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River Valley board accepts resignations, hires special-education teacher on emergency license, approves calendar and gifts
Summary
Board accepted three resignations, approved hiring Clay(ton) Kennedy as a special education teacher on emergency licensure, adopted a revised 2026-27 calendar, and accepted several donor gifts totaling multiple small-dollar contributions and a $1,000 grant routed via Century 21.
The River Valley School Board approved a series of personnel and administrative items including resignations, a hire, calendar revisions and acceptance of community donations.
The board voted to accept resignations from Monica Lovell and Annie Waters and another staff member whose name appears inconsistently in the transcript as "Laura Ellis" and later as "Lauren Ellis." The administration thanked the departing staff and extended best wishes.
On hiring the district approved Clayton/Clay Kennedy for a high-school special education position under an emergency licensure arrangement. Administration said Kennedy has been working with the district as a long-term substitute and coaching high school baseball; they noted he will pursue emergency licensure and has already begun coordination with the special education team. The motion to approve the hire carried.
The board approved 2026-27 attendance-area maps for two Catholic elementary schools (St. Luke's and St. John's) for transportation purposes, renewed a CESA #5 audiology contract for 2026-27, approved sweep cooperative agreements for shared grounds equipment, and approved participation in the Wisconsin School Nutrition Purchasing Cooperative.
The board also approved a revision to the 2026-27 calendar to make the last week of school a three-day week (Tuesday–Thursday) so semester exams can run without an early-release day in the middle of the condensed final week.
Finally, the board accepted gifts to Project Lunchbox and a weekend backpack program: multiple donors gave in memory of Sue Sadler (amounts listed in transcript include $150, $50, $300, $200, $150, $50) and a $1,000 grant was routed by Andrea Joe (Century 21) on behalf of the Wisconsin Realtors Foundation. The donation motion passed on a roll-call vote (eight yes, one absent).
