Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Personnel topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Board approves three hirings; athletic trainer to be paid $40/hour

Indian Creek CUSD 425 Board of Education · January 12, 2026
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

After reconvening from closed session, the board approved employment of Christina Payton as athletic trainer at $40/hour, Tawni Kalin as middle school paraprofessional, and Cameron Russell as high school PE teacher and head track coach (Russell hire recorded with one abstention).

The board reconvened into general session at 7:45 p.m. and acted on several personnel items. The board approved the employment of Christina Payton as athletic trainer at $40 per hour on a motion by Mark Peterson, seconded by Josh Merchant; the motion passed 7-0.

Trustees then approved Tawni Kalin as a middle school paraprofessional; that motion also passed by voice vote, 7-0. The board approved the employment of Cameron Russell as high school physical education teacher and head varsity track coach; the vote on Russell’s appointment was recorded 6 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (Merchant abstained).

The personnel approvals were recorded in the minutes with the voting tallies included.