Marshfield School Board Approves State Department of Justice Grant and More

Thursday, April 13th, 2023 -- 1:00 PM

The Marshfield School Board accepted a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Justice for digital mapping of the District.

The School District of Marshfield will use these grant funds to contract with a vendor to create digital maps of school grounds. This will include digital maps of five elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, with labeled rooms and directions for use by Law Enforcement and First Responders should an emergency situation occur. The grant is in the amount of $22,034.

The Board also approved a compensation model for coaches/advisors of co-curricular activities that would follow different levels with increases at each level. The Board also approved the 7-12 Tech Ed Curriculum and was presented with the first look at the K-12 math curriculum.

The Board also approved agreements for Project Search and Project Life Students with the Auburndale, Spencer, and Loyal School Districts. The Board also approved the 2023 Summer School Budget in the amount of $476,552.

It was also mentioned that registration for summer school at the Marshfield District is open now and will be until Friday, April 21st. However, they mentioned that the classes are filled on a first come-first serve basis, so parents should sign up sooner rather than later. For example, it was mentioned that one class had already filled up within seven minutes of being open. The Board also approved the School Nutrition Cooperative Agreement at a cost of $300.

The Board also approved the contract renewal for professional staff, approved the professional staff and administrative staff handbooks, had the first reading of the support staff and substitute staff handbooks, and approved the elementary, middle, high school, and alternative school handbooks with no major changes, just some minor tweaks to make it more user friendly.

The Board also approved some SkillsUSA students to a conference in Madison and the Robotics Team trip to Dallas, Texas for the World Championship competition.

The Board also approved some resignations, some new personnel, heard about the High School Spring Musical happening this week, recognized an outgoing board member, and recognized members of the boys swim team.

The Board also approved a long list of donations and gifts to the District including:

• 10 - $25 gas cards from Marshfield Medical Center Credit Union to offset fuel expenses for students enrolled in the Health Career Connections course;
• $793.82 for the MCLA student group from Premier Printing;
• $500 for Science Olympiad travel from Kiwanis Club of Marshfield;
• $100 for the FFA program from Nasonville Dairy;
• $3,339.50 for the Boys Hockey program from the Marshfield Tiger Hockey Blueline Club;
• $1,032.03 for Team State Wrestling t-shirts from the Marshfield Tiger Booster Club;
• $250 for half court shot donation from Forward Bank;
• And $35 for the Grant Art Club from Soup or Socks.

For Lincoln Elementary:

• Items for the school store valued at $150 from Nate and Melanie Carter;
• And $450 for overdue lunch accounts from J-Rolls LLC, Jeremy Schaefer.

For Nasonville Elementary:

• Classroom activities and 3-D printing supplies valued at $250 from the Zawislan family;
• $542.87 from Ashley Heiman for coach bus upgrade for 4th grade trip to Madison;
• $354.78 from Nasonville Dairy for coach bus upgrade for 6th grade trip to WI Dells;
• Upgrade to coach bus – 5th grade trip to Green Bay with the cost broken down as follows:

1. $57.22 from Chanda & Lee Petkovsek;
2. $57.22 from Sara Griesbach;
3. $57.22 from Preston & Aimee Tippen;
4. $57.22 from Jordan & Megan Utecht;
5. $57.22 from Mary Joyce & Travis Sigmund;
6. $57.22 from Nikki & Jeremiah Bonitz;
7. And $57.22 from John & Amanda Franseen.

For the Gymnastics Program:

• $2,100 for Hudl subscription from the Marshfield Tiger Booster Club;
• And $765 for leotards from the Marshfield Tiger Booster Club.

For the Track & Field Program:

• $250 from Randy LeMoine Agency LLC;
• $500 from Marshfield Clinic Health Systems;
• $100 from Schreiners’ Plumbing & Heating LLC;
• $250 from Mike Trudeau;
• $250 from Forward Bank;
• And $250 from Chips of Marshfield.

For the Girls Basketball Program:

• $300 from Culver’s of Marshfield;
• $300 from Schalow’s Nursery, Inc;
• $300 from Sternweis & Sons, Inc;
• $300 from Forward Bank;
• And $300 from Nutz Deep II LLC.

For HOSA: Future Health Professionals:

• $500 from Forward Bank;
• $2,000 from Marshfield Area Community Foundation;
• Metal Tech Adult Education Sponsorship;
• $500 from Innovative Machine Specialists, Inc.;
• $500 from Felker Bros. Corp.;
• And $500 from Paget Equipment Company.

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