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Fremont hires Kenneth Winters as head football coach; district notes retirements and staff appointments
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Summary
The board approved multiple personnel items including the retirement of Dr. Laurie Pierce, the hiring of Kenneth Winters as head football coach and several coaching and teaching appointments; all personnel motions passed unanimously.
The Fremont City Schools board approved a package of personnel actions that included resignations, new appointments and coaching hires.
Superintendent reported resignations: Dr. Laurie Pierce, who serves as head principal at Lutz Elementary, will retire at the end of the school year; the agenda also listed Tanya Lejeune as retiring. The board then moved through substitute and teacher appointments for the 2026–27 school year, and approved fall coaching assignments.
Among coach hires, the board approved Mark Scheidler as head cross-country coach and Kenneth Winters as the head football coach for Fremont City Schools. Kenneth Winters, who said he played and graduated from Fremont Ross and called the hire a "dream come true," addressed the board and expressed his excitement to start working with students.
Board members offered public congratulations to Pierce on her retirement and welcomed Winters. All personnel items (items 7 through 15) were approved on unanimous roll-call votes.
The board made a technical status correction to previously issued coach contracts (item 15) and approved it as well. No additional contract details or compensation amounts were discussed in the meeting record.
