The Exira-EHK School Board and Education Association – representing the Teacher’s Union – presented their initial contract proposals during a meeting Monday night. Superintendent Trevor Miller told KJAN News that the Education Association proposed a three-year contract and a 3.25-percent raise. The District proposed in its initial offering, a zero-percent increase in salary. The two sides will meet again March 12th to get further into the process.

Miller said also there were no concerns from the Board or those in attendance, with regard to the 2019-20 School Calendar, which the Board ultimately approved, and which begins in August. Classes start on the 23rd of August, end finish May 21st 2020. In other business, the Exira-EHK School Board approved the hiring of Andrea Nulle as High School Science Teacher and Assistant Softball Coach. Nulle graduates from Morningside College this year, and has been an Assistant Softball Coach for IKM-Manning the past couple of years.