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New Auburn School Board offers high school principal post and hires special education director
Summary
At a May 7 special meeting the New Auburn School Board convened in closed session under Wisconsin statute §19.85 and later voted unanimously in open session to offer Karson Rihn the high school principal/athletic director position and to hire Austin Hiess as special education director/assistant district administrator.
New Auburn — The New Auburn School Board on May 7, 2025, moved to fill two senior staffing posts after interviewing candidates in closed session under Wisconsin Statute §19.85(1)(c) and (f).
President Louise Cody moved at 7:27 p.m. to offer Karson Rihn the position of high school principal and athletic director; the motion, seconded by board member Nick Jones, carried 5-0. The meeting minutes record that the board had interviewed candidates for that position during a closed session earlier in the evening.
Cody later moved to approve the hiring of Austin Hiess as the district’s special education director and assistant district administrator. Ben Baalrud seconded that motion; it also carried 5-0.
The meeting opened at 5:01 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call, which showed five members present: President Louise Cody, Clerk Shannon Berg, and board members Michelle Rayburn, Nick Jones and Ben Baalrud. At 5:02 p.m. the board voted to convene to closed session to consider employment and candidate records under Wisconsin Statute §19.85(1)(c) and (f). The board reconvened to open session at 7:27 p.m., at which time the two personnel motions were made and approved. The meeting adjourned at 7:48 p.m.
The minutes do not specify effective start dates, salary terms, or contract lengths for either position. Those details were not recorded in the minutes excerpt provided and were noted as not specified in the board record.
