WSD BOARD MEETING REPORT

The WSD Board of Education held a meeting on Thursday, Sept. 18, that was live-streamed via the WSD Board of Education YouTube channel and can be viewed by visiting YouTube. The agenda and available supporting documents can be viewed online under Diligent Community. Below are some highlights.

Brian Bishop, superintendent of schools, began the business portion of the meeting by providing comments and sharing District highlights. View the slideshow.

The Board approved Revised Policy 2770 (Seclusion and Restraint) and Proposed Rescission of Policy 2674 (Use of Physical Restraint Intervention), and Revised Policy 4325 (Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act).

The administration requested input from the Board regarding Policy 3181 and determined no revision to the policy is needed at this time.

The Board had a discussion around the District's past assessment data.

The board approved the proposed tax rates, as presented. The approved tax rate will be the lowest rate the District has had since 2009.

Six WSD students took home medals at the FCCLA National Competition this summer. North Point High School students Kiley Hansen and Hailey Meyer placed third. Liberty High School students Maddie Mitchell, Londyn Riley, Violet Grau, and Zoey Wokurka earned second place.

Liberty’s team—Audrey Keller, Leah Dudley, Lorelei Wise, Pranad Balla, and Isabella Lezzi—and Timberland’s Emma Hildenbrand and Jessica Messer placed at the HOSA International Conference this summer. Frontier Middle teams of Peyton Nevitt, Ajay Shankar, Jesselin Sudhan, Jaxson Larson, and Avaya Kolbet, along with Ajay Shankar, Jesselin Sudhan, and Eli Grana, also earned top-10 international finishes.

Liberty High School student MacKenzie Rankin and bus driver Kevin Axe helped save a student who was choking on the bus the first week of school. Crossroads Elementary School Instructional Assistants Katie Zink, Adrianne Rettinghaus, and Khristie Dorais and teacher Lindsey Remiger also saved a choking student! Thank you to these individuals.

The next regularly scheduled Board meeting is set for Oct. 16, 2025.