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Park Rapids Area School Board approves consent package including multiple hires and resignations
Summary
The Park Rapids Area School Board approved the agenda and a consent package on July 6, 2026, that included second readings of three job descriptions, acceptance of two teacher resignations and several new hires, with one hire contingent on licensure.
The Park Rapids Area School Board approved its agenda and a consent calendar at a working meeting on July 6, 2026, adopting a package of personnel and administrative items essential to fall operations.
Chairperson Safratowich opened the meeting at 7:30 a.m. and Board member Morgan moved, with Board member Kocka seconding, to approve the agenda and the consent items. The consent motion carried as recorded in the minutes.
The consent calendar included approval of the June 15, 2026 working-board meeting minutes and acceptance of donations to the district. The board approved second readings for three job descriptions: Coordinator of Park Rapids Area Virtual Academy (PRAVA), Assistant Community Education Director and Community Education Director. The board also accepted resignations from Sarah Kaufenberg, 7–12 grade choir director, and Christina Ridlon, high school math teacher.
New hires approved in the consent package include Rachel Dwyer and Mike Donnay as high school custodians I; Jill Stevenson as Coordinator of PRAVA; Lily Martinson as a VPK/SR teacher; and Mindy Kyllonen as a special education teacher, contingent upon receipt of required licensure. The board also approved an employment agreement for the Assistant Community Education Director.
The meeting record lists the approvals as motions moved by Board member Morgan and seconded by Board member Kocka. The minutes do not include a recorded roll-call vote tally for these items.
The board adjourned the working meeting at 7:41 a.m.
