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Mitchell Tech hazing policy set for review by Mitchell school board
Jun. 8—MITCHELL — The Mitchell Board of Education will get a look at a proposed Mitchell Technical College policy meant to address hazing at the school. The board will review the policy at its next regular meeting on Monday, June 9. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in Room 10 at the Mitchell Career and Technical Education Academy. According to the agenda notes for the meeting, Mitchell Technical College Policy 120 would help bring the school into compliance with national law. The new policy will address requirements of the Stop Campus Hazing Act, and it must be adopted by the board by June 23 for the school to remain in compliance. "The Stop Campus Hazing signed into law by President Biden on Dec. 23, 2024 and mandates that institutions of higher education participating in federal student aid must report hazing incidents in their Annual Security Reports, implement hazing policies and publish information related to hazing incidents in a Campus Hazing Transparency Report," Joe Childs, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, wrote in his agenda notes on the subject. The policy will undergo a first reading at the June 9 meeting. It must gain approval over two readings to become official policy. The full text of the proposed policy can be found in the agenda for the June 9 meeting. Also at the meeting, the board is expected to consider the following personnel items: * The new certified hire of Sydney Pike, 2nd grade teacher at Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary, $53,260, effective 2025-26 school year. * The new classified hires of Rachela Dirksen, Title VI tutor, ISS monitor, $19 per hour, 8 hours daily, effective Aug. 13 and Abigail Guenthner, begindergarten teaching assistant at L.B. Williams Elementary, $19 per hour, 7.75 hours daily, effective Aug. 13. * The new Mitchell Technical College summer adjunct hires of Annika Russel-Manke, ACCT 221 Quickbooks, 3 credits, $2,700; Annika Russell-Manke, BUS 122 E-Commerce, 3 credits, $2,700; Ashley Alarcon, RAD 156 Intro to CT, 2 credits, $1,800; Julie Gross, ENGL 110 Workplace Communications, 3 credits, $2,700; Crystal Freund, SOC 150 Social Problems, 3 credits, $2,700; Crystal Freund, SPCM 101 Fundamentals of Speech, 3 credits, $2,700; Nathaniel Raak, MATH 103 Mathematical Reasoning, 3 credits, $2,700; Ryan Van Zee, BUS 170 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, 3 credits, $2,700; Shirlyce Weisser, MOP 212 Elecronic Medical Records, 3 credits, $2,700 and Shirlyce Weisser, MOP 230 Medical Office Administration, 3 credits, $2,700. All adjunct hires are effective for the 2025 summer semester. * The new Mitchell Technical College Summer Internships of Jim Mahoney, BC 290 Commercial Internship, 6 credits, $5,000 (20 students); Tim Goldammer, CA 290 Internship, 6 credits, $3,250 (13 students); Noah Munsen, DPT 290 Internship, 6 credits, $5,500 (22 students); Wade Brozik, HV 290 Internship, 6 credits, $3,000 (12 students); Chris Degen, OPRV 190 Internship, 6 credits, $1,750 (7 students); Lynn Smith, ML 234 Practical Clinical Chemistry, 6 credits, (2 students) and Michael Benjamin, WBT 290 Internship, 6 credits, $500 (2 students). All are effective for the 2025 summer semester. The board is also expected to consider the following agenda items at the June 9 meeting: * Consideration to hold a public hearing on a waiver to allow high school credit for Algebra I and Spanish I and to approve both waivers. * Consideration to approve a resolution to declare elected members of the school board. * Consideration to approve the South Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors. * Review of the 2025-26 K-12 budget. * Hear board member reports. * Hear the superintendent report. * Hear public commentary. The meeting is open to the public. The Mitchell Republic will livestream the meeting on its website.
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2 days ago
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Mitchell Tech hazing policy set for review by Mitchell school board
Jun. 8—MITCHELL — The Mitchell Board of Education will get a look at a proposed Mitchell Technical College policy meant to address hazing at the school. The board will review the policy at its next regular meeting on Monday, June 9. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in Room 10 at the Mitchell Career and Technical Education Academy. According to the agenda notes for the meeting, Mitchell Technical College Policy 120 would help bring the school into compliance with national law. The new policy will address requirements of the Stop Campus Hazing Act, and it must be adopted by the board by June 23 for the school to remain in compliance. "The Stop Campus Hazing signed into law by President Biden on Dec. 23, 2024 and mandates that institutions of higher education participating in federal student aid must report hazing incidents in their Annual Security Reports, implement hazing policies and publish information related to hazing incidents in a Campus Hazing Transparency Report," Joe Childs, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, wrote in his agenda notes on the subject. The policy will undergo a first reading at the June 9 meeting. It must gain approval over two readings to become official policy. The full text of the proposed policy can be found in the agenda for the June 9 meeting. Also at the meeting, the board is expected to consider the following personnel items: * The new certified hire of Sydney Pike, 2nd grade teacher at Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary, $53,260, effective 2025-26 school year. * The new classified hires of Rachela Dirksen, Title VI tutor, ISS monitor, $19 per hour, 8 hours daily, effective Aug. 13 and Abigail Guenthner, begindergarten teaching assistant at L.B. Williams Elementary, $19 per hour, 7.75 hours daily, effective Aug. 13. * The new Mitchell Technical College summer adjunct hires of Annika Russel-Manke, ACCT 221 Quickbooks, 3 credits, $2,700; Annika Russell-Manke, BUS 122 E-Commerce, 3 credits, $2,700; Ashley Alarcon, RAD 156 Intro to CT, 2 credits, $1,800; Julie Gross, ENGL 110 Workplace Communications, 3 credits, $2,700; Crystal Freund, SOC 150 Social Problems, 3 credits, $2,700; Crystal Freund, SPCM 101 Fundamentals of Speech, 3 credits, $2,700; Nathaniel Raak, MATH 103 Mathematical Reasoning, 3 credits, $2,700; Ryan Van Zee, BUS 170 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, 3 credits, $2,700; Shirlyce Weisser, MOP 212 Elecronic Medical Records, 3 credits, $2,700 and Shirlyce Weisser, MOP 230 Medical Office Administration, 3 credits, $2,700. All adjunct hires are effective for the 2025 summer semester. * The new Mitchell Technical College Summer Internships of Jim Mahoney, BC 290 Commercial Internship, 6 credits, $5,000 (20 students); Tim Goldammer, CA 290 Internship, 6 credits, $3,250 (13 students); Noah Munsen, DPT 290 Internship, 6 credits, $5,500 (22 students); Wade Brozik, HV 290 Internship, 6 credits, $3,000 (12 students); Chris Degen, OPRV 190 Internship, 6 credits, $1,750 (7 students); Lynn Smith, ML 234 Practical Clinical Chemistry, 6 credits, (2 students) and Michael Benjamin, WBT 290 Internship, 6 credits, $500 (2 students). All are effective for the 2025 summer semester. The board is also expected to consider the following agenda items at the June 9 meeting: * Consideration to hold a public hearing on a waiver to allow high school credit for Algebra I and Spanish I and to approve both waivers. * Consideration to approve a resolution to declare elected members of the school board. * Consideration to approve the South Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors. * Review of the 2025-26 K-12 budget. * Hear board member reports. * Hear the superintendent report. * Hear public commentary. The meeting is open to the public. The Mitchell Republic will livestream the meeting on its website.
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12-05-2025
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Mitchell Board of Education to consider construction bid for Mitchell Tech power line training facility
May 11—MITCHELL — A new training facility on the campus of Mitchell Technical College could take another step toward reality Monday when the Mitchell Board of Education considers a bid for construction of the proposed facility. The board is scheduled to meet Monday, May 12, in Room 10 at the Mitchell Career and Technical Education Academy. The meeting is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. According to the agenda for the meeting, bids were opened for a new 34,000 square-foot power line underground training facility on April 22. The district received eight bids for the project, which ranged in cost from $4,483,031 from Gil Haugan Construction of Sioux Falls to $5,396,300 from Henry Carlson Construction, LLC. Joe Childs, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, recommended in his agenda notes that the board accept the Gil Haugan Construction bid. "Eight bid proposals were submitted, all coming in under budget. I recommend the acceptance of the bid from Gil Haugan Construction in the amount of $4,483,031," Childs wrote. Other bids received for the project included a bids of $5,060,700 from Peska Construction, Inc., $4,981,500 from Lloyd Construction Company, $4,956,000 from NuAge Construction, $5,552,000 from Beck and Hofer Construction, $5,114,000 from Schmitz Construction and $4,734,227 from Puetz Design and Build. Those bids include the base bid and alternates. The Powerline Underground Building will be a cable equipment training facility on the Mitchell Technical College campus. The school announced in September that it expected the new facility would give a boost of about 75 jobs in the region. In addition, students in the Powerline Program will gain the advantage of a modern educational environment for their studies that will be accessible year-round, including during frosty South Dakota winters when the ground is frozen. The new facility is expected to be completed in the summer of 2026. Also at the meeting, the board is expected to consider the following personnel moves: * The new certified hires of Kelsey VanLoah, assistant 8th volleyball coach, $2,397; Jeremy Borgan, head 7th grade football coach, $3,237 and Abby Brunsing, head 8th grade volleyball coach, $2,876. All hires are effective for the 2025-26 school year. * The transfer of Kayla Hohbach, 9-month para to 12-month position, effective June 1. * The resignation of Trista Herren, paraeducator at Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary, effective May 23. * The retirement of Deb Briggs, custodian at Mitchell Middle School, effective May 23. * The new Mitchell Technical College hires of Ryan Anderson, diesel power technology instructor, $72,000, effective Aug. 1; Alison Day, general education instructor, $61,000, effective Aug. 1; Jacob Doering, summer welding intern, $18 per hour, effective May 12; Lauren Hofer, summer LPN simulation tech, $15 per hour, effective May 12; Mercedes Jarding, summer LPN simulation tech, $15 per hour, effective May 12; Sydney Storm, financial aid — assistant director, $5,073 ($52,000 prorated until June 30), effective May 12 and Tessa Weidenbach, summer welding intern, $18 per hour, effective May 12. * The Mitchell Technical College retirement of Mike Puetz, power line construction and maintenance instructor, effective May 31. Also at the meeting, the board is expected to: * Enter into executive session for the purpose of preparing for contract negotiations or negotiating with employees or employee representatives. * Consider approval of K-12 salaries for the 2025-26 school year for administrators and personnel not included in the MCEA or MEA agreements. * Consider approval of the Mitchell School District and MCEA negotiations. * Consider approval of the comprehensive special education plan for the district for the 2025-26 school year. * Hear board member reports. * Hear the superintendent report, including information regarding equipment salvage and demolition of the current Mitchell High School building. * Recognize accomplishments of several student organizations, including HOSA, FBLA, Skills USA, FFA, Pro Start, FCCLA, Robotics and Educators Rising. The meeting is open to the public. The Mitchell Republic will livestream the meeting on its website.
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02-05-2025
- General
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Midweek Update May 1 with Superintendent Joe Childs and Luke Hagen
May 1—MITCHELL — The Mitchell Board of Education has spent significant time this month reviewing the district's policies on cell phones in classes. What's the backstory? Well, it's all because of a book that the district's administration team read titled, "The Anxious Generation," by Jonathan Haidt. "We meet weekly and had a long and strong discussion on this topic," said Mitchell Superintendent Joe Childs. "This really pointed out some clarifying research and data points that we know ... there's a problem with interpersonal skills when we spend more time on our screen and less time talking to people face to face." Hear why the district is proud of its new policies for cell phone usage at Mitchell Middle School and Mitchell High School to help our community's young people learn and develop in a healthier way.
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10-02-2025
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Mitchell Board of Education to hear presentation on new literacy coaches
Feb. 9—MITCHELL — The Mitchell Board of Education will learn more about the district instructional literacy coaches when it meets next in regular session. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 in Room 10 at the Mitchell Career and Technical Education Academy. The Mitchell Republic will livestream the meeting on its website. Joe Childs, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, told the audience at Thursday's State of the School's presentation that the district has three new literacy coaches on staff this year who are working to improve reading skills for students at all levels. "New this year, we have three literacy coaches that work in our elementary schools. They spend half of their time working with teachers providing professional development, and half of their time is direct instruction," Childs said at the Thursday presentation. "There's been a lot of discussion about the science of reading. There is a state initiative now, and it's become an initiative in the Mitchell School District, and it focuses on phonics. Part of our empowerment is to make sure our teachers are up to speed with all the resources they need to teach reading." The coaches spend half of their day supporting classroom instruction during CORE 95% phonics time, or Tier 1. The literacy coaches work alongside every K-5 teacher once a week, according to information in the meeting agenda item. The other half of the day is dedicated to providing small-group instruction in a Tier 2 model for 30 minutes, with each coach leading a group during Tier 2 time at each grade level. No action is expected on the subject at the meeting, the presentation is expected to be for the board's information only. Also at the meeting, the board is expected to consider the following personnel moves: * The new certified hire of Tayah Waldera, volunteer assistant track coach, $1, effective 2024-25 school year. * The new classified hires of Joni Hirsch, paraeducator at L.B. Williams Elementary, $16 per hour, 7 hours daily, effective Jan. 21, 2025 and Elizabeth Duvall, paraeducator at Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary, $16 per hour, 7 hours daily, effective Jan. 27, 2025. * The resignation of Roxanne Loudenburg, middle school head volleyball coach, effective Jan. 27, 2025. * The new Mitchell Technical College hires of Theresa Kriese, interim president, compensation increase of $31,044 ($166,000 prorated), effective Jan. 1, 2025; Tim Pranger, information systems technology (IST) adjunct instructor, $11,700 — 13 credits at (IST 202 — PenTest+, 4 credits; IST 203 — Emerging Technologies: MR, AI and ML, 4 credits; IST 268 — Managing Modern Networks, 5 credits), effective Jan. 13, 2025 and Jim Piper, Power Line Substitute Instructor, $150 per day, effective Jan. 30, 2025. * The salary adjustment of Ben Goeman, Student Success Coach and Counselor, $51,200 to $52,200 for degree completion, effective Jan. 21, 2025. * The Mitchell Technical College resignation of Michael Plooster, Power Line Instructor, effective Jan. 24, 2025. Also at the meeting, the board is expected to: * Hear board member reports. * Hear the superintendent report. * Hear public commentary. * Consider accepting the audit report from 2023-24. * Consider approval of membership agreement in the Eastern South Dakota Food Buying Group. * Consider approval of the 2025-26 K-12 school calendar. * Consider approval of an editorial cleanup of Policy 745. * Consider entering into executive session for "the purpose of preparing for contract negotiations or negotiating with employees or employee representatives." The meeting is open to the public.
