The cost of the investigation of a citizen’s complaint against Clintonville Board of Education President Glen Drew Lundt has reached $20,499, but not all the invoices regarding the investigation have been received by the district.
A story in the Feb. 5, 2026 issue of Wausau City Pages described the bills to date. According to the story:
The Clintonville Tribune-Gazette filed an open records request for all the itemized invoices from legal firms associated with the investigation. Through that open records request, the Tribune-Gazette has learned that the $20,499 total includes invoices from three legal firms – Renning Lewis & Lacy; Amundsen Davis; and von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
According to an invoice from Renning Lewis & Lacy, which is the legal firm who represented the school district until Nov. 1, the initial investigation began in late July.
Invoices from Amundsen Davis, which Clintonville Superintendent Troy Kuhn confirmed with the Tribune-Gazette conducted the independent investigation, show that Amundsen Davis began reviewing the complaint against Lundt on July 30. Some of the work done on the investigation included: reviewing written complaint material, listening to excerpts from school board meetings, reviewing emails, conducting interviews, requesting and reviewing open records requests to the Clintonville Police Department and the Waupaca County Sheriff office, and writing the investigation report.
From the invoices received in the open records request, the last date Amundsen Davis invoiced the district for work done on the investigation was Nov. 10.
The district received an invoice from Renning Lewis & Lacy for $1,260 for investigation work done in the month of November. The district also received an invoice from von Briesen & Roper for $3,346 for investigation work done in the month of November. A portion of this work involved von Briesen & Roper corresponding with Renning Lewis & Lacy. The district switched its legal representation from Renning Lewis & Lacy effective Nov. 1.
Investigation results
The Tribune-Gazette had previously filed an open records request for the final report regarding the investigation, but the school board has not released the report or what the citizen’s complaint was that resulted in the investigation.
Regarding that open records request, Kuhn told the Tribune-Gazette via email, “The investigation report is attorney client privilege. The only way it can become an open records request is if a board member requests that it become an open record. It would then be redacted, and a vote would need to take place.”
While the public has not been made aware of what the citizen’s complaint was, or the results of the investigation, at the Dec. 8 board meeting, Board Vice President Kris Strauman read a statement from the law firm that conducted the independent investigation:
“The independent investigator retained to investigate a citizen compliant pursuant to Board Policy 0144.5 concluded that the president’s conduct was sometimes, overbearing, crude, and demeaning to other board members and the public, but did not recommend the removal from the office of president or other specific discipline. However, the independent investigator who concluded that Mr. Lundt was responsible for interfering with the investigation and attempting to influence its outcome by way of an anonymous letter with attachments sent to board members and some members of the public. The independent investigator concluded that such conduct was, absolutely incompatible with the role of board president.”
After the investigation, the school board censured Lundt based on the results of the investigation.
