The Mineral Point School Board held its regular monthly meeting Monday, July 13.
The Board recognized the following accomplishments:
- Badger Girls State
- State FFA
- State Basketball Senior All-Stars
- State Softball Senior All-Stars
- State Softball
- All-State Softball
- Academic All-State Softball
- All-State Baseball
- All-State Academic Volleyball
- MS Presidential Academic Award
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— The Board unanimously approved the consent agenda consisting of minutes, bills payable, credit card statement, and school board committee reports.
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— The Board reviewed staffing trends in the district.
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— Superintendent Mitch Wainwright presented his monthly budget update.
Of note, the District plans to end the 2025-26 school year with a surplus of $275,000. Superintendent Wainwright says this is, hopefully, good news in terms of longevity of the 2024 operational referendum.
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— The Board unanimously approved nominating First Student and Upland Hills Health for the annual Wisconsin Association of School Boards Business Honor Roll.
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— Unanimously approved the fee schedule as presented for the 2026-27 school year.
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— Unanimously approved the annual notice of academic standards for the 2026-27 school year. There are no changes from last year to this year.
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— Unanimously approved the 2026-27 district handbook for students/families.
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— Unanimously approved the 2026-27 handbook for employees.
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— Unanimously approved 2025-26 budget amendments.
This includes using the aforementioned surplus to increase fund balance to 21.5%, with the excess surplus from the 2025-26 school year going to Fund 46 (Capital Maintenance Fund).
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— Unanimously approved a Fund 80 (Community Service Fund) expenditure in the amount of $100,000 to help support the potential community daycare coming to Mineral Point, owned by Alicia Gilkes at the former Kwik Trip building. The District currently has a surplus in Fund 80, which the auditors recommend it spends down. There are strict restrictions as to what Fund 80 monies can be used for, and the auditors say this is a proper use and one that several other districts are doing.
The District’s involvement would be contingent upon the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s grant approval and support of the project.
Exact terms would be forthcoming.
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— Unanimously approved tabling a market adjustment to the support staff compensation model.
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— The Board discussed upcoming Board Business, including the formation of a district goal focused on reading.
The proposed goal is, by the end of 3rd Grade, 80% of our students will be at proficiency as determined by Aimsweb+. This is at or above the 45 percentile — additionally, there would be no Personal Reading Plans (PRP) needed.
The Board set this goal to focus on reading as they feel it is very important for all students to be proficient readers. It gives them something to track and, if needed, provide additional resources to help achieve the goal.
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— Unanimously approved the following resignations:
- Quinn Schultz, Head Softball Coach
- Allison Barth, Instructional Assistant
— Unanimously approved the posting for a part time Food Service position to replace a previous resignation.
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— The Board convened in closed session for the Superintendent Evaluation. No action was taken following closed session.
— The next regular meeting is set for Monday, August 10 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.