Friday, May 24, 2019

NEN School Board Accepts Resignation, Rehires Secretary

The Northeast Nodaway School Board accepted a resignation and rehired a secretary at their regular meeting last Thursday, May 16th. The board accepted the resignation of Linda Mattson. The board also voted to rehire Kristin Sybert for Principal Secretary. The board also voted to name Brenda Dougan the Special Education Director. The votes were 6-0, with Board Member Victor West absent from the meeting.

Principal and Interim Superintendent Jason McDowell presented the pricing recommendations from Lunchtime Solutions, which handles the school lunch program at Northeast. The board raised adult lunch prices by 60 cents, elementary lunch prices by 15 cents, and elementary breakfast prices by 10 cents.

Enrollment at the high school was at 108 and 100 at the elementary for a total of 208 students. Attendance was 96.21% for high school and 97.92% for elementary.

The CTA held an End of Year Celebration on May 22nd, and faculty and staff were recognized for retiring and for years of service. The CTA will have a Taco John’s fundraiser on June 6th from 5 pm to 7 pm. The PTO recognized the teachers for Teacher Recognition Week.

Interim Superintendent Jason McDowell reported that the roof was leaking and that he was in the process of obtaining quotes. The school is also in the process of obtaining quotes for carpet for the Kindergarten and first grade rooms.

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