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Clinton board approves multiple coach and teacher hires ahead of 2025–26 school year
Summary
The Clinton School District board approved a slate of hires for the 2025–26 school year, including coaches and classroom teachers, most pending routine background checks. The board also assigned mentoring support for new teachers.
The Clinton School District board on Tuesday approved a package of personnel hires for the 2025–26 school year, including head and assistant coaching positions and multiple classroom-teacher appointments.
A motion to hire Melissa Hallgren as head volleyball coach passed by voice vote, as did the motion to hire Chelsea Wilson as assistant girls volleyball coach. The board also approved Abraham Barham as head soccer coach "pending background" and named Kira (Sierra) Everett Lapke as assistant middle-school soccer coach. During his introduction, a staff member said of Barham: "He's very knowledgeable soccer. He's played, college. He's coached before, so we're excited to have him on staff." (Staff member, speaker 3).
Several classroom hires were also approved. The board voted to appoint Delaney Peterson as kindergarten teacher and Cassandra Caldwell as third-grade teacher for 2025–26, both "pending background check." Staff described Peterson's preschool and student-teaching experience and said a mentor (Jenny Hartwick) will work with her. The board additionally approved administrative and coaching support arrangements discussed during the superintendent/staff reports.
Board members made and seconded the motions on the consent-style personnel items and recorded voice votes; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript for these approvals. Several approvals were explicitly noted as contingent on routine background or fingerprint clearances where stated.
