Green Bay Area Public School District meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Green Bay school board to vote Oct. 26 on $115,742,857 levy and final 2026-27 budget

The Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education is scheduled to vote Oct. 26 on a final budget for the 2026-27 school year and on a levy totaling $115,742,857. Both items appear on the agenda for the board's regular meeting, which follows a 5:30 p.m. public hearing on recommended changes to the 2026-27 budget.

In the past two weeks, the board recorded no substantive action in public session. A work session on Oct. 12 ended with a unanimous vote to adjourn at 6:47 p.m. Three special meetings — Oct. 20 at 9:00 a.m., Oct. 21 at 9:15 a.m. and Oct. 21 at 1:30 p.m. — were closed sessions called for expulsion hearings. Agendas for those meetings have been published; minutes have not, so no outcomes from them are known from the records available.

Budget and levy on the Oct. 26 agenda

The regular meeting is listed as starting immediately following the public hearing. According to the agenda, the board will consider:

• Approval of the 2026-27 Final Budget
• Approval of a levy totaling $115,742,857
• Revisions to Board of Education Policy 345.6 and Rule 345.6 regarding graduation requirements
• Acceptance of school security drill evaluations from all District school principals
• Approval of the September 2026 payments and gifts report

These are agenda items. The board has not yet acted on them, and the figures above are the amounts listed for consideration, not amounts already adopted.

Public hearing at 5:30 p.m.

Before the regular meeting, the district will hold a public hearing on recommended changes to the 2026-27 budget. Community members may provide written or oral comments at the hearing. The regular board meeting follows the hearing.

Background from the Oct. 12 work session

The Oct. 12 work session reviewed updates on strategic goals, the proposed 2026-27 budget and graduation policy revisions. No substantive actions were decided at that meeting, and several items were scheduled for potential action on Oct. 26 — including the budget, the graduation requirements policies and rules, and the other agenda items listed above.

Closed sessions on expulsion hearings

The three special meetings held during the past two weeks were closed sessions convened for expulsion hearings under Wisconsin Statute 120.13 (1)(c) and (e). Because the meetings were closed and minutes have not been published, the supplied records do not show what the board decided in those hearings.

What was decided

The only recorded vote in the past two weeks was the unanimous adjournment of the Oct. 12 work session at 6:47 p.m. No other decisions appear in the records provided for this period.

Coming up

• **Oct. 26, 5:30 p.m. — Public Hearing: 2026-27 Budget.** Community members may offer written or oral comments on recommended changes to the budget.
• **Oct. 26, immediately following the public hearing — Regular Board of Education Meeting.** The board is scheduled to vote on the final 2026-27 budget, the $115,742,857 levy, graduation requirements policy revisions, school security drill evaluations and the September 2026 payments and gifts report.

Residents who want to comment on the budget or the levy have the hearing as their scheduled opportunity before the board vote. The full agendas and any published minutes are available through the district.

Green Bay school board weighs 2026-27 budget; public hearing and vote set for Oct. 26

The Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education met Oct. 12 for a work session on the proposed 2026-27 budget, proposed changes to graduation requirements, and updates to the district's five-year strategic plan. No minutes have been published for that meeting, so the available record does not confirm any decision. A public hearing on recommended changes to the 2026-27 budget is scheduled for Oct. 26 at 5:30 p.m., with a regular board meeting to follow to vote on the budget.

None of the three recent meetings summarized here include vote tallies or dollar amounts in the records provided. All three are listed as agenda-only, with minutes not yet published.

Budget, graduation rules on the Oct. 12 work session agenda

The work session agenda listed discussion of the 2026-27 Proposed Budget; proposed revisions to Board Policy 345.6 and Rule 345.6 regarding Graduation Requirements; an update on strategic goals for attendance, academics, and graduation rates; a review of school security drills; and a charter school update and 2025-2026 Authorizer Report. The record describes these as discussion items. It does not state what, if anything, the board decided.

Student council and board discuss funding awareness, 988 line

The Intra-City Student Council met with members of the Board of Education on Oct. 7 at 7:30 a.m. in room #331 of the district office at 200 S. Broadway. The agenda was mostly discussion items, with no votes or action items listed. Topics were the ICSC School Funding Awareness Initiative Update, 988 Substance Abuse Contact Information, Quarterly Meeting Follow Up, Semester Exam Schedules, and Advisory & Lunch Discussion. The meeting opened with good news reports from East, West, Southwest, and Preble high schools and the John Dewey Academy of Learning, then adjourned.

Closed session on a student disciplinary matter

The board held a special meeting Oct. 1, convening in open session at 4:00 p.m. at the district office, 200 S. Broadway, Green Bay, WI 54303. The board was scheduled to vote on a motion to move into closed session in room #337 under Wisconsin Statute 19.85 (1)(f) to consider a student disciplinary matter. Open session was in room #331; both rooms are on the 3rd floor. The agenda states the board may return to open session to vote on items discussed in closed session. This meeting is also listed as agenda-only, with minutes not yet published.

Coming up

• **Oct. 20, 9:00 a.m. — Special Board Meeting (Closed Session).** Expulsion hearings under Wisconsin Statute 120.13 (1)(c) and (e).
• **Oct. 21, 9:15 a.m. — Special Board Meeting (Closed Session).** Expulsion hearings under Wisconsin Statute 120.13 (1)(c) and (e).
• **Oct. 21, 1:30 p.m. — Special Board Meeting (Closed Session).** Expulsion hearings under Wisconsin Statute 120.13 (1)(c) and (e).
• **Oct. 26, 5:30 p.m. — Public Hearing: 2026-27 Budget.** The district will hold a public hearing on recommended changes to the 2026-27 budget. Community members may provide written or oral comments. A regular board meeting will follow the hearing to vote on the budget.

The three October closed sessions are noticed for expulsion hearings and are not open to the public. The Oct. 26 budget hearing is the upcoming meeting with a stated opportunity for community comment, and the budget vote is scheduled to follow it.