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.
Board Bites
- 2026-2027 Board Meeting Summaries
- 2025-2026 Board Meeting Summaries
- 2024-2025 Board Meeting Summaries
2026-2027 Board Meeting Summaries
| 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 4, 2026 | 1. Facilitator, Lynn Breedlove, gave a debrief of the Community Conversations held during the 25-26 school year. 2. Kate Ahlgren, Director of Curriculum & Instruction gave an update on World Language. 3. Workgroup Assignments were presented. 4. Proposal for Insurance Benefit Changes were approved. |
2025-2026 Board Meeting Summaries
| 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 | 1. Open Enrollment seat recommendations for the 2026-2027 school year were approved. 2. WASB Resolutions were discussed and Lisa Pugh was given permission to act on behalf of the board at the 2026 Delegate Assembly. |
| February 2, 2026 | 1. Jay Oren & Kyle Smith joined the board table for an SRO Update. 2. Allison, Lisa and Dr. Dan shared information on sessions they attended at the Wisconsin State Education Convention. 3. A budget amendment for the 2025-2026 school year was approved. |
| February 16, 2026 | 1. Kate Ahlgren, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, joined the board table to discuss key performance indicators in reading and math. 2. The board adopted a resolution denying the petition for detacment of the land described in the petition filed by Joseph and Chelsea Gallagher from the Stoughton Area School District and attaching it to the Deerfield Community School District. |
| March 2, 2026 | 1. Kate Ahlgren, Director of Curriculum & Instruction and Jessica Hart Andrle, Director of Human Resources, joined the board table to discuss staffing recommendations for the 26-27 school year. |
| March 16, 2026 |
The meeting was held virtually due to snow. |
| April 6, 2026 | 1. Erica Pickett, Director of Business Services, joined the board table to discuss district fees and pool employee wages. 2. Special Education Staffing was approved. 3. Policy updates for PO1213, PO3213, PO4213 and PO8462 were approved. |
| April 20, 2026 | 1. Erica Pickett, Director of Business Services and Jessica Hart Andrle, Director of Human Resources, presented Insurance Benefits for the 26-27 school year. 2. Approved Fees (Meals, Facility Rental, Pool Rental, Pool Program & Parties) 3. Approved Pool Employee Wages 4. Approved updates for policies PO100, PO144.5, PO1240, PO5514. |
| April 27, 2026 | 1. Board Reorganization:
3. Approval of 26-27 Meeting Agenda Format. |
2024-2025 Board Meeting Summaries
| 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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