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Board approves consent items, open enrollment and appoints chief academic officer after closed session

Hudson School District Board of Education · January 13, 2026
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Summary

The Hudson School Board approved consent items including $1,065,126.74 in bills, authorized open enrollment recommendations, adopted a first reading of updated teacher job descriptions, reported more than $3 million in refinancing savings, and after closed session removed 'interim' from Shannon Secky's title and offered a contract as Chief Academic Officer.

The Hudson School Board approved multiple administrative and personnel actions during its meeting.

Finance and consent: A board member moved approval of the consent items and authorized the Chief Financial and Operations Officer to pay bills totaling $1,065,126.74; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.

Long-term debt: Bonnie, the district’s finance lead, reported the district refinanced long-term debt on Jan. 7 and locked in lower interest rates, moving from about 4.0% to 2.81%. Bonnie said the district had estimated savings of roughly $2.6 million and actual savings came in at more than $3,000,000.

Open enrollment and policies: The board approved the 2026 open-enrollment recommendation (unlimited space with a special-education caveat) by motion and approved the first reading of the 200-series policies and updated teacher job descriptions by motion and voice vote.

Closed-session personnel action: The board voted to convene in closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment and compensation matters. Returning to open session, the board made a motion to remove the term “interim” from Interim Chief Academic Officer Shannon Secky and offer her a new contract as Chief Academic Officer; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

Adjournment: The board adjourned shortly after the personnel action.