Wauzeka-Steuben board moves into closed session to discuss personnel selection

The Wauzeka-Steuben School District Board of Trustees met Feb. 13, 2025, and moved into closed session at 6:30 p.m. to discuss personnel matters and the selection process for potential candidates under Wisconsin Statute SS 19.85(1). The motion to go into closed session was made by Trustee Tom Martin and seconded by Trustee Millin; the board approved the motion in a 5-0 roll-call vote.

President Asleson opened the meeting earlier with an assurance of open-meeting compliance, noting that “On Wednesday the 5th of February 2025, an agenda of this meeting was emailed to the District's website manager. Copies of the agenda were also posted at the front and rear doors of the school, at Peoples State Bank, the Wauzeka BP, and the faculty/staff lounge.” The minutes record that the board reconvened into open session at 7:02 p.m., again approving the reconvening motion by roll call, and later adjourned the meeting.

What happened in the closed session is recorded in the minutes only as discussion of the selection process and potential candidates; the minutes do not disclose individual personnel names or the outcome of any specific appointment. The board’s reliance on SS 19.85(1) indicates the matters discussed were limited to employment, promotion, compensation or performance-evaluation data for specific public employees, per the statutory citation listed in the minutes.

The minutes show the board took no further public action on personnel at that meeting. Any formal appointment or public personnel action would be expected to appear in a subsequent open session agenda or in later minutes.