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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.

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Contact the Board of Education

To reach all seven board members, please use the following group e-mail address: board@madison.k12.wi.us

All Board of Education members will receive your email and may use it to inform their decisions and/or actions. 

Please know that a member of the Superintendent’s Team will receive and may respond to emails sent to this address. 

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Meeting Agendas and Notices

All Meeting Agendas and notices are hosted on BoardDocs (updated at noon on Fridays).

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Board Policies

All board policies are hosted on BoardDocs.

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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.

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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.

Board of Education Standing Work Groups

Board of Education Ad Hoc Committees

Board of Education News and Weekly Updates

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad and a partnerships and grants update. Other information includes the medical advisory team meeting; a human resources report; a construction update; referendum 2020 update; tree inventory; proposed consent agenda; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad and answers to Board Members' questions. Other information includes a human resources report; a construction update; WASBO Policy Perspectives; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad; a partnerships and grants update; a human resources update; a construction update; transportation update; MMSD school garden project; MMSD health insurance coverage; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad and answers to Board Members' questions. Other information includes summer metrics meeting details; Work Group scope and sequence; district safety plan update; elementary Behavior Education Plan proposed changes; proposed consent agenda; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad and answers to Board Members' questions. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; transportation update; WASBO policy perspectives; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad, answers to Board Members' questions and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad and answers to Board Members' questions. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; transportation update; proposed consent agenda; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad; a human resources update; construction update; on-track to graduation plan revisions; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; transportation update; state testing opt-out review; partnerships update; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a construction update; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Interim Superintendent Kvistad, partnerships and grants, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a construction update; proposed consent agenda; weekly news report; great things happening around MMSD; and upcoming Board calendar.

Updates include a letter from Dr. Jenkins, a report from the Madison Public Schools Foundation, answers to Board members' questions, and a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; a 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 the bi-weekly metrics meeting; human resources update; construction update; graduation microsite;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; 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 a question to ponder. Other information includes a human resources update; construction update; budget book 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; Board member preliminary budget amendment process; Summer Arts Academy plan; 3rd quarter financials; First Student transportation 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; 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; school enrollment projections series; 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; update on curricular requests for proposals; human growth and development 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; 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.