So I figured it out: I added the default theme in wp-config:
// Setting default theme for newly created sites
define( 'WP_DEFAULT_THEME', 'theme-child' );
for the static front page I added:
# ON SIGNUP OF NEW SITES A NEW PAGE IS CREATED CALLED "Homepage" AND SET AS
THE STATIC FRONT PAGE
add_action( 'wpmu_new_blog', 'process_extra_field_on_blog_signup', 10, 6 );
function process_extra_field_on_blog_signup( $blog_id, $user_id, $domain,
$path, $site_id, $meta ) {
switch_to_blog($blog_id);
$new_page_title="Homepage"; //page title
$new_page_content="TEST"; //content of page goes here
$new_page_template=""; //page template.
$page_check = get_page_by_title($new_page_title);
$new_page = array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'post_title' => $new_page_title,
'post_content' => $new_page_content,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_author' => 1,
);
if(!isset($page_check->ID)){
$new_page_id = wp_insert_post($new_page);
if(!empty($new_page_template)){
update_post_meta($new_page_id, '_wp_page_template', $new_page_template);
}
}
$homepage = get_page_by_title( 'Homepage' );
if ( $homepage )
{
update_blog_option( $blog_id, 'page_on_front', $homepage->ID );
update_blog_option( $blog_id, 'show_on_front', 'page' );
}
restore_current_blog();
}
Now I just need to make all users administrators on newly created sites.