Our Mission: Every school will be a thriving school that prepares every student to graduate from high school college, career and community ready.
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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Citizens' Ad Hoc Renaming Committee - Jefferson Middle School
Safety and Student Wellness Ad Hoc Committee
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.
Contact Information 2706 Milwaukee St. (53704) ajmuldrow@madison.k12.wi.us 608-213-6579
School Assignments Elementary: Mendota, Olson Middle: Hamilton District-wide: Capital
Contact Information mpearson2@madison.k12.wi.us 608-663-1659
School Assignments Elementary: Gompers, Lincoln, Midvale, Schenk Middle: Black Hawk, Toki High: Memorial
Contact Information 309 W. Washington Ave., Unit 204 (53703) nkvander@yahoo.com 608-332-2807
School Assignments Elementary: Emerson, Leopold, Lindbergh, Marquette, Muir Middle: Sennett, Spring Harbor High: La Follette
Contact Information nichellenichols@madison.k12.wi.us 608-658-5252
School Assignments Elementary: Chavez, Henderson, Lapham, Thoreau Middle: Badger Rock, Jefferson High: West
Contact Information sjcastro@madison.k12.wi.us 608-800-1994
School Assignments Elementary: Crestwood, Lake View, Nuestro Mundo, Orchard Ridge, Shorewood Middle: Sherman, Wright District-wide: Shabazz
Contact Information P.O. Box 5523 (53705) gomezschmidt@madison.k12.wi.us 608-206-4478
School Assignments Elementary: Elvehjem, Anana, Franklin, Hawthorne, Randall, Stephens Middle: O’Keeffe, Whitehorse
Contact Information lsimkin@madison.k12.wi.us 608-220-8918
School Assignments Elementary: Allis, Huegel, Kennedy, Lowell, Sandburg, Van Hise Middle: Cherokee Heights High: East
Contact Information ylhoskins@madison.k12.wi.us
School Assignments All High Schools
Contact Information lvulpal@madison.k12.wi.us
School Assignments All High Schools
Work Group Description This work group will focus specifically on the mission of the School District and will address matters and issues leading to the improvement of student learning, including curriculum, instruction, assessment, and intervention, as well as topics related to educator effectiveness. Work will also include the ongoing review and revision of policies related to the range of subject matter encompassed within the Work Group's domain.
Work Group Description This Work Group will focus on financial management, including budget planning; building and facilities maintenance, operations, and planning; land/property transactions; and District administrative operations, including human resource systems issues such as the retention and hiring of staff and staff equity issues. Work will also include the ongoing review and revision of policies related to the range of subject matter encompassed within the Work Group's domain.
The Thomas Jefferson Middle School community made a formal request of the Superintendent and the Board of Education at the Regular BOE meeting on February 28, 2022, to begin the process for renaming the school.
Jefferson Renaming - More Information
The Board of Education has voted to establish an Ad Hoc committee relative to Safety and Student Wellness. The committee is composed of 13 people recommended by the Board of Education, with Board member ananda mirilli and student Gordon Allen as co-chairs.
With the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued gaps in community mental health and wellness services, this committee aims to collaborate with youth, families, school partners, district staff, and community leaders to address root causes of student disengagement and behavior.
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.