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Board approves a slate of new hires for 2026–27 pending onboarding checks
Summary
Central SD 51 approved multiple hires for the 2026–27 school year — including teachers, paraprofessionals, and bus monitors — with motions indicating each hire is contingent on completion of onboarding and employment-history review.
The board approved a series of personnel hires at its June 11 meeting; each motion specified the hire was pending completion of onboarding requirements and employment-history review. Approved hires included: Josh McKown (6th–8th Health/5th-grade PE teacher at CIS), Erin Gabbert (paraprofessional at CIS), Beau Biedschied (5th–8th band teacher at CIS), Emily Bowen (K–4 speech-language pathologist at CPS), Jenny Taylor and Susan Uphoff (bus monitors), Rachel Yaggie (Exceptional Learners paraprofessional at CPS), and Joycelyn Loftis (Special Education/SEL teacher at CIS). Motion votes were recorded as unanimous among members present (5–0) with two members absent.
The minutes record the hires as standard personnel actions; salary amounts for individual hires were not listed in the public minutes. Each motion included the contingency that employment-history checks and other onboarding steps be completed before the hire becomes final.
