GC School Board updated on Special Education hiring
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By Amber Hayden
GLENWOOD CITY — The Glenwood City Board of Education met on Monday evening, May 13, and received an update from Nicole Brite on the hiring of a Special Education teacher.
The district has gone through the process of interviews twice thus far and has yet to find someone that fits, according to Brite.
“A couple of them we interviewed were fresh out of college and didn’t seem ready to take on the task we are offering,” explained Brite.
The posting for the position has once again been done and the hopes for the district is to find someone with enough confidence to handle the case loads the Special Education department has.
However, the district did consider the idea of not hiring someone at all. But with the large case load the Glenwood City School District has, it was quickly decided to proceed with hiring someone.
Middle/High School principal Patrick Gretzlock gave a brief academic update on the graduating class of 2019.
Out of 43 students only one will not be getting their diploma, Gretzlock stated, but he has hope that he will able to sit down and discuss the importance of graduation and getting back on the right path.
Students will have until the end of the day on May 22 to ensure they have passing grades in all of their classes before the May 25 commencement.
With the possibility of a Governor veto in the future, Glenwood City along with other school districts may not have an idea where the budgets will sit in time for the November levy, according to Tim Johnson.
As well as each school looking at an increase in the Special Education reimbursement from 20 percent to 27 or 28 percent in the next year and increasing again the following year to 30 percent.
“It would mean taking less out of fund 10 and leaving it for maintenance and operations,” Johnson said.
The Board of Education celebrated at the end of the meeting as the girls’ softball team won the Dunn-St. Croix Conference title outright after their win against Boyceville and Elk Mound’s loss to Pepin/Alma. This is the first time in the history of the program that the ladies have won the conference title.
During the meeting the Board of Education:
• Approved Extra and Co-Curricular contracts for 2019-2020.
• Approved the post for two part-time paraprofessional positions.
• Approved chaperones for second grade field trip to the Minnesota Zoo.
• Approved Summer School Contracts.
• Approved softball practice for May 27 (Memorial Day).
• Approved Dale Berends as a substitute bus driver.
• Approved Board Policy 533.1 Pre-Employment Background Checks.
The Glenwood City Board of Education will meet again on June 17 with a 5:30 p.m. committee meeting and a regular board meeting to follow at 6:30 p.m.