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Wadena-Deer Creek board approves hires, contracts and budget items; two measures carry with abstentions
Summary
At its June 15 meeting the Wadena-Deer Creek School Board approved minutes, hires and resignations, disbursements and donations, several contracts and the LTFM plan. Insurance renewals and the administrators’ collective bargaining agreement carried with single abstentions.
The Wadena-Deer Creek School Board (Independent School District #2155) approved a slate of routine business and personnel matters at its June 15 meeting in the Robertson Theater.
Board Chair Dan Lawson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and the board unanimously approved the meeting agenda. The board then approved prior minutes for May 18, May 19 and May 26, 2026.
On personnel matters, the board approved hires for Jordan Anderson as Head Girls’ Basketball coach and Myles Dziengel as an elementary teacher; it also approved resignations from Kaylee Jasicki (assistant tennis), Jordan Cresap (Head Girls’ Basketball) and Zach Martin (junior-high girls’ basketball).
Finance motions included approval of vendor disbursements (checks #49970–50113) totaling $264,743.30, credit-card charges of $13,482.21 and student-activity checks #23581–23588 totaling $18,653.23. The board also accepted a set of community donations, among them $1,200 from the Wadena Fire Department and $1,200 from the Wadena Lions Club for summer recreation programs.
The board approved several contracts and plans: the Imagine Counseling contract, the 2026–2027 capital requests, and the Long-Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) Ten Year Plan. A motion designating Brad Johnson as the IOwA with MDE effective July 1, 2026 was approved as presented (the minutes record the designation language as shown).
Two votes on renewals and labor agreements carried with recorded abstentions. Property, liability and workers-compensation insurance renewals were approved 5–0 with Julie Bushinger abstaining. The Administrator Collective Bargaining Agreement was approved 5–0 with Barb Tumberg abstaining; the minutes record those abstentions but do not provide comment explaining them.
Other motions passed unanimously, including approval of the Business Manager’s report, manual journal entries, the Principal Retirement Incentive Agreement, dissolution of the Dance Cooperative Sponsorship, the Community Concerned for Youth resolution for 2027, MSBA membership renewal for 2026–2027 and a resolution calling for the general election for the school board.
The board adjourned at 7:05 p.m.; its next regular meeting is scheduled for July 7, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in the Robertson Theater.
