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Northland Pines board hires search consultant, schedules district administrator interviews
Summary
The Northland Pines Board of Education said it will use Pat Manns of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards to help interview two internal candidates — Dr. Janet Marine and Tony Dufek — for the district administrator role and scheduled interviews for July 30 with staff participation; the board later moved to convene a closed session to discuss a contract with the new administrator.
The Northland Pines Board of Education announced July 28 that it has engaged Pat Manns, a search consultant from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, to assist with interviewing for the district administrator position. The board said it received two internal applications — Dr. Janet Marine and Tony Dufek — and scheduled interviews for July 30 with a staff panel to meet at 12:30 in the Staff Development Room at Eagle River Elementary before the full panel convenes in the Pines Community Meeting Room.
The announcement included logistics for the interviews and supporting materials placed in the board packet. "The board is utilizing Pat Manns, a search consultant from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, to assist us in the interview process for the district administrator position," the Chair told the board, and staff were asked to participate in the interview process.
Separately at the end of the meeting, the Chair moved that the board convene in closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) and (e) "to discuss the potential contract and compensation for a new district administrator whose future contract would begin effective 07/01/2026." The motion described the purpose of the closed session as deliberation over employment terms and purchasing or competitive bargaining reasons that require privacy; no final public action on a contract was recorded in the meeting transcript.
Board materials indicate the district intends to provide further updates after interviews conclude and after any closed-session deliberations. Staff involvement in the interview process and a consultant-led process were emphasized as steps toward selecting and onboarding the administrator.
