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Board of Education
Board of Education to hold four listening sessions in March
The Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education will hold four in-person listening sessions in March. Families, staff, students, and the community are welcome to attend any session to share with the Board what’s going well or opportunities for growth.
- Wednesday, March 1, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at East High School, Library Media Center "Gold"
- Thursday, March 2, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at La Follette High School, Room C-17
- Wednesday, March 15, 6-7 p.m. at Memorial High School, Library
- Thursday, March 16, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at West High School, Auditorium
About the Board of Education
The Madison Board of Education is a seven-member policymaking body. Members are elected in April to serve staggered three-year terms in office. Our Strategic Framework lays out a roadmap for our work.
Regular Board meetings are generally held on the last Monday of the month, beginning at 6 p.m. Special meetings and work groups typically hold meetings one a month.
Contact the Board of Education
To reach all seven board members, please use the following group e-mail address: board@madison.k12.wi.us.
Meeting Agendas and Notices
All Meeting Agendas and notices are hosted on BoardDocs (updated at noon on Fridays).
Board Meeting Access
You can watch/listen to virtual meetings at the Madison Board of Education YouTube Channel. An archive of meetings is available as well. The community is invited to attend meetings in person at the Doyle Administration Building. Details about speaking to the Board or providing written comments during public input time are available on our website.
Upcoming Meetings
March 2023
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Sun, Feb 26
Mon, Feb 27
Tue, Feb 28
Wed, Mar 1
Thu, Mar 2
Fri, Mar 3
Sat, Mar 4
Sun, Mar 5
Mon, Mar 6
Tue, Mar 7
Wed, Mar 8
Thu, Mar 9
Fri, Mar 10
Sat, Mar 11
Sun, Mar 12
Mon, Mar 13
Tue, Mar 14
Wed, Mar 15
Thu, Mar 16
Fri, Mar 17
Sat, Mar 18
Sun, Mar 19
Mon, Mar 20
Tue, Mar 21
Wed, Mar 22
Thu, Mar 23
Fri, Mar 24
Sat, Mar 25
Sun, Mar 26
Mon, Mar 27
Tue, Mar 28
Wed, Mar 29
Thu, Mar 30
Fri, Mar 31
Sat, Apr 1
Election Notice
- Every year in April the terms for Board of Education members terminate on the 4th Monday. New board members are elected during the primary and general election processes and take their seats after being sworn in on the fourth Monday in April.
- This year there are two seats that are coming up for election and those are currently held by Christina Gomez Schmidt (Seat #6) and Nicki Vander Meulen (Seat #7).
- Nicki Vander Meulen is running unopposed and will start her third term. She started on the Board in 2017.
- Chris Gomez Schmidt has decided not to run again so her term will end on the 4th Monday. There are two people running against each other for this seat. They are Blair Feltham and Badri Lankella. Please stay tuned into local Madison news to follow their campaigns.
Our Mission: Every school will be a thriving school that prepares every student to graduate from high school college, career and community ready.
Board of Education Members
To reach all seven board members, please use the following group e-mail address: board@madison.k12.wi.us. Members of the Madison Board of Education are elected in April and serve staggered three-year terms.
- Ali Janae Muldrow, President
- Maia Pearson, Vice President
- Nicki Vander Meulen, Clerk
- Nichelle Nichols, Treasurer
- Savion Castro, Member
- Christina Gomez Schmidt, Member
- Laura Simkin, Member
- Yoanna Hoskins, Student Representative
- Lavenia Vulpal, Alternate Student Representative
Ali Janae Muldrow, President
Maia Pearson, Vice President
Nicki Vander Meulen, Clerk
Nichelle Nichols, Treasurer
Savion Castro, Member
Christina Gomez Schmidt, Member
Laura Simkin, Member
Yoanna Hoskins, Student Representative
Lavenia Vulpal, Alternate Student Representative
Board of Education Standing Work Groups
Board of Education Ad Hoc Committees
- Citizens' Ad Hoc Naming Committee - New southside elementary school
- Citizens' Ad Hoc Renaming Committee - Jefferson Middle School
- Safety and Student Wellness Ad Hoc Committee
Citizens' Ad Hoc Naming Committee - New southside elementary school
Citizens' Ad Hoc Renaming Committee - Jefferson Middle School
Safety and Student Wellness Ad Hoc Committee
Board of Education News and Weekly Updates
Public notice of incumbent noncandidacy as provided under section 120.06(6)(b)3 of the state statutes.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and questions to ponder. Other information includes a weekly Metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; driver's education expansion update; proposed consent agenda; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and questions to ponder. Other information includes a weekly Metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; recently released RFPs; proposed consent agenda; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a weekly Metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; year to date financials; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a weekly Metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a weekly Metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; MSCR Central facility update; proposed consent agenda; Safety & Student Wellness Ad Hoc survey data; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a weekly Metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; Food & Nutrition update; community comments relative to Jefferson Middle School renaming; 2022 summer semester report; MMSD on-track to graduation plan report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; class size report; DPI reporting requirements; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a weekly Metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; proposed consent agenda; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a weekly Metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; earned honors implementation proposal; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes weekly metrics meeting recording; human resources update; construction update; social justice project-based learning institute; Middle School bi-literacy request for proposal update; wellness policy guidance; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; policy development timeline; proposed consent agenda; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes weekly metrics meeting recording; human resources update; construction update; strategic framework recalibration update; year-to-date financial reports; Title I update; elementary take home reading packs; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; listening session doodle poll; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes weekly metrics meeting recording; human resources update; construction update; proposed consent agenda; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and questions to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; BIG Ideas update; grades 6-8 core instruction materials adoption; collaborative problem solving update; donation of books to all 5K students; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and questions to ponder. Other information includes weekly metrics meeting recording; human resources update; construction update; ACT update; annual seclusion and restraint update; BEP annual programing monitoring report; new MEP executive summary; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and questions to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; Baker Tilly Audit recommendations, year end financials FY 22, great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and questions to ponder. Other information includes weekly metrics meeting recording; human resources update; construction update; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions, and questions to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; partnerships investment plan; proposed consent agenda; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
The Board of Education, with Dr. Carlton Jenkins, held a special meeting in closed session on 9/19/22 to conduct the Board of Education‘s annual superintendent performance review and evaluation.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins. Other information includes weekly metrics meeting recording; Jefferson Renaming Ad Hoc Committee member recommendations; wage adjustment recommendation; human resources update; construction update; summer arts academy update; curriculum and instruction materials adoption; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes Jefferson Renaming Ad Hoc Committee member recommendations; human resources update; construction update; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes Metrics meeting recording/agenda; construction update; Jefferson Middle School renaming ad hoc committee; MSCR summer 2022 update; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes a Human Resources update; agenda/recording; construction; Jefferson Middle School renaming ad hoc committee; proposed consent agenda; welcoming back our MMSD community; articles of interest; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins; Metrics meeting agenda/recording; construction; Middle School RFP for literacy/bi-literacy; articles of interest; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, Partnerships & Grants, and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes Metrics meeting agenda/recording; Human Resources update; construction; hourly wage history; articles of interest; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes updates on: Human Resources, construction, summer semester; articles of interest; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins. Other information includes weekly metrics meeting agenda and recording; updates: Human Resources, construction, assessments, MSCR; proposed consent agenda; articles of interest; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Additional information includes an update from Human Resources, construction updates, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Additional information includes an update from Human Resources, construction updates, on-track to graduation plan revisions, Badger Rock Wellness Wednesdays, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes a school safety assessments, meeting recordings, SEA update, article of interest, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes summer school building safety (warm weather), meeting recording links, a staffing analysis, Madison Promise update, proposed consent agenda, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes staffing analysis, weekly meeting recordings, construction update, wellness policy, Summer Arts Academy, Board member amendments/inquiries, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes meeting recordings, weekly staffing analysis, construction update, articles of interest, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Additional information includes partnerships & grants, staffing analysis, construction update, strategic framework timeline, weekly meeting recordings, articles of interest, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions. Additional information includes staffing analysis, construction updates, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes a staffing analysis, update on fans, meeting recordings, quarter three financials, district issued devices for SEAs, proposed consent agenda, articles of interest, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes a staffing analysis, meeting recording links, articles of interest, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, a snippet from the book "Good to Great," as well as MMSD's start and dismissal plan for 2022-2023. Other information includes the board member amendment process, Summer Arts Academy update, staffing analysis, charge of wage options, legal services news, weekly meeting recordings, articles of interest, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, and answers to questions from the Board of Education. Other information includes literacy materials, meeting recordings, articles of interest, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins. Additional information includes K-5 Instructional Resources Materials Adoption Process, wellness policy revisions, staffing analysis, weekly meeting recordings, Quarter 2 financial statements, proposed consent agenda, 2022 African American History challenge, articles of interest, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, answers to Board members' questions. Additional information includes anti-racist teaching responses, weekly staffing analysis, onboarding process, great things happening around MMSD, community events, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins. Other information includes Summer Arts Academy, Food & Nutrition update, staffing analysis, COVID metrics, meeting recordings, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes East High School sexual violence focus group, assessments in MMSD, K-5 core instructional resources materials adoption process, special education in MMSD, meeting recording links, COVID-19 metrics, staffing analysis, great things happening around MMSD, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Other information includes COVID metrics, weekly meeting recordings, an article of interest, proposed consent agenda, great things happening around MMSD, upcoming board calendar, and a staffing analysis.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, an answers answers to questions from the Board of Education. Additional updates include positive feedback to students and staff, K-5 core instructional resources materials adoption, High School math and chemistry core instructional resources review and adoption process, MEP report, staffing analysis, meeting recordings, weekly news, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Additional information includes K-5 Instructional Resources Materials Adoption Process, staffing analysis, weekly meeting recordings, articles of interest, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, a partnerships and grants submission, and answers to Board members' questions. Additional information includes Student Teacher Signing Day event, staffing analysis, food & nutrition update, K-12 Instructional Materials Adoption, proposed consent agenda items, community metrics, weekly meeting recordings, articles of interest, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins. Other information includes K-5 Core Instructional Resources Adoption Process, Human Resources Weekly Staffing Analysis, meeting recordings, articles of interest, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins. Other information includes the K-5 Core Instructional Resources Materials Adoption Process, Madison College Early College STEM Academy data, Referendum Fundraising Campaigns, meeting recording links, COVID-19 metrics, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins. Other information includes a staffing analysis update, weekly meeting recordings, an article of interest, upcoming board calendar, and WASB November and December Policy Perspectives.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, an update from Partnerships and Grants, as well as answers to questions from the Board of Education. Additional updates include employee bonus guidance, K=5 core instructional resources materials adoption, COVID community metrics, Robert's Rules of Order, articles of interest, meeting recordings, proposed consent agenda, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to Board members' questions. Additional information includes COVID community metrics, an MMSD 2021 summer semester report, Chamber of Commerce presentation, weekly meeting recordings, community events, and upcoming Board calendar.
Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins and answers to board member questions. Additional information includes a wellness update, articles of interest, community metrics, weekly meeting recordings, community events, and upcoming Board calendar.