Board approves returning teacher contracts, multiple hires and appointments

The Sturgeon Bay School District Board of Education on April 17 approved a slate of routine personnel and procedural items, including approval of individual contracts for returning teachers, multiple staff hires and the appointment of a delegate to the CESA 7 annual convention.

Acting President Jenner John opened the meeting and the board adopted the agenda with notice that it would enter a closed session later for personnel matters under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(c). After a student council update and a recognition segment for 13 high‑honor seniors, the board moved through a consent agenda that included March minutes, March bills and district donations (including $115 for the lunch program and a $3,000 anonymous gift for Rock the Dock). The consent agenda motion carried.

On personnel items the board voted to:
- Approve individual contracts for returning teachers (motion carried).
- Appoint Jessica Holtz as the district sub‑caller (motion carried).
- Hire Yordanka (Jordy) Angelova for food service (motion carried).
- Approve Cindy Del Shambre as a general custodian (motion carried).
- Approve multiple certificated hires for 2024–25 including a middle‑school ELA hire (motion carried).
- Approve several teacher associate appointments at Sawyer Elementary and other staffing recommendations (motions carried).

The board also administered the oath of office for newly elected and returning members whose terms begin April 22, 2024 (the oath was read and administered by board clerk Chisum), and appointed Commissioner House as the board representative to the CESA 7 annual convention on May 22 (motion carried).

Where motions were made the transcript records the mover and in many cases the seconder (for example, the agenda adoption was moved by Commissioner Wood and seconded by Commissioner Spa). Most routine motions were approved by voice vote recorded as "all those in favor, say ‘I’" and were announced as carried.

The meeting concluded business items and moved to a closed session as publicly noticed, citing personnel matters. No contested policy votes or ordinance decisions were recorded in the open session.