Latest news with #WrightstownSchoolBoard
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
New look Wrightstown school board addresses vacancies on board
WRIGHTSTOWN, Wis. (WFRV) – Wrightstown Community School District officials will interview three candidates for the two vacancies on their school board. Those interviews will be open to the public and take place next Wednesday. Board members will choose two of these candidates to join them on the school board right after they complete the interviews. The Wrightstown School Board currently has two vacancies after two board members resigned in the last month. Effective May 2, the most recent board member to resign was Michael Mollen. In a short statement he originally sent to current board president Rayn Warner, Mollen wrote 'it is without regret that I am writing to inform you of my decision to resign from the Wrightstown Community School District Board of Education.' Local 5 News briefly connected with Mollen over Facebook messenger on Wednesday afternoon. He declined an interview request, but said that there's going to be lots to cover in the school district over the next few months. Family-owned and beloved Green Bay gelato shop opens brand new location in De Pere Mollen's resignation comes on the heels of former school board clerk Tony Decker also announcing his resignation in mid-April. He didn't return a message from Local 5 News seeking comment. Warner told Local 5 News on Wednesday night that both men told him they resigned because of personal reasons. He said he was a bit surprised when he heard about the resignations. 'I think we're in a good position moving forward and hopefully we have some good applicants coming through,' Warner said when asked if he's worried about the resignations. In addition to the resignations, voters ousted two other board members in April. Former school board vice president Jeff Nelson lost his re-election campaign last month. Former board president Angela Hansen Winker lost a recall election in April. Warner helped start a petition to collect signatures to get Hansen-Winker recalled accusing her of not involving all board members in discussion, not being transparent, and inappropriately accumulating attorney fees for the district. Green Bay men's basketball looks onward, not in the past after tough first season under Doug Gottlieb 'I believe it was (what is best for the district), it gets us moving in the right direction,' said Warner. 'Puts some transparency back in the district and puts some confidence back in the board.' Hansen-Winker didn't return a message from Local 5 News seeking comment. She had filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Election Commission against Decker for certifying the recall election before the former clerk resigned from the school board. 'Our main focus is getting trust back in the community, building on our transparency and trying to move forward with the district and students and putting them first,' Warner said about the path forward. 'How can this new board get together, be a team and move forward in a positive way,' added district superintendent Ron Saari. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFRV Local 5 - Green Bay, Appleton.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Wrightstown school board clerk will resign amid board president recall, legal challenge
(This story has been updated to add new information.) Wrightstown School Board member and clerk Tony Decker will resign from the board effective April 30. Decker has served on the board since 2024. He told the Press-Gazette he's resigning for personal reasons and has been thinking about it for some time. "As a board member, I had the opportunity to meet many wonderful people this last year," Decker told the Press-Gazette in an email. The remaining board members will choose someone to fill his vacancy. Interested applicants should submit a written notice of their interest to Superintendent Ron Saari, at saari@ by May 2. The board will decide at its May 7 workshop whether to hold interviews and swear in the new board member May 21. That new member will serve until the spring 2026 election. Decker certified the recall petition against board president Angela Hansen-Winker, who filed a complaint against his certification with the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Hansen-Winker faces a recall election for her board seat on April 22. She alleges Decker improperly certified the recall petition, claiming the petition's circulation was "riddled with fraud, undue influence, bribery, threats, misuse of school district property, manipulation of petition signers' data by the circulators (some of whom were school board members) and promotion by some school board members on private internet chatrooms in violation of Winker's First Amendment rights," according to Hansen-Winker's complaint. Decker said Hansen-Winker didn't show sufficient evidence that those claims were true, that he was following WEC guidance "when appropriate" and that Hansen-Winker's claims that signatures were fraudulent comes down to confusion over municipalities due to a recent annexation. On the claims of threats, bribery and First Amendment right violations, Decker said determining legality was outside his authority and scope as a board clerk. Contact Green Bay education reporter Nadia Scharf at nscharf@ or on X at @nadiaascharf. This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Wrightstown school board clerk will resign board president recall
