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Merrill board authorizes preliminary nonrenewal notices for teaching positions after special-education teacher’s appeal

Merrill Area School District Board of Education · April 16, 2026
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Summary

The Merrill Area School District board authorized administration to issue preliminary notices of nonrenewal to teaching positions listed in a staffing-reduction plan and moved to closed session to consider personnel matters after public comments from teacher Heather Klemick and a former board member urging reconsideration.

The Merrill Area School District board on April 15 authorized administration to issue preliminary notices of nonrenewal to teaching positions identified in the district’s 2026–27 staffing reduction plan and moved into closed session to consider personnel matters under state law.

Superintendent Murray told the board the motion concerns positions, not individual employees, and the list includes 1.0 FTE encore (middle-school electives) and 1 special-education teaching position. The motion,…

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