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Board recessed to closed session and later approved staff employment, performance and compensation matters
Summary
The board recessed to closed session under a cited Wisconsin statutes provision to consider closed‑session minutes and staff employment/performance/compensation matters, then returned to open session and approved the personnel matters and routine consent items.
The School District of New Berlin Board of Education recessed into closed session at the start of the meeting to consider closed‑session minutes and personnel matters and returned to open session at about 7:05 p.m., after which it approved employment, performance and compensation matters pertaining to staff.
At the start of the meeting the chair asked for a motion "to adjourn to closed session pursuant to section 19.851 c e and f of the Wisconsin statutes to consider approval of closed session minutes and the employment performance and compensation matters pertaining to staff." A board member moved the motion and another seconded. The board conducted a roll‑call vote on the motion to enter closed session; the clerk read member names and recorded affirmative responses.
After the closed session the board returned to open session. The board approved the motion to "approve the employment performance and compensation matters related to staff as presented." The chair then announced upcoming meeting dates and the meeting adjourned.
The actions were routine personnel approvals stated on the record; the meeting minutes recorded the motions and that the votes passed. The board did not discuss details of the personnel items during open session, consistent with the stated closed‑session purpose.
