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Menahga board approves hires, substitutes and paid‑intern placements
Summary
The board approved multiple personnel notices on Jan. 26, including extracurricular coach assignments for 2025–26, an additional contract for Kristi Lundsten, a long‑term substitute assignment for Addison Lindow beginning Feb. 2026, paid‑intern placements for Chris Davis and Austin Stein‑Schmitz, and a full‑time bus driver assignment for Lori Alajoki starting Jan. 1, 2026.
The Menahga Public School Board approved several personnel notices and assignments as part of the consent agenda on Jan. 26. The approved roster of extracurricular and staff notices lists Kris Koll (Head Baseball Coach, step 4); Brandon Kupfer (Assistant Baseball Coach, step 2); Isaiah Usher (Assistant Baseball Coach, step 1); Chris Davis (Assistant Baseball Coach, step 2 and a paid‑intern bus garage maintenance assignment); Randy Thompson (Junior High Baseball Coach, step 10); Dan Gaughan (Junior High Baseball Coach, step 2); and an additional contract for Kristi Lundsten under the EMM Master Agreement.
The board also approved a long‑term substitute assignment with Addison Lindow per the EMM Master Agreement for a period beginning February 2026 and two paid‑intern program assignments: Chris Davis (bus garage maintenance) and Austin Stein‑Schmitz (custodian). Additionally, Lori Alajoki was approved as a full‑time bus driver per the Transportation Handbook, beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
Randy Thompson is recorded in the minutes as having shared information about the paid internship program earlier in the meeting. Motions to approve the consent items were made by Julia Kicker and recorded as carried unanimously.
