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Board approves staff contracts, administrator salaries and signer authority; treasurer appointment tabled

Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District No. 21 Board of Education · June 1, 2026
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Summary

The board approved a one-year contract for District Office Secretary Teresa Swiger at $22.58/hour plus $2,000 for transportation duties, granted her checking/imprest signatory authority, approved administrator salaries for 2026–27 (K–12 Principal $101,827; Superintendent $130,073), and tabled the treasurer appointment to July.

The board approved a District Office Secretary contract for Teresa Swiger from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 at a rate of $22.58 per hour and an additional $2,000 payment for transportation duties performed outside the normal workday. The motion to approve the contract carried on a recorded roll-call vote.

The board also approved signatory authority for Swiger on the district’s checking and imprest accounts. A separate motion to appoint Laura Ernst as district treasurer was tabled because no board member seconded the motion.

On administrator contracts, the board approved 2026–27 salaries: K–12 Principal Simon Merila at $101,827 (a 3.5% increase) and Superintendent David Johnson at $130,073 (a 4% increase). Those salary approvals passed on recorded voice/roll-call votes during the meeting.