Wausau School Board Regular Meeting - 9/14/26

The Wausau School District Board of Education held its regular meeting on September 14, 2026. The board approved a list of law firms available to the district for legal services, following a presentation on legal expenses from the 2025–26 school year; no firms or contract amounts were identified in the transcript. During public comment, a speaker alleged that the district’s legal costs related to a records dispute approached $100,000, including a $20,000 payment to the speaker’s lawyer. These were public-comment claims, not board findings. The board also approved the consent agenda, including donations, and approved September 28, 2026, as the date and location for the annual meeting and budget hearing.

The board approved a preliminary 2026–27 general fund budget with equal revenue and expense totals, though the amount is garbled in the transcript, and a projected tax levy of $45,848,693 for presentation at the annual meeting and budget hearing. The district cited a projected 4.03% increase in property value for initial calculations. The board also received the annual seclusion-and-restraint report, which recorded 30 students requiring the intervention during 2025–26. No other specific contract awards or purchasing decisions were identified.