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Board approves 2.95% salary increase and hires incoming district administrator
Summary
After returning from closed session the Wauzeka-Steuben School Board approved a 2.95% employee salary increase (3-0 with two abstentions), hired Brynlee Nelson as a 4th-grade initial educator and approved a contract for incoming District Administrator Dr. Dan Olson effective July 1, 2025.
The Wauzeka-Steuben School Board reconvened in open session at 8:28 p.m. on April 21 and approved several personnel actions, including a 2.95% employee salary increase and the hiring of a new district administrator.
The Board approved Brynlee Nelson as a 4th-grade initial educator for the 2025-26 school year (motion by Tom Martin; seconded by Nikki Asleson) by a 5-0 roll call. The board then voted to approve an employee salary increase of 2.95% (motion by Ken Buck; seconded by Jessie Bird). The salary increase motion was recorded as carried by a 3-0 roll call with board members Brandon Millin and Tom Martin recorded as abstaining.
The Board also approved the District Administrator contract for Dr. Dan Olson to begin July 1, 2025 (motion by Tom Martin; seconded by Brandon Millin), which carried by a 5-0 roll call. Earlier in the meeting, District Administrator Dr. Gary Albrecht had briefed the board on staffing being 'fluid' and noted state officials' expectation that federal education funding will remain flat for 2025-26 — a factor the administration said will influence staffing and budget planning.
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