Red Wing School Board briefs

Truth-in-taxation hearing set for Dec. 3

The district’s annual truth-in-taxation meeting will be 6 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Red Wing High School Little Theater. The board’s regular meeting will be interrupted to hold the meeting.

Personnel changes

The board approved the following personnel changes:

New hires: Kristi Person, keyboarding/computer teacher at Twin Bluff Middle School, effective Aug. 24; Rebecca Zylstra, special education teacher at the high school, effective August 2012; Rebecca Lippert, computer teacher at Burnside, effective Aug. 12.

Reassignment: Ben Slagle, work experience teacher at Tower View, effective Aug. 27.

Resignations: Ron Wolter, van driver, effective July 1; Trepp Meyer, custodian at middle school, effective Aug. 17; Kristina Larson, educational assistant at Sunnyside, effective Aug. 6; Ross Herdina, reading teacher at high school, effective Aug. 13; Tina Thompson, preschool teacher at Colvill, effective Aug. 10; Alicia Hamilton, middle school cook, effective Aug. 7; Richard Curtis, custodian at Colvill, effective Aug. 13.

One-year unpaid child care leave: Nicole McQuiston, paraprofessional at Sunnyside, effective 2012-13 school year.

:In other news…

• The board approved a new restrictive procedures plan for the 2012-13 school year. Few changes were made from the previous plan. The plan outlines the use physical holding or seclusion of a student in an emergency situation.

• Meeting watch: Monday’s meeting lasted about one hour and 15 minutes. Board member Paul Kramp was absent.

- Compiled by Sarah Gorvin, staff writer