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Sturgeon Bay School Board approves staff hires, posts annual academic-standards notice and hears Title IX first reading
Summary
At a July board meeting, members approved two staffing recommendations and the required annual notice on academic standards, reviewed a draft strategic-action plan and a facilities feasibility study, and received reports on food-service finances and emergency-shelter preparedness. A Title IX policy update was presented as a first reading with no vote.
The Sturgeon Bay School Board approved multiple personnel recommendations and the district's annual academic-standards notice at its July meeting, while taking the first formal look at an updated Title IX policy and hearing updates on facilities planning and food-service finances.
Principal Katy Dillers recommended hiring Anna Fisher as a second-grade teacher at Sawyer Elementary for the 2024–25 school year; the board moved, seconded and approved the hire after the principal summarized Fisher's student-teaching and long-term substitute experience and noted she is a Sturgeon Bay High School graduate who wants to return to the district. Principal Katie Smullen recommended Sam Marusi for the library teaching-associate position at Sunrise Elementary; the board approved that hire after Ms. Smullen described Marusi's community-engagement and technology experience and cited strong references.
The board also voted to give the required annual notice about the district's student academic standards for the 2024–25 school year, noting that curricular information and links that align with DPI standards are posted on the district website and that the notice fulfills the requirement attached to the first board meeting after July 1. The motion and vote were recorded in the meeting; the transcript does not provide a roll-call tally.
On policy matters, staff presented a first reading of Policy 2264, the updated Title IX policy. District staff described working with Neola (policy services) and the district's legal counsel to draft the language, highlighted choices the board will need to make (for example, whether to formally name one or more Title IX coordinators), and explained how the policy ties to handbook language and possible informal-resolution processes. No action was taken on the Title IX policy at this meeting; it was explicitly an informational first read.
Board members reviewed a one-page draft of the district's strategic-action-plan priorities for 2024–25 that retains three pillars—teaching and learning, community engagement, and finance/facilities/operations—with an updated emphasis on literacy and math growth; staff said they expect the board to consider final approval at the August meeting. The board also heard an update on a consultant-led feasibility study for a possible expanded sports complex and track; the study will engage community stakeholders and run through the fall, with the consultant and local steering committee members conducting meetings through roughly December.
In administrative reports, staff (Jake) noted that auditors will be on site in early August. The board discussed food-service finances: staff said the food-service fund balance has declined from earlier-year highs (the speaker cited a prior balance around $200,000 and a more recent balance near $38,000) and that while staff do not recommend districtwide free breakfast for all at this time, meals remain available for students who qualify and the district will continue to examine options and funding. The board was told about a planned Red Cross emergency-shelter simulation on July 25 at district facilities to test shelter procedures.
The meeting ended after routine closing motions. The transcript did not include a formal roll-call vote tally for motions recorded as "motion carried."
