PDF-Correspondence re: Thomas Woznicki Personal and Sick Leave (New Richmond)

This document contains correspondence related to a request apparently made by Thomas Woznicki a teacher at New Richmond High School in Wisconsin for a personal illness day to attend a dental appointment in Appleton approximately 250 miles from New Richmond for a chipped tooth The document includes two letters signed by the Executive Director of the West Central Education Association. Thomas Woznicki was charged with six counts of “Sex with Child Age 16 or Older” in 1994, while he was employed with the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. The criminal charges were ultimately dismissed. Thomas Woznicki is involved in litigation seeking to prevent the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district from releasing his personnel file. This document was filed with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals on December 30, 2015. The letter on the first page is called a “Woznicki Notice” and was sent to Thomas Woznicki on July 12, 2011. Thomas Woznicki subsequently invoked the “Woznicki Rule,” seeking to prevent the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district from releasing his personnel records. This document contains the full text of 2003 Wisconsin Act 47, which is sometimes called the “Woznicki Fix.” Act 47 addressed certain issues related to the “Woznicki Rule” that was established as a result of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 1996 ruling in the case of Thomas Woznicki vs. Dennis Erickson. Specifically, the “Woznicki Fix” clarified who was required to receive a “Woznicki Notice” and specified a timeframe during which a public employee could challenge the release of records under the “Woznicki Rule.” This document contains School Board Minutes obtained from the Florence County, Wisconsin school district. Note the “Closed Session” Minutes for the School Board meeting held on April 22, 2013, on the third page. This document contains various records obtained from the Florence County, Wisconsin school district. Note the email from School Board President Jim Churchill to Superintendent Thomas Woznicki sent on April 23, 2013, along with the subsequent series of emails. Also note the email sent on November 16, 2012 and the email sent by current Superintendent Ben Niehaus on June 2, 2015. Compare and contrast the contents of the reference letter on the last page with the School Board Minutes on the preceding pages. All documents were obtained from the Boscobel, Wisconsin school district. The Documents Subpoena pertains to Thomas Woznicki, a former teacher at the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. The letter on the first page indicates that the subpoena was filed in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. This document references “parent complaints, student complaints and concerns as well as faculty concerns” pertaining to Thomas Woznicki, a former teacher at the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. This document contains records pertaining to Thomas Woznicki, a former teacher at the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. Note “Finding of Fact I” at the bottom of the first page, along with the Conclusions and Order on the second page. This document contains selected portions of Thomas Woznicki’s personnel file obtained from the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. The complete file is more than two hundred pages in length and may be obtained from the school district upon request. The release of the complete file was disputed in the Wisconsin Supreme Court case of Thomas Woznicki v. Dennis Erickson. The Woznicki v. Erickson ruling established the “Woznicki Rule” precedent, which gives public employees in Wisconsin the right to challenge the release of certain public records after receiving a “Woznicki Notice.” The more recent case of Thomas Woznicki v. Jeff Moberg also pertained to Thomas Woznicki’s personnel records from the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. This document contains a License Review Referral submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Bureau for Teacher Education, Licensing, and Placement during April of 1994. The referral pertained to Thomas Woznicki, a teacher at New Richmond High School, and was filed by the Superintendent of the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. This document contains a brief email exchange between Thomas Woznicki and Brian Johnston, Business Manager at the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. The email exchange occurred while Mr. Woznicki was the Superintendent of the Boscobel, Wisconsin school district. Note the reason for the address verification specified by Mr. Johnston in the first email, which appears to reference the “Woznicki Rule” notification requirement applicable to public records requests in Wisconsin. This document appears to contain a list of fifteen “admissions made by Woznicki” from some form of “grievance arbitration” associated with Thomas Woznicki and the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. Note Admissions 5 and 9 on the second page, along with Admissions 14 and 15 on the third page. Consider the implications of Admission 15, which states, “At least one other female student, his current fiancée, came to his home while she was one of Woznicki’s students.” Since the document refers to the fifteen numbered items as “admissions made by Woznicki,” it appears that Thomas Woznicki may have acknowledged the validity of these statements.