After a very heated discussion that required a 15-minute suspension of the meeting, the Menomonie School Board approved a re-opening plan for fall.

Police unions and the labor contracts they negotiate with local governments are seeing renewed scrutiny in communities across the United States. This attention follows a slew of high-profile cases of law enforcement officers resorting to lethal violence under questionable circumstances — incidents that are driving calls for a reassessment of how the public can hold police accountable.

This is a live stream of the School District of the Menomonie Area School Board meeting of 7/27/2020.

This meeting included the presentation of the opening plan for the SDMA schools and a discussion of the superintendent declining to meet with the teacher's union as a group for developing this plan.

The action and discussion items for the meeting follow: The full agenda is attached below.

III. ACTION AGENDA

When representatives of the original colonies gathered to determine the formation of the United States they took the bold step of putting the trust in the hands of its citizens, establishing the United States as a Democratic Republic.

Meeting will take place at 5:30 PM and we will live-stream the meeting here. The full agenda is attached below.

Items of interest in this week's meeting include:

IV. ACTION AGENDA

A. Approve 2020 Annual Meeting Agenda for Publication

B. Changes to the Employee Handbook for 2020-2021

C. Temporary Change to the Student Eligibility Due to COVID-19

Tonight's meeting will consider several items including a property development (Estover Terrace) on the East Side of Menomonie that is being opposed by some nearby residents. We will attempt to record the Zoom meeting tonight and present it here later.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission will have a special teleconference today to discuss the final format of the absentee ballot request mailing that will be sent to many registered voters.

Due to conflicts and lack of staff there will not be a reporter at the city council meeting tonight. We will provide audio of the meeting soon and notes on important issues from the meeting. You may watch the meeting on-line with the Zoom application with meeting ID 883 0977 9602 or call in to listen to it at 1 312 626 6799. The agenda for tonight's meeting is attached.