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This document appears to indicate that Thomas Woznicki was asked to leave the New Richmond (pages 23-28), Florence County (pages 57-59), and Boscobel (pages 64-69) school districts in Wisconsin. The contents of the document span a timeframe of approximately two decades (20 years). The New Richmond, Wisconsin school district filed a License Review Referral with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Bureau for Teacher Education, Licensing, and Placement during April of 1994 (page 13). Twenty years later (April 2014), Thomas Woznicki was apparently still employed in Wisconsin’s public school system as the Superintendent of the Boscobel, Wisconsin school district. It is unclear what actions, if any, the Wisconsin DPI licensing bureau has taken related to the apparent decisions made by the three aforementioned school districts.

The first two pages appear to contain selected portions of a “grievance arbitration” document associated with Thomas Woznicki and the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. The text on the second page appears to suggest that Mr. Woznicki may have used “golf records” as his alibi, even though he was apparently the “President” of the organization that produced the records. It is unclear whether Thomas Woznicki’s position as President of the Hammond Golf Club could have potentially allowed him to fabricate or falsify the “golf records” that may have functioned as his alibi. The Boscobel School Board Minutes document on the third page mentions Thomas Woznicki and appears to reference “falsified documents” and “misrepresented” funds. The remaining pages appear to contain a series of emails, several of which were sent by Thomas Woznicki, pertaining to the documents in question.

This document pertains to a grievance involving Thomas Woznicki and the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. The first page appears to indicate that 13 documents were “removed from Mr. Woznicki’s personnel file” and “given to Mr. Woznicki” as the result of a “grievance filed by and on behalf of Mr. Woznicki regarding the contents of his personnel file.” The second page appears to contain brief descriptions of the 13 documents removed from the file. The approximate timeframe of the removed documents is from September 1987 until May 1990. The brief descriptions of the removed documents include “Review of T.W. incidents – 3/22/89 (2)” and “5/6/88 Woznicki rumor.” It is unclear what prompted Thomas Woznicki to pursue a grievance to have the documents removed from his personnel file and given to him. In addition, it is not clear whether Mr. Woznicki still has the 13 documents and/or would be willing to provide copies of the documents to an interested party upon request.

This document appears to contain selected portions of the “audio transcription” from some type of “formal hearing” associated with the case of Thomas Woznicki vs. Northern Ozaukee School District, including selected portions of Thomas Woznicki’s testimony (pages 30-46). The text on page 30 appears to suggest that Mr. Woznicki’s statements during the hearing were made under oath. He apparently agreed to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” during the hearing. Note the testimony regarding Thomas Woznicki’s middle name change on pages 7-9, 24-26, 31-33, and 36-37. Also note Mr. Woznicki’s testimony on pages 40-46, which appears to include references to litigation associated with his personnel file from the New Richmond, Wisconsin school district. Pages 12 and 35 appear to contain testimony regarding Thomas Woznicki’s marriage.

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.

This Decision, filed with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals on October 4, 2016, concludes as follows: “We conclude that Woznicki has failed to demonstrate that a public interest in nondisclosure of his District personnel file outweighs the strong and presumptive public interest in access to, and disclosure of, his personnel file under Wisconsin’s open records law. We therefore affirm the order denying Woznicki’s request for an injunction. By the Court.—Order affirmed.”

According to the document on the first three pages, Thomas Woznicki’s “reason for leaving” the Florence County, Wisconsin school district was that his position as Superintendent “was reduced to .6 FTE.” However, the email to Thomas Woznicki on the last page (sent by Florence County School Board President Jim Churchill, Jr.) appears to suggest a different reason for Mr. Woznicki’s departure from the Florence County, Wisconsin school district.