Watertown School Board Meeting | 5:30 PM | 11/9/26

The Watertown School District 14-4 school board meeting was held November 9, 2026. The board reviewed October financial reports, including a $1.5 million temporary transfer from the general fund to the capital outlay fund and a separate $1.5 million allocation to the Lake Area Technical College (LATC) campus plan subaccount for planned renovations and facility improvements. Procurement approvals included authority to bid for LATC equipment: a process control trainer estimated at $50,000, precision spraying equipment at $80,000, and welders at $96,000. The board also approved an $83,500 avionics parts-and-labor bid from Advanced AeroTech, a sole-source heavy-equipment training simulator purchase of $71,454, equipment leases, and a $70,000 Co-op Architecture contract for architectural and engineering services for planned radiologic technology program facilities. Funding for the equipment requests included state equipment grants and federal Perkins grant funds.

For K-12 facilities, the board approved a $24,500 Co-op Architecture contract for preliminary concept design services for the addition and renovation of Northeast Technical High School. It also authorized soliciting proposals for health insurance consulting and benefits advisory services, with a service agreement intended to begin in January 2027; the existing provider, Frymark and Associates, may compete. Other approved property actions included surplus technology equipment and LATC aviation equipment. The board supported participation in the National Association of Education Foundations’ SGO Network to help establish a separate scholarship-granting organization. Routine bills and personnel matters were also approved; no specific total for the bills was stated.