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Board hires five teachers on one-year contracts for 2025–26 school year
Summary
Trustees approved one-year temporary contracts for five certificated applicants, naming their campuses and brief background details provided by administrators.
The board approved one-year temporary certified contracts for five applicants for the 2025–26 school year and heard brief introductions from administrators.
The hires approved by the board were: Jessica Smith (part-time Title I position at Washington Elementary), Kylie Gilling (Longfellow third grade), Jordan Penner (Lincoln fourth grade), Barrow Hamilton (middle-school social studies and coaching duties) and Morgan Cook (high school math; also an assistant baseball coach). Administrators provided short background notes: Jessica Smith has prior early-childhood and Title I reading experience; Jordan Penner has experience as a para and in early-childhood settings; Morgan Cook is a recent Alba graduate now returning after completing college; Kylie Gilling comes from a family of educators and was completing bus-driver training at the time of the meeting; Barrow Hamilton was described as returning to teach and coach at the middle school.
Superintendent and administrators recommended the hires; the board voted to approve the offers and staff will issue contracts and follow hiring procedures. The board recorded roll-call affirmations in the minutes following the motion to approve the list of hires.
