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Sun Prairie officials cite investigation gaps and missed evaluations in personnel monitoring report
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Nick Rykoff told the school board that 31 of 35 measures in the district's personnel administration monitoring report were compliant but four were noncompliant, including shortcomings in how formal complaints and several staff evaluations were handled; the administration declined to certify the report and left certification to the board on Feb. 9, 2026.
Nick Rykoff, assistant superintendent of operations for the Sun Prairie Area School District, told the school board that the district's monitoring review of Operational Expectation 4 (Personnel Administration) found 31 of 35 measures compliant but identified four noncompliant measures that warrant further action.
Rykoff said the 2024-25 school year was "a year of hardship in the district related to personnel," citing multiple incidents that led to leadership changes and community concern. "We had a staff member arrested for serious crimes," he said, and added that incidents at East and West High Schools contributed to the district's review of personnel administration.
The report, now in its second year since revisions to OE4 in March 2024, separates compliance-focused measures (which remain in the operational expectation) from progress-based…
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