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Detroit Lakes board votes to terminate and non-renew contracts for 11 teachers

School Board of Independent School District No. 22 (Detroit Lakes Public Schools) · February 23, 2026
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Summary

On Feb. 23 the Detroit Lakes Public Schools board voted unanimously to terminate and non-renew the contracts of 11 teachers effective at the close of the 2025–26 school year; the action was taken by roll call.

The Detroit Lakes Public Schools board held a roll-call vote Feb. 23 and voted yes to terminate and non-renew the teaching contracts of 11 staff members effective at the conclusion of the 2025–26 school year. The roll call listed Mary Rotter, John Steffl, Sanford Nelson, Julie Smith-Yliniemi, Michelle Okeson and Michael Walther as voting yes.

The teachers named in the action are Ryan Beherns; Nelaina Daggett; Summer Dobratz; Austin Dodd; Brenda Eckman; Charles Honke; Rayna Jorgenson; Bethany Langlie; Monika Nelson; Heidi Swenson; and Kayla Thorp. The transcript records the roll-call outcome as a unanimous yes vote; it does not record a named mover or seconder for this specific roll-call motion in the available segment.