Muskego-Norway board approves final notices of teacher contract nonrenewals after closed session

Muskego-Norway School District Board members voted on May 5 to approve final notices of nonrenewal for teacher contracts after meeting in closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c), which allows private discussion of personnel matters.

The vote followed a closed-session review of proposed nonrenewals. After reconvening in open session the board moved to approve "the final notice of nonrenewal of contracts as discussed in closed session" and approved the action by voice vote. The motion’s mover and seconder were not identified in the open record; board members recorded as voting in favor during the roll call included Chris (recorded as "Chris" in the transcript), Bob Bowman, Terry Boyer, Laurie (recorded as "Laurie"), Tracy (recorded as "Tracy"), and Kevin (recorded as "Kevin").

The board identified the personnel matter as teacher contract nonrenewals when it voted to enter closed session earlier in the meeting. The closed-session authority cited on the record was Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c), "considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility; specifically final notice of teacher contract nonrenewals." The board announced it would return to open session to act on that item, and the action taken in open session approved the notices as discussed in closed session.

The board did not read names or detailed reasons for individual nonrenewals into the public record during open session. The motion approved only the final notices as referenced in closed session; the transcript indicates no additional particulars were disclosed in open session.