10.27.25 WM School Board Meeting

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Approval of agenda and addendums

Consent agenda (minutes, personnel contracts, business items)

Acknowledgement of donations and fundraising

Second reading of District Policy 607.1 (Early Entrance into Kindergarten)

2025-2026 District Teaching and Learning goals

MSHSL Foundation grant application

2026-2027 School Year Calendar (first read)

Administrative reports (student connection, staff culture, graduation rates, post-secondary readiness, MCR scores)

Areas of Interest (4)

District shifts to a non-traditional calendar for 2026-2027 by eliminating traditional spring break in favor of long weekends.
Data analysis reveals Watertown school district math performance is in the top 7% of Minnesota districts.
Administrative concern regarding the impact of rising daycare costs on early kindergarten entrance requests.
Successful union contract negotiations finalized for custodial, paraprofessional, and food service staff.

Votes (7)

Approve agenda and addendums

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Miss Danielson · Seconded by Miss Nton

Approve consent agenda

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Mr. Burns · Seconded by Miss Gets

Approve donations and fundraising

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Mr. O'Neal · Seconded by Miss Danielson

Approve second read of Policy 607.1

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Miss Danielson · Seconded by Miss Schultz

Approve 25-26 Teaching and Learning goals

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Mr. Bird · Seconded by Miss Gatsk

Approve MSHSL Foundation grant application

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Mr. Felt · Seconded by Mr. Burns

Approve 26-27 School Year Calendar

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Miss Schultz · Seconded by Mr. Felt

Notable Quotes (2)

Math rates were at 63% as you may well remember. That's in the top 7% of the state.
— Mr. View

Academic PerformanceDeep dive into district data comparisons.

Biggest change was there's no traditional spring break... we took some of those days and kind of spread them out to have some longer weekends.
— Mr. Hennon

School CalendarExplaining rationale for the 26-27 calendar.

People (4)

Mr. ViewAdministrator

Presented teaching and learning goals and curriculum alignment strategies.

1 quote

“I want to get into 50% of all of our classrooms just to take a look and see how and where we're doing.”

Discussing fidelity checks and classroom presence.

Mr. HennonAdministrator

Presented the 2026-2027 school year calendar and explained the removal of traditional spring break.

Mr. BurnsBoard Member

Recognized successful union negotiations for custodians, paraprofessionals, and food service.

Mr. SamanskyAdministrator

Presented the MSHSL Foundation grant application for student participation.

Places Mentioned

Watertown, MNCarver County

Events & Meetings (1)

Monday, October 27, 2025, 6:00 p.m.

Ordinances & Resolutions (1)

Policy 607.1

Early entrance into kindergarten; clarified definitions to prevent grade-skipping misconceptions.

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