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Board moves on personnel and coaching recommendations, names new hires and rehires
Summary
Trustees reviewed and recommended personnel items including new hires (notably Tom Barnhart for a superintendent contract), approval of adviser and coach contracts, and a motion to recommend rehire of Brent Suket for girls basketball; the board moved and seconded several personnel motions during the meeting.
The Sydney Public Schools Board of Trustees reviewed a slate of personnel recommendations and approved or moved several items during the meeting.
The packet listed new hires including Tom Barnhart (superintendent contract through 2028), Kia Welsenbach (central school custodian), Josephine Langwald (high school special education teacher), Jacob Morgan (middle school special education teacher), Haley Christiansen (high school head cheer coach) and others. The Chair recommended approval of the hires subject to successful reference and background checks.
On coaching recommendations, a trustee moved to recommend the rehire of Brent Suket as girls basketball coach for the 2026–27 season; the motion was moved and seconded and the board recorded the motion as approved by voice vote. The board also discussed the process for evaluating varsity coaches, noting three postseason evaluation meetings will be held with coaches and an updated evaluation tool.
The Chair recommended increasing the speech pathologist’s contract by 20 days (10 extended days) to address workload; that motion was moved and seconded during the meeting. The transcript excerpt does not include a recorded roll-call vote for that specific motion in the portion provided.
Trustees also reviewed adviser and coach contracts for 2026–27 and discussed removing the Title IX coordinator position from the packet pending how the district will assign those responsibilities. The Chair asked trustees to review candidate questionnaires for an open trustee appointment to be decided May 18.
