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Votes at a glance: Grand Rapids board passes insurance renewal, teacher nonrenewals, grants; tables parking-lot award
Summary
The Grand Rapids Public School District board completed multiple routine and significant actions including a two-year HealthPartners renewal, probationary teacher nonrenewals, a boosted Safe Routes grant and several partnership contracts; it tabled the RJEMS parking-lot contract after bids exceeded the grant award.
At its meeting the Grand Rapids Public School District board approved a number of motions spanning benefits, personnel, grants, contracts and policies. Below are short summaries of each board action recorded in the meeting.
- Probationary teacher nonrenewals: The board approved nonrenewal of probationary staff as recommended by administration under Minn. Stat. §122A.40, subd. 5. Names read into the record included Brenda Broberg; Ryan Christiansen; Wendy Gray; Anne Huttner; Mallory Matheson; Tiffany Morgan; Christine Niemi; Summer Opatich; Charmaine Seeley; Sherry Tremblay; Kayla Wass; Simon Wilson; Elliot Wolfson; Rachel Newman (part-time 0.3); and Benjamin Panchashen (part-time 0.2). Administration estimated 80–90% of those tied to licensure postings may return once licensure or posting requirements are met.
- Health-insurance renewal and premiums: The board accepted the fringe benefits committee recommendation to renew HealthPartners for two years and…
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