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Griswold School Board votes on 2nd grade issue

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April 17th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Members of the Griswold School Board, Monday evening, decided the future of next year’s second grade class. Superintendent Dave Henrichs told KJAN News the Board has been discussing the matter for the past couple of months. Henrichs says there are currently a total of 23 students in that class, and they’re split up into two buildings, one in Lewis and one in Elliott. Splitting it up makes for a section of 16 students and a section of 7. The question was, for next year, do they keep it two sections or make it one?

Henrichs said if it was another year down the road, when all the students are in one building, it would have been a really easy decision to make, but that’s not the case next year (2018-19). Monday night, the Griswold School Board voted to make 2nd Grade one section. The plan now is to decide which building will house both sections, and iron out any transportation issues. Henrichs said the Griswold Board approved some new hires for next year and one resignation.

Jake Speer was hired as Middle School/High School PE/Health Teacher, as well as assistant high school boys basketball, Haley Schmidt was hired as Elementary Vocal & TAG Teacher, and Larissa Potter was hired as an Elementary Teacher. The Board approved the resignation of Peggy Casey, Middle School/High School English Teacher, and they accepted a one-year leave of absence from Sara Johnson, Elementary Teacher.

Henrichs said action on the Technology Plan was tabled until the meeting next month, and the Technology charge is unchanged from last year, at $40.