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School board moves to closed session to discuss administrator evaluation, leave and retirement requests
Summary
The board voted 4-0 to enter closed session under Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(c) to discuss the district administrator evaluation process, a certified staff leave-of-absence request and a certified staff retirement request.
At 8:14 p.m. on Oct. 6, 2025, Bruce Fischer moved and Megan Chatman seconded that the McFarland School Board enter closed session "under WI State Statute 19.85(1)(c) concerning employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility." The board recorded a roll-call vote (Meghan Fessler — Aye; Craig Howery — Absent; Megan Chatman — Aye; Meredith Hughey — Aye; Bruce Fischer — Aye); the motion carried 4-0, and the board moved to Conference Room A in the district office.
The closed-session minutes record that the board and administration discussed the District Administrator evaluation process, a certified staff member's leave-of-absence request, and a certified staff member's retirement request. The minutes list no guests and provide no further public detail about the personnel items discussed in closed session. Following closed session, the meeting record shows the board adjourned at 9:19 p.m.
The motion and its statutory basis were recorded in the public minutes; the transcript does not include discussion details from the closed session, consistent with the statutory confidentiality of personnel deliberations.
