Increase Junior High/Senior High activity fees
The Mountain Lake Public School (MLPS) School Board approved multiple staff hires at his Monday, June 29 meeting.
New to school staff are the following:
* Marilyn Fast as Elementary Music Teacher, Step 1 Lane 1, at $33,500.
* Sara Nickel as an ECFE (Early Child Family Education) teacher, upon successful completion of her PreK-Elementary Education Licensure, at a rate of $22 per hour.
* Baily Davis as a High School Paraprofessional at a rate of $10.30 per hour.
Activity fee increases
Board members also approved a rate increase of $5 each for Junior High and High School activity fees, and a rate increase of $10 for family maximum.
In other business
* Approved the final notification of intent-to-retire for agriculture education instructor and FFA Advsior Tom Appel, effective December 31, 2015.
* Approved the revised 2014-2015 general fund budget.
* Approved the Western Community Action/Head Start Agreement as presented.
* Congratulated agriculture education instructor and FFA Advisor Lindsey Brown on her Outstanding Young Member Award to be presented at the upcoming Minnesota Association of Ag Educators meeting.
MLPS/B-OPS joint school nurse hired
At an emergency board meeting held Monday morning, June 15, board members approved the hiring of Lana Sanders as a Licensed School Nurse (LSN) at a rate of $41,200, upon successful completion of her LSN.
They also entered into an agreement with Butterfield-Odin Public School (B-OPS) to share the services of Sanders as a school nurse.