MITCHELL — The Mitchell School Board is scheduled to discuss dual credit policies and guidelines at Monday's meeting.
The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in Room 10 of the Mitchell Career and Technical Education Academy.
South Dakota's dual credit program gives eligible high school students the opportunity to attend a public university in South Dakota and earn credits toward both a high school diploma and a college degree. According to the South Dakota Board of Regents, through this program, students pay only one-third of the total cost per credit hour if they meet the system general education requirements at all six institutions.
The six regent institutions are Black Hills State University, Dakota State University, Northern State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota State University, and the University of South Dakota.
According to the meeting agenda notes, the board will discuss the current practice of dual credit and the need for additional guidelines and policies regarding dual credit.
The board is also expected to take action against a boat built by Mitchell Institute of Technology students that was put out to bid earlier this year.
There were no offers for the boat when bidding began April 3, so Mitchell Technical College plans to pursue a private sale of the boat.
This boat is a 2024 Lund 1875 Impact boat with a Mercury 150 horsepower motor and Shoreland'r trailer. She was purchased in February 2023 and was set up and outfitted by students in Mitchell Technical College's Powersports Marine Program.
The Board of Directors will consider the following personnel changes at the meeting:
- $1 for new certified hires for Softball Volunteer Coach Chaydon Metzger. Maggie Kuttner, his 7th grade and his 8th grade math teacher at Mitchell Middle School, $53,100. Amanda Miller, special education teacher at Mitchell High School; Janesa Vanden Hoek, Mitchell High School/Second Her Chance ELA teacher, $50,100. Shelby Frey, Mitchell High School language arts teacher, $50,100. Jaycee Puetz, fourth grade teacher at Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School, $50,100. Brooklyn Bortel, first grade teacher at Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School, $50,100. Amy Wooher, third grade teacher Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School, $50,100. Abigail Vermeulen, second grade teacher, LB Williams Elementary School, $50,100. Myah Roggenbuck, 5th grade teacher, LB Williams Elementary School, $50,100. Mary Hanson, LB Williams Elementary School 5th grade teacher, $50,100; Parker Grojon, LB Williams Elementary School 4th grade teacher, $50,100. All positions are effective starting in the 2024-25 academic year.
- New special hire of Brett Hofer, Maintenance Worker, $21 per hour, 8 hours per day, effective April 1, 2024.
- Ashley Bloor, a first grade teacher at Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School, will be the K-1 Loop teacher at Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School, and Tracy Wilson, a third grade teacher at Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School, will be the K-1 loop teacher at Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School. I moved to 6th grade ELA/Social Studies. Both transfers will be effective starting in the 2024-25 school year.
- The resignation of Caitlin Clement, kindergarten through first grade teacher at Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School, is effective at the end of the 2023-24 school year. Mr. Zach Clement, 6th Grade Social Studies/ELA Teacher, Substantively Expected to End the 2023-24 School Year, Mr. Kent VanOverschelde, Head Softball Coach, Substantively Expected to End the 2023-24 School Year, Appropriate Waiting for a successor. Ms. Stephanie Baldwin, Assistant Educator, Mitchell Middle School, effective April 12, 2024, Ms. Teresa Zirpel, 4th Grade Teacher, Gertie Bell Rogers Elementary School, effective date, ends the 2023-24 school year.
- Mitchell College will retire human services technician instructor Dixie Haar at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
- Mitchell Vocational School will be retiring Ranch Management Instructor Keir Mansen from the 2023-24 school year. Kerryl Nielsen, Student Success Coach/Counselor, effective June 30, 2024; Christina Tebay, Registered Nursing Instructor, effective end of the 2023-24 academic year.
Also at this meeting, the board is expected to:
- Please consider approving the Mitchell Middle School Student Handbook.
- Consider approving a renewal and participation agreement with the South Dakota Associated Education Board for the Workers' Compensation Pool Group for the 2024-25 school year.
- Consider approving a renewal and participation agreement with the South Dakota Conservation Trust Affiliated School Board for the South Dakota School District Benefit Fund for the 2024-25 school year.
- Enter executive session to prepare for contract negotiations or to negotiate with employees or employee representatives.
- Consider school district approval and MEA negotiations.
- Hear reports from board members.
- Listen to the supervisor's report.
- Listen to public comments.
The meeting will be held in public. The meeting will be livestreamed by Mitchell Republic on its website.
Eric Kaufman joined The Mitchell Republic in July 2019 as an education and features reporter. He grew up in Freeman, South Dakota and graduated from Freeman High School. He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1999 with a major in English and a minor in Computer Science. Contact him at ekaufman@mitchellrepublic.com.
