Greenwood School Board Hears COVID-19 Incident Report

Thursday, January 14th, 2021 -- 11:00 AM

The Greenwood School Board heard an instructional update at their meeting.

High School Principal Joe Green and District Administrator Todd Felhofer provided a District COVID-19 incident report. Initial information was shared on COVID-19 vaccines.  The board approved an E-Learning day for students on Friday, February 26th.

The board will look at the following dates for E-learning days at future meetings including March 19th, April 16th, and May 7th.  The board approved no limit to the number of Open Enrollment seats available for the 2021-2022 school year.

The board also approved the application to the Rural Virtual Academy to transit from Affiliated Member to Invested Member.  The board also reaffirmed that building use requests will be evaluated on a monthly basis. Focus will continue to be on those events which are district sponsored.

The board also reaffirmed that district facilities will remain closed to non-district sponsored activities.  The board also received a financial update from Ms. Zimmer, directed WASB Convention Delegate, Mrs. Jacobson, to vote her conscience on WASB Resolutions, received a review of the Annual School Safety Drill Report, and approved the Annual School Safety Drill Report.

After going into and coming out of closed session, the board tabled the discussion of the District Substitute Teacher position and approved the 1-year contract extensions for the 2022-2023 school year for the Dean of Students/Athletic Director, Director of Business Services, Elementary School Principal/Director of Teaching & Learning, and District Administrator/7-12 Principal.

The board also approved Isabel Feiten and Paetyn Schmitz and substitute support staff, the board approved one volunteer.  The district also accepted with “thanks” the many donations for the annual Santa Project. A complete list of donors is available at the district office.

The board also heard the Administrators’ Reports.  Mr. Green provided an update on Summer School 2021 and a water leak found at the elementary school during winter break has been repaired.

The Elementary School virtual Christmas Concert has been viewed over 300 times on the District Facebook page and Middle and High School computers will be collected on January 20th to install required updates. The devices will be returned to students on Monday, January 25th.

At present all state required testing will be administered this spring.  Dean of Students/Athletic Director Jenni Mayenschein provided an update on the winter sports teams. Zaleski Sports will continue to broadcast their home games and several of their students are involved in these broadcasts.

The district also purchased a new camera system to better stream district events and the 1-Act Play received All-State honors and Director Jo Elmer received a Director’s Award.

Finally, discussions are underway regarding the hosting of the Cloverbelt Conference Scholar Athletes Banquet, Junior Prom and Graduation.  Mr. Felhofer provided a political potpourri update.  Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate are working on a Covid-19 relief bill.

The Governor has not signaled whether he would sign this bill into law. CARES II was passed by Congress, an actual amount of aid coming to Greenwood has not been determined.

School Administrators Alliance will again seek to lobby the state legislature to address some of the inequity in public school funding. A “snow day” and E-learning letter was sent to families last week. The district promotional billboards will be going up soon. MS/HS Summer School will begin soon.

The board also heard a representation from Clifton Larson Allen regarding the 2020 Financial Audit results. The District received a “clean” audit. 

Finally, during the public portion of the meeting, the Softball Coach, Heidi Ashbeck, shared her concerns about the participation numbers in the high school softball program. Anticipated numbers are very low for this spring. Coach Ashbeck asked if a co-op arrangement with another school could be investigated. Another community member asked if the district had plans for virtual learning on snow days.

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