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Aitkin board approves March financials, hires, resignations and superintendent contract
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda including March financials (office receipts $1,805,434.03; bills $686,548.32; payroll and contributions $1,053,971.47; wire transfers $1,750,000.00), several resignations and hires, extracurricular appointments, and a superintendent contract for 2026–2029.
The Aitkin Public Schools board approved a broad consent agenda on April 20 covering minutes, March financials, personnel changes, extracurricular appointments and a superintendent contract. The board recorded the March office receipts as $1,805,434.03; expenditures included $686,548.32 for bills and $1,053,971.47 for payroll and district contributions to PERA, TRA, OASDI/Medicare and 403(b). Wire transfers totaling $1,750,000.00 were also listed in the financial report.
The consent agenda also included multiple personnel items: resignations (including Amy Field, Matt Nix, Olivia Kamien-Lamke and Sue Jorgensen), non-renewal notices for two coaches and new hires including Augustine Sanford as a Tier 3 special education teacher for the 2026–27 school year. The agenda listed extracurricular appointments such as Jason Henke as 2026 Robotics Team Head Coach and staff for the musical production. The consent agenda motion, "Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented," was moved by Rev. Dawn Houser, seconded by Holly Mindrum, and passed.
The superintendent contract covering 2026–2029 was included as an item in the consent agenda and therefore approved as part of the package; the transcript lists the contract in the agenda but does not provide contract salary, terms, or an explicit roll-call vote for that specific item.
