School District of South Milwaukee Minutes of Regular School Board Meeting September 17, 2025 The school board meeting was called to order in open session by President Williams at 6:30 p.m. Roll call indicated all were present. IV. Superintendent's Report and Recognitions Student Recognitions: Mr. Udovicic updated the school board regarding the student athletes who excelled in spring sports. In particular, he recognized Ken'Niya Williams for her performance in track last year. Students from the National Honor Society and First Robotics Team were also recognized for all of their accomplishments. We appreciate our student leaders in these areas and thank our advisors for their commitment to our students. Ms. Roemer provided the following updates to the School Board: The South Milwaukee Police Department has made us aware that on Friday, at 6:45 p.m., the American Legion Honor Guard will fire three volleys outside Pat's Oak Manor on 15th Avenue in honor of a veteran who has passed away. We are grateful to the veteran for their service and are happy to know that the individual will be honored. This planned ceremony will happen just before the start of our homecoming football game at 7 p.m. in Bucyrus Stadium, and we want our community to know where the sound is coming from and that it is a planned and supervised activity in our community. South Milwaukee High School is happy to announce that we will be holding a career and college fair for our students on Wednesday October 15, 2025 from 8:00am-11:00am. Our HS team is looking for businesses to be represented at our fair. A table will be provided to all community members, college & military reps. Our students will make their way through the fair one grade level at a time, stopping to talk with representatives at the tables they are most interested in. Students will be provided a list of the businesses, colleges and military branches that will be represented at the fair ahead of time, as well as some example questions to help guide your conversations. It is Homecoming week! We are again hosting a parade and community bonfire on Thursday. We have implemented some new safety measures for this year. The event is intended to be just for the South Milwaukee community, so we will not be allowing students from other schools to attend. SDSM students will need to show their identification or the home page from their Infinite Campus account. We will also have fencing around the area so staff can more closely monitor the event, and lighting along the forest. Chick-Fil-A will also have a food truck there selling items. A portion of the proceeds will go to Student Senate. Many thanks to our high school team, the SMPD, and the SMFD for the collaboration to plan for a successful event. We have a proposal that has been accepted for the WASB convention in January. Our session is entitled One Vision, Many Voices: Concerts as Community Catalyst. Attendees will learn how music educators, school leaders, and community partners collaborated to build an inclusive, immersive experience that drew in families, civic leaders, alumni, and local organizations—from inside school walls to far beyond city limits. Discover how creative standards based curriculum, student voice, and the arts can build lasting community support for public education. We are very excited and want to thank Aimee Swanson for her work to put the presentation proposal together! V. The Public Hearing/Annual Meeting started at 7:01 pm and ended at 7:55 pm. Minutes for the public hearing and annual meeting are approved at the annual meeting the following year. VI. Break - The Board took a short break prior to the start of the regular meeting. The school board meeting resumed at 7:59 p.m. VII. Public Comments - Ms. Williams thanked Dan Arnold for all that he does. She also thanked Andy Simmons for the work he does as the treasurer and his presentation today. VIII. Consent Agenda - Mr. Simmons Moved by Jurowski and seconded by Genduso that the Board approve the consent agenda as follows: A. Adoption of Agenda. B. Approval of Bills for Payment in the amount of $2,590,589.67 C. Approval of Minutes for the September 3, 2025 School Board Meeting. D. Approval of Staffing - New Hires, Resignations, Retirement, Revised FTE: Hire of Andre Harding, High School English teacher, effective September 22, 2025 E. Approval of Robotics Field Trip October 2025, as presented. All voted aye by roll call. Motion carried 7-0. IX. Information Discussion/Possible Action A. Van Purchase - Moved by DeFord and seconded by Hansen that the Board approve the purchase of an additional 10-12 passenger van at a cost of $80,000 maximum for transportation required in order to provide a free and appropriate public education for some students who receive services through an IEP. All voted aye by roll call. Motion carried 7-0. B. Recreation Center Committee Update - Board members discussed updates related to the Recreation Center Committee. C. Experienced Based Vocational License Curriculum Approval - Moved by Jurowski and seconded by Simmons that the Board approve the experience based vocational license curriculum, as presented. All voted aye by roll call. Motion carried 7-0. President's Report - Ms. Williams previewed the agendas for the upcoming meeting. Announcements - Homecoming is this week, please attend the public events the next two nights. Closed Session - Moved by Hansen and seconded by Jurowski that the Board moved into closed session at 8:27 pm pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes Section 19.85(1)(e) to deliberate or negotiate the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session to discuss a potential land purchase and pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes Section 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility to discuss the superintendent evaluation. All voted aye by roll call. Motion carried 7-0. The meeting adjourned at 9:34 pm, subject to the call of the President. Sophia Williams, President Jen Sielaff, Secretary WNAXLP October 22 2025 LWIX0388545