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Tri-Center Board accepts resignations, hires elementary teacher and assistant soccer coach; meets in exempt session
Summary
The board accepted three personnel departures and approved two hires, and met briefly in exempt session under Iowa Code §21.9 to discuss negotiations. All motions passed unanimously.
The Tri-Center Comm School District Board of Education approved several personnel actions during its March 10, 2025 meeting.
On a motion by Katie Ausdemore with a second by Amanda Scherer, the board accepted three departures: Noh Sappal will resign as a secondary math teacher at the end of the 2024–2025 school year; James Neukirch will leave his maintenance post effective June 1; and Mary Kay Nieman submitted a retirement as an associate effective at the end of the 2024–2025 school year. The motion carried 5-0.
The board then approved hires for the 2025–2026 school year. Amanda Scherer moved and Mike Olsen seconded approval to hire Madilyn Minnehan as an elementary teacher and to hire Jerry Orozco as assistant girls soccer coach. That motion also passed 5-0.
Following regular business the board adjourned at 6:30 p.m. and met in exempt session under Iowa Code section 21.9 to discuss negotiations; the exempt session began at 6:30 p.m. and concluded at 6:45 p.m., according to the meeting record. The transcript records the existence and timing of the exempt session but does not provide additional details about the subjects discussed in closed session.
The board’s next regular meeting is scheduled for April 9, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
