One City Schools
Minutes
One City Regular Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
Directors Present
B. Curley-Prestine, D. Dantzler Jr., G. Ladson-Billings, J. Johnson, J. Krupp, J. Parisi, S. Campagna, S. Stroman, T. Pedracine
Directors Absent
C. Gaines, D. Aguayo, G. Derzon, J. Howard, N. Wray
Ex Officio Members Present
K. Caire
Non Voting Members Present
K. Caire
Guests Present
A. Ogunniyi, B. Pickett, C. Hampton, G. Wiseman, Hilary Brandt, K. Key, Kim Anderson, M. Dyslin, M. Ruffin, N. Navarro-Albaladejo, Natalia Navarro
I. Opening Items
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Record Attendance
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Call the Meeting to Order
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Approve Minutes from the October 28, 2025 Regular Board Meetings
II. Review and Approval of October 2025 Financials
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Review and Approve October 2025 Financials
III. Advocacy Update
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Update on One City Schools Advocacy Efforts
One City will send Scholars and staff to the capitol on Tuesday, December 2nd, to visit legislators and ask for support for our legislation.
Donald Dantzler has come off the One City board and joined the staff as VP of Strategic Partnerships.
K.Caire stated the expectation that all who attended the November 19th advocacy update meeting will be be contacting members of the senate and legislature.
K.Caire shared that both schools (OCES and OCPA) earned ratings for the 2024-25 school year of "Exceeding Expectations" on Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Annual State Report Card, with our middle school performing at or better than 98.7% of all middle schools in academic growth and our elementary school performing at or better than 75.8% of all elementary schools in academic growth across the state.
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IV. Department Reports
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Department Updates
B. Pickett reported that parent/teacher conferences were well attended. The preschool holds 3 conference per school year. Participation is close to 100%.
The 20th session of FAST was held at the preschool, with FAST founder Dr. Lynn McDonald in attendance.
Plans for preschool expansion are moving forward. Stakeholders have been invited to tour the preschool to learn more. The goal is to have One City's next preschool up and running by fall of 2026.
M. Dyslin reported on our developing partnership with the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI). UFLI leaders, including UFLI founder Dr. Holly Lane, will conduct training for all staff on January 5th & 6th. The training will include volunteers, parents and community members.
M. Dyslin also reported on our partnership with Edgewood University, sharing that 7 students will join One City this spring for their practicum.
N. Navarro shared that 8th grade Scholars and families were invited to attend Edgewood High Schools open house.
K. Katari reported that the team store will launch shortly, and that orders can be placed at any time.
V. Vote to Move to Closed Session
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Vote to Move to Closed Session
VI. Closing Items
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Adjourn Meeting
Meeting adjourned from closed session, as no vote was taken.Â
C. Daniels and S. Campagna presented the October 2025 financial reports, noting that there is a shortfall relating to enrollment. In terms of expenses, some staff positions have not been filled or are on hold.
Application to move existing loan on the Fisher Street building from FCI to Summit is under review and an answer is expected no later than the end of January.
Auditors from CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) will provide a detailed report to the board on the 2024-25 audit that will be submitted in December 2025 to the Department of Public Instruction and the Office of Educational Opportunity at the regular board meeting on January 27, 2026.