School board approves agenda and votes to enter executive session on personnel, expulsions and superintendent contract

The Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District board approved its regular meeting agenda and then voted to move into an executive session to discuss personnel matters and the superintendent’s contract.

The chair announced, “We do have a quorum,” before the board took up approval of the agenda. A motion to approve the agenda was recorded as made by Malaw and seconded by Sher Jasper; the board took a voice vote and the chair announced the motion carried and the agenda was approved as presented.

The board then considered and approved the executive-session agenda. The motion was recorded as made by Dennis Fear and seconded by Peggy McKill (recorded as McKillip in the meeting). The chair announced that motion also carried after a voice vote.

Members next considered a motion to move into executive session under the Wisconsin statute cited on the record. The chair asked for a motion to move to executive session “pursuant to Wisconsin statute 19.85...” to consider prior closed-session minutes, review safety drill evaluations, review specific employment action concerning individual employees, discuss recent expulsion proceedings, and discuss the superintendent’s contract and duties. The motion was recorded as made by Sher Jasper and seconded by Olsen. The clerk called roll; members whose responses appear on the record include Sher Jasper, Steve Olsson, Dennis Fear, Martino, Shaw, Peggy McKill and Dave Czech. The board voted to move into executive session.

The public portion of the transcript ends after the roll call and the announcement that the board had voted to enter executive session. The record lists the statutory citation and the specific topics to be discussed in closed session; no further public deliberations or outcomes on those substantive matters are recorded in the provided transcript.