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Board approves most employment recommendations, later approves dean positions separately and convenes closed session on personnel
Summary
The board approved the HR addendum matrix and employment recommendations with an amendment that excluded dean positions, then separately approved the dean positions 6–1. The board then voted to convene a closed session under Wisconsin statute to consider personnel and legal counsel advice.
On Sept. 2 the Board of Education moved through employment recommendations and a contested vote over dean positions.
Board members first voted to approve the employee recommendations (Exhibit A) with an amendment that excluded the dean positions. The amended motion to approve Exhibit A minus the dean positions carried 6–1 (voice vote recorded as “Motion carries 6 to 1”). After that vote, board member Megan Miller moved to approve the dean positions separately. That motion passed on a roll call vote 6–1. The roll call on the dean positions recorded Amy Levy as Nay; Tom Hankins, Brian Nichols, Megan Miller, Joanne Roux, Juan Romero and Tia Johnson voted Aye.
During discussion on the dean positions, Amy Levy stated she could not support capping compensation for the dean role and expressed concern about the treatment of veteran teachers and credentialed staff. Other board members said the dean positions were brought forward consistent with administrative recommendations and that a separate vote would allow the remainder of the employment slate to proceed.
Following employment votes, the board moved to convene a closed session to consider specific personnel and compensation recommendations and to confer with legal counsel. The motion cited section 19.85 of the Wisconsin Statutes (personnel and attorney advice exceptions). A motion to convene closed session was moved and seconded; a roll call produced unanimous assent and the board entered closed session. Minutes recorded that the board “may reconvene to public session in order to take any action if necessary on items discussed in closed session.”
