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CHS student Taylor Meyer recognized at FBLA National Leadership Conference
COLFAX — After finishing in the top four at state competitions, Taylor Meyer, a student at Colfax High School, advanced to the national level of competition at the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference. Meyer competed in Spreadsheet Applications (using Excel), an event consisting of two parts: a skills production test on the…
Read MoreFive new staff members start at Elk Mound schools this fall
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Five new staff members will begin their duties in the Elk Mound school district when school starts September 4. The new staff members include McKayla Brunner (financial literacy, career explorations, AP principals of marketing and computer applications at Elk Mound High School); Abe Ferguson (fifth grade English…
Read MoreFive new teachers start at Colfax schools this fall
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Five new teachers will be on duty in the Colfax school district when school starts September 4. The new teachers include Kassandra Behymer (seventh grade math and science); Emily Mattson (Colfax High School English); Heather Niesen (Colfax Elementary special education in early childhood); Megan Pawlak (Colfax Middle School sixth…
Read MoreElk Mound High School principal resigns
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has accepted the resignation of high school principal Paul Weber. The school board accepted Weber’s resignation during the regular monthly meeting August 20 held prior to the school district’s annual meeting.
Read More$2.9 million tax levy approved at Elk Mound school district annual meeting
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Electors approved a property tax levy of $2,905,117 for the 2018-2019 school year at the Elk Mound school district’s annual meeting August 20. The property tax levy, representing an increase of $27,524, is based on a revenue and expense budget of $12.8 million for this year. The anticipated…
Read MoreColfax school board eliminates Chromebook fees for this year
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax High School students will not have to pay a Chromebook technology fee this year. William C. Yingst Jr., superintendent, told the Colfax Board of Education at the August 20 meeting he was recommending the Chromebook fees be eliminated. The school board can review whether to charge a technology…
Read MoreColfax school board hires Devine as alternative eduction & interventionist teacher
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Tim Devine is coming out of retirement to serve as the Colfax school district’s alternative education, GEDO and interventionist teacher. After teaching middle school Language Arts in the Colfax school district for 34 years, Devine retired at the end of the 2017-2018 school year, and the Colfax Board of…
Read MoreElk Mound school board anticipating $2.9 million tax levy for 2018-2019
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education is an anticipating a tax levy of $2,905,117 for the 2018-2019 budget. The school board reviewed the 2018-2019 budget and associated tax levy and mill rate at the July 23 board meeting. The projected levy amount includes the local tax levy with…
Read MoreColfax school board approves transferring $43,993 to capital projects Fund 46
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Following the audit review and a review of the proposed 2018-2019 budget, the Colfax Board of Education has approved transferring $43,993 in leftover funds to the capital projects Fund 46. Fund 46 was started four years ago, and the money must stay in the fund for five years before…
Read MoreColfax school board sees new shop equipment in action
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It’s quite remarkable, really. In the space of about five minutes, the new wood router in the Colfax High School wood shop was able to cut out an image of the Colfax Viking and the words “Colfax Vikings” on a 14-inch by 15-inch piece of three-quarter inch plywood. Jamie…
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