The Mineral Point School Board held its regular monthly meeting Monday night for the month of March.
The Board recognized the following accomplishments:
- State Gymnastics
- State Individual & Team Wrestling
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— The Board unanimously approved (with Will Harris absent) the consent agenda consisting of minutes, bills payable, credit card statement, and committee reports.
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— High School Principal Matt Austin provided the monthly budget update.
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— High School Matt Austin provided a curriculum update regarding credit requirements, elective courses, etc.
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— High School Principal Matt Austin discussed the budgeting process and timeline for the 2026-27 school year.
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— The Board held a first reading of the following policies, which will come back for a vote at a later date:
- 253.2 Dissemination of Administrative Rules
- 340 Curriculum Design
- 341.3 Health Education
- 342.9 Early Childhood Programs
- 345.1 Grading Systems
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— The Board unanimously approved (with Harris absent) updates to the following policies:
- 181 Rules of Order
- 189 Virtual Board Meetings in Emergency Situations
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— Unanimously approved (with Harris absent) a resolution authorizing the transfer of funds, the establishment of an escrow account with respect to and the defeasance of certain general obligation refunding bonds dated July 9, 2019.
When the levy was approved back in October, the district was able to defease some monies to help offset the elementary building referendum. This time next year, the bonds will be callable and will be able to be paid down early. Superintendent Mitch Wainwright said the district is to the point where it has taken two years off the total of the loan, currently saving $100,000 in interest, due to this defeasance process.
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— The Board unanimously approved (with Harris absent) the posting for new full time Special Education Teachers (one elementary and one middle school) for the 2026-27 school year. Pupil Services Director Angela Klein reported there has been an increase in special education services.
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— The Board unanimously approved (with Harris absent) the current salary structure with a 2.63% (CPI) increase and steps for the 2026-27 school year staff contracts.
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— The Board unanimously approved (with Harris absent) reducing the number of teacher contract days from 190 to 188, removing the floating professional development days from the summer. Superintendent Wainwright said this aligns with many of the other districts in the area.
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— The Board discussed its business including: update of board priorities, approval of board goals, and setting a date for the next board strategic planning meeting.
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— The next regular meeting of the Board will be Monday, April 13 at 6 pm.
— Please note: these meeting summaries are not to be considered official minutes. Rather, official minutes are approved at the following regular monthly board meeting.