Marshfield School Board Approves Budget Amendment, Agreement for the Referendum Project, and More

Thursday, February 13th, 2025 -- 8:01 AM

The Marshfield School Board approved a budget amendment at their meeting on Wednesday.

The budget amendment involves an increase of $3,868 in revenue due to the final allocation of the Carl Perkins Grant coming in higher than projected. An expense budget increase of $3,868 for the Carl Perkins Grant will be implemented to accompany the increase in revenue.

The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act was reauthorized in 2018 by the United States Congress. Under this act, congress appropriates roughly $1.3 billion annually in state formula grants for the development and implementation of CTE programs.

These grants are allocated to states through a formula based on the States’ populations in certain age groups and per-capita income. In fiscal year 2024-25, the School District of Marshfield allocation is $34,802.

The Board also approved the Agreement for Facility Referendum Projects with Nexus Solutions and approved the Transportation Services Contract with Kobussen Busses LTD.

The Board also had the first reading of the Middle School Student Handbook and the 2025-26 Professional Staff Handbook, so they will be brought back to the next meeting for a second reading.

The Board also had the first reading of a long list of policies, so they will all be brought back to the next meeting for a second reading. The Board also approved a long list of donations including:

For Madison Elementary:

• Clothing for students valued at $100 from Erik & Tracy Jonas;
• Clothing for students valued at $50 from Immanuel Lutheran Church.

For Washington Elementary:

• Supplies valued at $75 from Five Below;
• $250 for Mrs. McCann’s classroom from Schirel Tire.

For Lincoln Elementary:

• Items for the school store valued at $30 and headphones for 3rd grade classroom valued at $22.76 from Ryan & Andrea McGaver;
• Snacks for students valued at $200 from Cornerstone Community Church;
• Reading incentive program valued at $270 from Kwik Trip;
• Reading incentives valued at $84.58 from McDonalds;
• Reading incentives valued at $661.29 from Dairy Queen;
• Items for the school store valued at $70 from Nathan & Melanie Carter;
• Magic Milk drink tickets for every student on Valentines Day valued at $891.45 from Biggby Coffee.

For the High School:

• 10 free passes valued at $320 from The Escape Room in Marshfield for the PBIS program;
• $2,020 for Boys Hockey uniforms from Marshfield Tiger Booster Club;
• $3,400 for Youth Apprenticeship program from MACCI.

For the Student Council:

• $500 from Forward Bank;
• $500 from Staab Construction;
• $100 from Spencer Cold Storage;
• $500 from Altmann Builders;
• $500 from Art’s Body – Alignment Shop, Inc;
• $500 from Quality Roofing;
• $500 from Schalow’s Nursery;
• $500 from Generation Partners;
• $1,000 from Rice’s More Than Floors.

Also, $3,000 from MHS Student Council for the district food service Angel Fund and $450 for the Aviation Club for field trips. Finally, $1,000 from Thomas Krieg for Project SEARCH in honor of Jodi Kraft.

Finally, the Board approved one retirement, one resignation, and one new hire. During the Superintendent's Report, he congratulated the spelling bee winners, Career and Technical Education Month, a visit to Marshfield from the Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction, School Bus Driver Recognition, and no school on Monday, February 17th.

Finally, during the communications portion of the meeting, a citizen stated they were in support of banning communication devices in the middle school.

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