Board Bites
https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/stoughton/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DAWKX853F43D"Board Bites" are unofficial summaries of actions taken at school board meetings. Only meetings where the board took action are reported. The official minutes of each meeting are posted on the BoardDocs website.
All board meetings are recorded by video. To access these files, visit the SASD YouTube channel. Summaries are typically posted to the Board Bites site within 24-48 hours of each meeting.
2025-2026 Board Meeting Bites
| Date (Each date is linked to the board agenda) | Board Summary. Below is a brief summary of what was discussed at each board meeting. |
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| May 5, 2025 | 1. Facilitator, Lynn Breedlove, gave a debrief of the Community Conversation held on 4/11. 2. Workgroup Assignments for the 25-26 school year were approved 3. Library Plan Update was approved |
| May 19, 2025 | 1. Review of Fees (Meals, Facility Rental, Pool Rental, Pool Program & Parties) 2. Review of Pool Employee Wages 3. SRO Agreement was discussed; Mayor Swadley & Chief Jenks joined the table. |
| June 2, 2025 | 1. Approved Fees (Meals, Facility Rental, Pool Rental, Pool Program & Parties) 2. Approved Pool Employee Wages 3. SRO Agreement was approved on a 5-3 roll call vote. 4. SRO Policy was approved on a 7-1 roll call vote. |
| June 16, 2025 | 1. Changes to the Educator Compensation Plan were approved. 2. Changes to the Employee Handbook were approved. 3. Policy Updates were approved. |
| July 21, 2025 | 1. Adding a FT Kindergarten Educator to Kegonsa was discussed, moved to action and approved. 2. A closed session was held. |
| August 4, 2025 | 1. Policy Updates approved |
| August 18, 2025 | 1. Ratification of 25-26 Master Contract with SEA and EAAS 2. Approval of Employee Relations Workgroup's recommendation for supplemental pay increase to SEA & EAAS Bargaining Unit Members for 25-26 School Year |
| September 2, 2025 | 1. Updates for Policies PO5512, PO5310.01, PO5530, PO144.5, PO166.1, PO1461, PO3431, PO4431, PO4213 were approved. |
| September 15, 2025 | 1. Preliminary Budget Presented 2. Closed Session held to discuss the District Administrator's Evaluation |
| October 6, 2025 | 1. Approval of action taken in closed session on September 2, 2025 |
| October 20, 2025 |
2025 Annual Meeting
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| October 20, 2025 | 1. Be it resolved that there be levied a tax in the amount of $31,717,901 upon all taxable property located in the Stoughton Area School District in the City of Stoughton and Townships of Albion, Christiana, Cottage Grove, Deerfield, Dunkirk, Dunn, Pleasant Springs, and Rutland in the County of Dane; and, in the Townships of Porter and Union in the County of Rock, State of Wisconsin for the 2025-2026 school year. 2. Adopted the 2025-2026 Budget. |
| November 3, 2025 | 1. Officer Jay Oren joined the board table and gave an overview of his first couple of months as SASD School Resource Officer. |
| November 17, 2025 | 1. Budget Forecast presented 2. Policies, PO5500 & PO8407, were approved. |
| December 1, 2025 | 1. Staffing Assumptions were presented. 2. 2026 - 2027 School Calendar was approved. |
| December 15, 2025 | 1. The Consent Agenda was approved. |
| January 5, 2026 | 1. Open Enrollment seat recommendations for the 2026-2027 school year were discussed. |
| January 19, 2026 |
2024-2025 Board Meeting Bites
| Date (Each date is linked to the board agenda) | Board Summary. Below is a brief summary of what was discussed at each board meeting. |
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| September 3, 2024 |
1. Approved WASB Resolutions |
| September 16, 2024 |
1. Policy updates (7 policies were approved by roll call vote) |
| October 7, 2024 |
1. Ratification of 24-25 Master Contract with SEA and EAAS |
| October 21, 2024 |
2024 Annual Meeting
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| October 21, 2024 | 1. Resolution to Adopt the 2024- 2025 Tax Levy 2. Adoption of the 2024-2025 Budget |
| November 18, 2024 |
1. Board Vacancy Interviews- Sharon Meilahn-Bartlett was voted and sworn in. |
| December 2, 2024 |
1. Staffing Assumptions were presented |
| December 16, 2024 | 1. The 2025-2026 School Calendar was approved |
| January 6, 2025 |
1. Discussion began on bringing a School Resource Officer back into the district |
| January 20, 2025 |
1. Approved Dr. Keyser to move forward with a SRO contract to bring to the board |
| February 3, 2025 | 1. Board members shared State Convention reports |
| February 17, 2025 | 1. Policy Updates (4 policies were approved by roll call vote) |
| March 3, 2025 | 1. Staffing Recommendations for the 25-26 school year were discussed |
| March 17, 2025 |
1. Staffing Recommendations for the 25-26 school year were approved |
| April 7, 2025 |
1. Insurance Benefits were voted on and approved for the 25-26 school year |
| April 21, 2025 | 1. The RESOLUTION OF THE SASD BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REAFFIRM OUR VALUES, BELIEFS AND COMMITTENT TO ALL STUDENTS was approved. |
| April 28, 2025 |
1. Board Reorganization:
2. Approved meeting schedule for 25 - 26 school year
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2023-2024 Board Meeting Bites
| Date (Each date is linked to the board agenda) | Board Summary. Below is a brief summary of what was discussed at each board meeting. |
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| 1. Approval of a 1.0 FTE in EL 2. Approval of updates to the Personnel Handbook 3. Approval of several policies 4. A presentation on Special Education Staffing going into the 23-24 school year |
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| September 5, 2023 (First day of school) |
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| September 18, 2023 | 1. Discussion of District Goals & Change Management 2. Summer EXCEL 2023 presentation 3. Transition Program presentation |
| October 2, 2023 | 1. Intro to the Student Ambassadors 2. Approve District Administrator Goals for 23-24 year |
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1. Approval of the annual budget and tax levy |
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| 1. Approval of the EAAS Master Contract | |
| November 20, 2023 | 1. Declarations of an impasse of contract negotiations with the SEA 2. Approval of the SEA Master Contract 3. Discussion and removal of SASD’s name from one of the WASB Resolutions |
| December 4, 2023 | 1. Possible Operational Referendum Timeline 2. Summary of Student Behavior 3. Follow up from the River Bluff evacuation |
| December 18, 2023 | 1. Staffing Assumptions |
| January 15, 2024 | 1. Open Enrollment Seat Approval 2. WASB Resolutions Direction 3. Operational Referendum Question Approved |
| February 5, 2024 | 1. Facilities Referendum Update 2. Approval of policies 3. Critical Staffing Timeline with Operational Referendum |
| February 19, 2024 | 1. Move the April 1st Board meeting to April 8th 2. Move a 1.0FTE 1:1 Nurse to a 0.5FTE 1:1 nurse and 1.0FTE Special Education EA |
| March 4, 2024 | 1. Approve staffing change of a 1.0FTE 1:1 Nurse to a 0.5FTE 1:1 nurse and 1.0FTE Special Education EA |
| April 8, 2024 |
1. Presented Proposed Staffing Plan for 24-25 school year |
| April 15, 2024 |
1. 24-25 SASD Staffing Plan discussion & approval |
| April 22, 2024 |
Board Reorganization Meeting 1. Election of Officers |
| May 6, 2024 | 1. Resolution Authorizing the Transfer of Funds, the Establishment of an Escrow Account with Respect to and the Defeasance of Certain of the General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds 2. 5 Year Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Report 3. Review Fees: Meals; Facility Rental; Pool Rental; Pool Program; Pool Parties 4. Review Pool Employee Wages |
| May 20, 2024 |
1. Enrollment Projections Report - Applied Population Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sarah Kemp - Researcher 2. Two Resolutions were approved: A. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ESCROW ACCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO AND THE DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BONDS, DATED MARCH 6, 2023 (2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR DEFEASANCE) B. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ESCROW ACCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO AND THE DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BONDS, DATED MARCH 6, 2023 (2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR DEFEASANCE) |
| June 3, 2024 |
1. Greater Dane County Governance Consortium 2. Reviewed Committee Assignments |
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1. Findorff Executive Summary Presented - Update on current and future construction 2. NEW Policy 2264 - NON DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES 3. SASD's Greater Dane County School District Governance Consortium Membership Approved |
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| July 15, 2024 |
1. Dr. Keyser presented new leadership- Cassie Jemilo, SASD High School Principal, Tamara Mouw, River Bluff Middle School Principal, and Katie Sannes, River Bluff Middle School Assistant Principal 2. NEW Policy 2264- NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES and updates to Policy 8802- Activities and Observances, Policy 8802-Activities and Observances and Policy 5517- Student Anti-Harassment all Approved |