This meeting was noticed by way of publication in the Waterford Post on Thursday, August 20, was posted at the District Office (Door #7), and was published on the District's website. Minutes from the regular board meeting of June 15, 2026, are posted on the District's website.

An overview of the seclusion and restraint data for the previous school year is attached. This report to the board is required each year.

Choir Director Derek Machan has requested board approval for students to travel to UW Eau Claire in October. 

At this time the board would like to invite any member of the audience to stand with comments about items of interest or concern that do or do not appear on the agenda this evening. Please begin by stating your name and address. It would be appreciated if you would limit your comments to three minutes so that we can keep the meeting moving in a timely fashion and allow others an opportunity to speak. We ask that you remember that Wisconsin law prohibits us from discussing specific employees or their job performance. Thank you for your support of our school district.

The district has spent the past few months preparing for another year of continuous improvement at Waterford Union.  

We continue to encourage intellectual risks and action research to challenge "what we have always done."  Members of our Guiding Coalition met and analyzed our academic and growth data to set a district goal of [insert final goal here].  The administrative team reviewed Energage data and will continue to set high expectations for student achievement, create more career and life-ready opportunities, and promote a tough-on-results, tender-on-people approach to leadership.  This work aligns with our vision to ensure that all students learn at high levels in order to be college, career, and life ready. 

Our registration occurred on August 12, and we anticipate a final enrollment number around [insert enrollment number]. [Insert OE in] students are choosing Waterford over their resident districts resulting in a net gain of [insert difference between OE in and OE out] students.

Substitutes are scheduled to be in the building the morning of August 24 to review procedures and protocols.  We are in our third year of implementing Red Rover, and we completed a second year of declining expenditures in this area.  We attribute the decline to a combination of our occupational health agreement with ProHealth, clearer expectations and enforcement of the Employee Handbook, and efficiency of the attendance office.

New-to-district employees begin orientation on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 25-26.  They will receive an overload of information regarding our PLC journey, a district tour, their CliftonStrengths, district expectations, and other systems explained by their mentors and administration.

All staff will return to the building on Thursday, August 27, for a soft start.  The Continuous Improvement team developed the format for in-service to front-load the "need to know" information, followed by uninterrupted work time in the rooms for most of the day.  This gives staff the flexibility to ease in, reconnect, prepare their rooms, and manage their time before our wellness and Leader in Me professional growth begins on Monday and Tuesday, respectively.  

SOAR - incoming student orientation - will welcome new students on Thursday, September 3, in the morning.   All students will begin on Tuesday, September 8.  The delayed start was to provide additional time to the construction teams as a contingency.

Extending gratitude to all the summer employees who were answering phones, answering questions, redirecting through construction zones, moving and removing classroom materials, deep cleaning the entire building, and updating our systems for staff, students, and stakeholders.

The Superintendent will provide the Board with an informational overview of the proposed 2026-2027 budget before the Budget Hearing and Annual Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, 2026. The overview will summarize:

• a flat tax rate of 4.15 mills (unchanged from the prior year);
• a total proposed tax levy of $14,544,777 (General Operations, Long-Term Debt Service, and Community Services);
• state general aid of $4,784,635 (up 3.62%), with the increase directed toward debt reduction;
• fund-by-fund revenue and expenditure summaries and the district's reserve position; and
• a planned $100,000 Community Service Fund investment to upgrade the baseball and softball diamonds, funded from fund balance (no new taxes).

No action is requested. Public comment will be received at the August 26 Budget Hearing, and the electors will act on the tax levy at the Annual Meeting that follows.

The summer construction phase is substantially complete, and the building is on track to open for students on September 8. Abatement is finished building-wide, all school HVAC is running, the new water main has passed pressure and water-quality testing, fire protection is in place across the major assembly spaces, and staff and classroom moves are complete or ahead of schedule in most areas. Remaining summer work is concentrated on programming, punch list, and finishes.

Two scopes will be carried into the school year and are described under Items Requiring Attention: the art lobby/elevator addition, where an unforeseen existing footing has delayed pier shoring, and the wheelchair lift, which is awaiting fabrication. Exterior site work, landscaping restoration, retaining walls, and the loading dock also continue past the first day of school under a revised fencing and traffic plan.