5-14-2025 Board of Education
Regular Board of Education Meeting
Wednesday – May 14, 2025
5:30 PM
BOARD ROOM
MAPS Central Administration Building
(1111 N. Sales Street, Merrill, Wisconsin)
[00:00:00] Call to Order
[00:00:32] Roll Call
[00:00:48] Pledge of Allegiance
[00:01:10] Board Member/Administrator Expectations
[00:01:33] Public Comments to the Board / General Subject Matter Discussion
[00:01:54] Recognition
[00:00:00] Announcement of New Student School Board Representative for 2025-2026 School Year
[00:27:00] Student BOE Representative Report
[00:31:22] Administrative Reports
[00:31:27] Pine River School for Young Learners
[00:31:54] Food Service
[00:32:10] Director of Pupil Services/Special Education
[00:32:27] Director of Curriculum & Instruction
[00:32:44] AI (Artificial Intelligence) Technology
[00:33:05] Technology Department Report
[00:33:26] Director of Finance
[00:33:48] Director of Human Resources
[00:34:14] Director of Buildings & Grounds/Transportation Update
[00:34:33] Superintendent’s Report
[00:36:55] Committee Reports/Action
[00:37:00] Board and Membership Committee Appointments
[00:38:10] Facilities Committee
[00:38:34] Finance/HR Committee
[00:39:04] Curriculum/Technology/Pupil Services Committee
[00:39:36] PRSYL Head Start Policy Council
[00:40:00] Unfinished Business
[00:40:07] Board of Education Business
[00:40:10] Approval of Head Start State Grant Supplemental Funds
[00:41:00] Summer Maintenance Projects
[00:42:10] Approval of 2025-2026 Merrill Adult Diploma Academy (MADA) Calendar
[00:43:00] Approval of Washington DC and New York City Trip for 2025
[00:44:13] Early Literacy Remediation Plan
[00:45:10] New Policy 5411 Third Grade Promotion and Retention: At Risk Students
[00:46:25] Approval of LETRS Early Literacy Training Funding and Plan for 2025-2026 School Year
[00:47:29] Approval of Open Enrollment Applications
[00:49:43] 2025-2030 Printer/Copier Contract Renewal
[00:50:42] Approval of 1-to-1 Device Refresh Grades K, 5th, & 9th
[00:51:47] Approval of the 2025-2026 Food Service Contract with Taher and Meal Price Increase
[00:54:03] Administrator Number of Days Change
[00:55:14] Support Staff Compensation Plan Change
[00:56:21] Change in Policies 3430.01/4430.01 Family & Medical Leave of Absence (“FMLA”)
[00:57:56] Neola’s Volume 34, Number 1 Technical Corrections
[00:58:52] Consent Agenda
[01:00:27] Items for Future Meetings
[01:01:47] Radio Schedule
[01:02:07] Future Meetings
[01:03:55] Adjournment