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WEM board approves summer hires, new staff and staff-sharing agreement

Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Board of Education · June 23, 2025
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Summary

The board approved multiple summer hires and staffing appointments, including a choral teacher (Sean Benz), a social media manager (Kelci Halvorson), summer school staff, and an agreement to share staff with ISD #829 Waseca for the Extended School Year.

The Waterville-Elysian-Morristown School Board approved multiple personnel actions on June 23: student helpers and summer school staff at hourly rates, Sean Benz as Choral Teacher at a listed salary of $54,460, Kimberly Miller as a long-term substitute first-grade teacher, and Kelci Halvorson as Social Media Manager at $28 per hour for 250 hours. The consent agenda motion passed with six members recorded in favor; a separate vote approved Susan Michael as a summer school teacher with Gary Michael recorded as abstaining.

The board also approved an agreement for staff sharing between ISD #829 Waseca and ISD #2143 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown for the Extended School Year program. The agreement is intended to allow districts to share personnel for summer or extended services; the minutes list the action as approved without including the contract text in the body of the minutes.