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Board moves into closed session to receive update on negotiations with DCETA
Summary
The board voted unanimously to enter closed session under Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(e) on May 6, 2025, for an update on teacher contract bargaining; closed-session minutes were later approved by roll call and the board returned to open session at 4:17 p.m.
At 4:05 p.m. President Lewitzke moved, and Schaefer seconded, that the board adjourn to closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(e) for deliberating or negotiating specified public business, citing updates on negotiations with the D.C. Everest Teachers' Association (DCETA). The meeting record states the motion carried on a roll-call vote with Xiong, Grabko, Dickerson, Felch, Schaefer and Lewitzke recorded as voting yes.
During the closed session the board received an update on bargaining with DCETA and subsequently approved the closed-session minutes (motion by Grabko, second by Dickerson); the record shows the vote carried by roll call. President Lewitzke then adjourned closed session and the board returned to open session at 4:17 p.m. The public minutes note that they are not official until approved at the May 21, 2025 board meeting.
The meeting record cites the statutory authority for closed sessions under Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(e), stating the need for confidentiality because competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. The minutes do not include details of the bargaining positions discussed in closed session; only that an update was provided and that a subsequent action to impose the district's proposal took place after returning to open session.
