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Park Rapids board approves personnel changes, renewals and records donation; principals report on staffing and construction
Summary
The board approved consent items that included resignations, position reductions and new hires (some contingent on licensure), renewed memberships, a lease, and recorded a $3,000 equipment donation; principals and directors gave routine end-of-year reports and summer plans.
The Park Rapids Area School Board approved a slate of consent items at its June 16 meeting including personnel changes, membership renewals and a lease agreement, and recorded a district equipment donation.
Consent approvals (motion Pike/Morgan) included authorization of payments for June 2025, approval of the June 3 working meeting minutes, acceptance of donations to the district, and renewal of memberships in the Minnesota Rural Education Association (MREA) and the Minnesota School Boards Association (MSBA). On subsequent consent items the board approved a lease agreement with Up North Learning Center for FY25; accepted resignations from Ashley Schmitz (CTE agriculture teacher) and John Brumback (elementary teacher); approved a reduction of Krystal Murphy’s BPA advisor role from 1.0 to 0.5 FTE and a reduction of an Indian Education paraprofessional position to 0.5 FTE; and approved new hires including Katie Burlingame (licensed school social worker, pending PELSB license), Ryan Peterson (assistant football coach), Laura Henderson (co-student council advisor), and Allison Offerdahl (agriculture education teacher, contingent upon licensure). The minutes record the motion and second but do not show individual vote counts.
Administrators gave routine monthly reports. Principal Jeff Johnson reported that programming and student scheduling for next year are being finalized and staff are managing construction impacts while using the district’s ALC where needed. Principal Mike LeMier said the district is closing the year, addressing position and funding questions, monitoring title funding, conducting interviews, and noted stable overall enrollment including VPK. The activities director said Century School gyms will be used at the end of August as construction winds down and noted athletic successes this spring; the facilities director reported summer cleaning and imminent gym floor refinishing. The community education report noted that ABE/GED teacher Lynn Bastian is retiring and that Century Adventures programming continues.
The minutes record a donation from Excellent Lawn Care of a salt spreader valued at $3,000. The meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m. on a Morgan/Pike motion.
