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Rankin board approves multiple staff hires, stipends and custodial positions
Summary
The board approved a slate of personnel items including substitute teacher hires, paraprofessional and custodial hires with hourly rates, and extracurricular stipend assignments (stipend percentages of base salary listed in motions).
At its Aug. 25 meeting, the Rankin Board of Education approved several employment actions and extra-duty stipend assignments.
The motions (all passed 6–0) authorized hiring Erica Kennett as a permanent substitute; Stephanie Leichtenberg as a short-term substitute through Oct. 20, 2025; Carissa Bennett as a paraprofessional at $15.00 per hour; Durk Brandt as a full-time custodian at $15.12 per hour; and Elzada Markley as a part-time custodian at $15.10 per hour (approximately 15–25 hours weekly). The board also approved stipends: JoAnna Andrew as concession supervisor at 1.25% of the base salary and as assistant volleyball coach at 7.70% of the base salary; Marj Oesch as speech team coach at 3.1% of the base; Michelle Eeten as yearbook coordinator at 2.05% of the base; and Khristie Brooks for Young Authors at 1.05% of the base.
Each motion included a named mover and seconder in the public minutes and was adopted unanimously. Where the minutes specified percentages or hourly rates, the article reports those figures as recorded; if an item’s exact salary basis or contract details were not included in the minutes, that detail is not stated here.
