget recommendation to the full board and approved overnight travel for a high‑school trip to Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park; registration dates and other logistics were announced.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
An unidentified speaker at a Germantown School District meeting said the district must push high-achieving students to continue growing, citing existing curricula and urging teachers to focus on deeper, transferable learning rather than middle-of-the-road instruction.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
Sarah Vera of CESA 1 told Germantown board members that the state revenue-limit system constrains how much general fund revenue a district can raise and showed district-specific calculations that produced a revenue-limit authority figure and a 2025-26 mill rate of about $8.15 per $1,000 valuation.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
Following a citizen complaint to the Department of Public Instruction, Germantown administrators said they will inventory and audit all library collections across six buildings, using digital tools and grade-band alignment reviews to identify gaps or age-inappropriate items. The district said it has provided DPI documentation but that the complaint remains open because of DPI staffing turnover and lack of response from the complainants.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
At its Jan. 20 meeting the Germantown School District board approved a set of routine and substantive items: a 2026 mileage rate of 72.5 cents per mile and GSA meal per diems, budget adjustments for 2025-26, several overnight student trips, and a motion to set zero open-enrollment seats for 2026-27; the board also approved multiple administrative contracts after a closed session.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
A district committee reviewed two parent surveys on elementary school start/end times and heard that while about three-quarters of respondents say they are satisfied with current schedules, many also favor a single, aligned schedule. Officials warned any change could increase bus ride times and require reallocating roughly $75,000 in district funds.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Germantown School District
Sarah Viera of CESA 1 told the Germantown School District board that Wisconsin’s Uniform Financial Accounting Requirements (WUFAR) provide a fund structure that can shield classroom (Fund 10) dollars by properly coding costs to special education, capital, food service and community funds; she and staff also explained a temporary Fund 27 deficit is a timing issue tied to reimbursement schedules.