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Menahga board approves coaching assignments and hires new high-school teacher
Summary
The board approved multiple extracurricular coach/advisor assignments for 2025–2026, accepted a custodian resignation, and approved a teacher contract for Logan Gerdes (HS Teacher, BA Step 1, 1.0 FTE) at the Oct. 20 meeting.
Menahga Public School's board on Oct. 20 approved a slate of extracurricular coach and advisor assignments for the 2025–2026 school year and ratified a new teacher contract for the high school.
The consent agenda lists a series of appointments including Isaiah Usher (Assistant Boys Basketball Coach, Step 1); Taija Pinoniemi (Assistant Girls Basketball Coach, Step 1); Kory Kapphahn (Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach, Step 9); multiple junior high coaches (Isaiah Hahn, Nick Jasmer, Austin Rife), and others. The minutes also record the board's approval of a teacher contract with Logan Gerdes as High School Teacher (BA Step 1, 1.0 FTE), beginning with the 2025–2026 school year.
On personnel changes, the board accepted the resignation of custodian Kevin Hillukka, effective Oct. 1, 2025; the motion was made by Katie Howard and carried unanimously. The coaching and teacher assignments were introduced in the consent motion by Sara Makela (SEG 001) and confirmed in subsequent recorded motions in SEG 002.
