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Board approves personnel changes, including reductions and hires in consent agenda
Summary
Under the consent agenda, the board approved payroll and accounts payable, accepted resignations, approved several hires and accepted reductions including four paraprofessional positions and a reduction of a speech-language pathologist from 1.0 to 0.50 FTE for the 2026-27 school year.
In its consent agenda, the International Falls School Board on April 20 approved multiple personnel and financial items. The consent package — moved by Tina Sather and seconded by Dale Johnson — included payroll totaling $733,657.90 and current accounts payable of $1,880,546.27, acceptance of multiple resignations, and approval of hires such as Emily Groom for Science Teacher at Falls High School and Andrea Kappelman as the Falls High School art teacher.
The consent agenda also recorded reductions: approval to reduce four paraprofessional positions at the end of the 2025–26 school year and approval to reduce a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) position from 1.0 FTE to 0.50 FTE for the 2026–27 school year, effective the last day of the 2025–26 contract. "Approve the reduction of 4 paraprofessionals positions at the end of the 25/26 school year," appears in the consent listing. The consent vote was recorded with one member absent (Roxanne Skogstad-Ditsch) and passed 5-0 as noted in the minutes.
