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One City Schools

One City Regular Board Meeting

Published on October 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM CDT

Date and Time

Tuesday October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM CDT

Location

3rd Floor Conference Room

1707 W. Broadway

Madison, WI 53713

This meeting of the One City Board of Directors will take place in-person, at the Pleasant T. Rowland Leadership Campus. For those outside of Madison, or who are traveling, please use the following link:

 

https://onecityschools.zoom.us/j/87275142442?pwd=VGU5c1BFLy83QnAzekZXY2IxOWJjUT09   

 

Passcode for the meeting is OneCity

 

 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 4:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Gail Wiseman 2 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   James Howard 2 m
   

One City's mission is to seed a new model of public education that ensures children and teens are on track to succeed in a college or career preparatory program from birth through high school graduation.

 

 

 

  
  C. Approve Minutes from the September 23, 2025 Regular Board Meetings Approve Minutes James Howard 5 m
   

Board members will vote to approve the draft minutes from the September 23, 2025 regular board meetings.

  
     
II. Introduction of Joe Parisi, Potential One City Schools Board Member 4:09 PM
  A. Approval of Board Member Joe Parisi Vote Kaleem Caire, James Howard 10 m
   

Board members will be introduced to Joe Parisi, who has agreed to join the One City Schools Board of Directors.  Board members will vote to approve Mr. Parisi's addition to the One City Board.

 

Joe Parisi has agreed to join the One City Schools Inc. Board of Directors. Mr. Parisi brings extensive public service experience to the Board, having served as Dane County Executive from 2011 to 2024.

A lifelong Dane County resident and graduate of UW-Madison with a degree in sociology, Mr. Parisi has dedicated his career to public service and ensuring that everyone in Dane County has access to opportunity.

Prior to serving as County Executive, he represented Dane County in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2005 to 2011 and served as Dane County Clerk from 1997 to 2005.

During his tenure as County Executive, Mr. Parisi championed early childhood education initiatives, including partnerships with United Way of Dane County to create programs for children from birth through four-year-old kindergarten, emphasizing that "schools cannot close the achievement gap alone."  He created the Dane County Office of Equity and Inclusion and developed innovative services including mental health teams in schools.

Mr. Parisi's commitment to education equity and community partnerships aligns closely with One City Schools' mission to transform educational outcomes for all children. 

  
III. Introduction of Christopher Daniels and Review and Approval of September 2025 Financials 4:19 PM
  A. Introduction of Christopher Daniels, Charter School Business Management FYI Kaleem Caire, Sarah Campagna 5 m
   

Board members will be introduced to Christopher Daniels, Senior Financial Manager of the Charter School Business Management group https://csbm.com/ who will be working with the One City team to support financial operations. 

  
  B. Review and Approve September 2025 Financials Vote Christopher Daniels, Sarah Campagna 15 m
   

Board members will review, discuss and vote to approve the financial reports from September 2025. 

 

 

  
  C. Vote to Approve Account Signatories Vote Kaleem Caire, Sarah Campagna 5 m
   

Board members will vote to approve the following staff / board member as account signatories to the Summit Credit Union Bank Accounts: 

Kaleem Caire, CEO

Sarah Campagna, Board Treasurer 

Kennedy James, CPO

Gail Wiseman, CoS

  
IV. Advocacy Update 4:44 PM
  A. Update on One City Schools Advocacy Efforts FYI Kaleem Caire, Carl Hampton 20 m
   

One City's CEO and VP of Government Relations and Policy will provide board members with an update on recent discussions and the status of advocacy efforts to date. 

  
V. Department Reports 5:04 PM
  A. Department Updates FYI Written Reports 10 m
   

Written department updates are attached to the agenda for Board members review. Please direct questions to Gail Wiseman, CoS and staff secretary to the board: gwiseman@onecityschools.org / 608-514-6119 

  
VI. Vote to Move to Closed Session 5:14 PM
  A. Vote to Move to Closed Session Vote James Howard 45 m
   

Board members will vote to move to closed session, pursuant to:

  • Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e) for discussing strategy related to public business that would be likely to have an adverse competitive effect if conducted publicly (review of embargoed 2024-25 school year report card and enrollment/budget strategy).
  • Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c) for considering employment, compensation, or performance evaluation data of a public employee (CEO contract review and evaluation).
  
VII. Closing Items 5:59 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote James Howard 3 m
   

The meeting will adjourn from closed session, as no vote will be taken following the closed session discussion. 

  

For more information, or if you have any questions,  please contact COO and staff secretary to the board, Gail Wiseman at (608) 514-6119 or gwiseman@onecityschools.org.