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An aging beauty worth restoring and being recognized on the Kansas State Registry of Historic Places? Or one that needs laid to rest eventually?
The Hiawatha High School Booster Club is asking the School Board to consider improving the acoustics in the gymnasium at a cost between $30-$40K.
Dec. 4, 2019
The Hiawatha School Board approved a retirement request of a long-time elementary school teacher at Monday night’s regular meeting.
The USD 430 School Board met earlier this month, and the group voted to hire two new coaches, while also accepting the resignations of HHS head football coach Mark Friess, EMS assistant track coach Staci Campbell and the retirement resignation of EMS Social Studies teacher Eli Wenger. The Bo…
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The Hiawatha School Board voted 6-1 Monday night to approve to ratify the master agreement with the teachers.
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An aging beauty worth restoring and being recognized on the Kansas State Registry of Historic Places? Or one that needs laid to rest eventually?
The South Brown County School Board was joined by Tim Lentz of HDIC for their October meeting, with Lentz informing the board that the group is working on a grant to complete the upgrade of the town’s baseball and softball complex.
After several months of negotiations, the teachers with the Hiawatha District Education Association of USD 415 voted Thursday to accept the district’s offer of a 7.2 increase to the base salary.
The Hiawatha School Board addressed issues concerning bullying and racism when parents of a student spoke forward at Monday’s regular meeting.
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(Editor’s Note: District officials notified the Hiawatha World that the Teacher’s Association voted Thursday morning to accept the offer of 7.2 percent to the base as described in the article below. The agreement will go to the Board of Education for ratification on Nov. 11 at the regular me…
With the alarming rate of unscrupulous individuals trying to scam people out of their hard earned money, the Brown County Sheriff has copies of “Identity Theft” information booklets available free to the public.
A 50-year-old Dubois, Neb., man was injured when the semi he was driving overturned near Thrasher and 260th roads on Monday.
The Hiawatha School Board met in special session on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to discuss replacing a wheelchair lift at the elementary school.
The Board of Education of the Brown County Kansas Special Education Interlocal No. 615 held its regular September board meeting at 6 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Special Education Annex.
The Hiawatha School Board met for their regular session Monday night and among discussions was a concern by a patron about teachers’ kids being bused across town to the middle and high schools.
The Hiawatha USD 415 School Board met Monday and discussed fall enrollment numbers.
The Board of Education of the Brown County Special Education Interlocal #615 held its regular August board meeting at 6 p.m. on Aug. 7 at the Special Education Annex in Hiawatha.
The South Brown County School Board met last Monday evening, and voted to adopt their 2019-2020 budget, which includes a decrease in the mill levy. Thanks to an increase of over $2 million to the district’s assessed valuation, the school was able to decrease their total tax levy from around …
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The USD 415 School Board met on Monday evening, and after a series of Executive Sessions, voted to approve a 4 percent raise for classified staff and administrative employees.
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At Monday’s meeting of the USD 415 School Board, the district will seek to finalize its proposed 2019-2020 budget, which calls for a decrease in the mill levy for the fourth consecutive year.
The board of Education of the Brown County Special Education Interlocal No. 615 held its regular July board meeting at 6 p.m. on July 9 at the Special Education Annex in Hiawatha.
The USD 415 School Board met on Monday evening, with Jerad Enneking and Angie Kreider of Rainbow Communications present to discuss the company’s bid to replace the district’s wiring and phones.
The Board of Education of the Brown County Kansas Special Education Interlocal No. 615 held its regular June meeting at 6 p.m. on June 18 at the Special Education Annex in Hiawatha.
The USD 415 School Board met on Tuesday morning and voted to approve a revision to the 2018-19 school year budget, after a late adjustment from the state regarding virtual credits.
The USD 415 School Board voted Monday evening to hire Educational Consulting Services to put together a long term facilities plan for the district, which put to rest for the time being the ongoing discussion of whether or not to move part of the high school’s shop into the wrestling room.
The Hiawatha School Board met on Monday evening, and as part of the Consent Agenda, filled many of the district’s vacancies with new hirings.
After holding a late-May special meeting to accept the resignation of Horton High School principal Fred Winter, the USD 430 met on Monday evening, and agreed to move current Athletic Director Larry Mills into the principal position, while bumping Nick Dowell into a role as Assistant AD.
Jodi Twombly and Kylee Reschke of the Hiawatha Youth Basketball League were present at Monday evening’s USD 415 School Board meeting to present a check of $11,500 to the district.
The USD 415 School Board met Monday evening, with two board members absent, and heard an update from District Maintenance Coordinator Matt Cluck on recent projects within the district. Cluck also discussed potential future projects and received feedback from the board.
After an Executive Session at their Monday evening meeting, the USD 415 School Board voted to offer the position of Hiawatha Elementary School Principal to Paul Carver of McPherson.
Administrators across USD 415 have been busy the last few weeks visiting career fairs at local universities, as the district begins its annual process of replacing outgoing teachers and administrators.
The USD 415 School Board met March 11 and voted to approve a new nearly $110,000 district-wide math curriculum.
The board of education of the Brown County Kansas Special Education Interlocal No. 615 held its regular March meeting at 6 p.m. on March 6 at the Special Education Annex in Hiawatha.
The Board of Education of Brown County Kansas Special Education Interlocal No. 615 held its regular February Board of Education meeting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 13 at the Special Education Annex in Hiawatha.
Weather-delayed from Monday evening, the Hiawatha School Board held its rescheduled February meeting on Wednesday night as Darren Arment addressed the board, requesting changes to the HHS shop curriculum, as well as potential changes to the HMS technology curriculum.
Superintendent Lonnie Moser took a moment at Wednesday evening’s meeting of the USD 415 school board to address the concern many people have that the school is running out of snow days for the 2018-19 school year and will need to add days to compensate.
The USD 430 School Board met last Monday evening for their regular January meeting, the first of 2019. The meeting opened with an Impact Aid Public Hearing, and with no comments from the public, the Board voted to approve the 2019-20 Impact Aid application.
At Monday night’s meeting, the Hiawatha School Board took some time to review an issue that came up over the weekend concerning snow removal prior to the Youth Basketball League last Saturday.
Hiawatha’s own AquaSox, a six-person team of HMS fifth-graders led by instructor Nolan Sump, visited the USD 415 School Board on Monday evening, to present their work on the National Geographic GeoChallenge Competition.
The USD 430 School Board met last Monday for their final meeting of 2018. Board Members Jason Smith, Jacob Bruning, Jamie Bottom, Kate Ross, Richard Lovelady, Laurence Berger and Jason Selland were present, along with Superintendent Jason Cline.
The Hiawatha School Board met on Monday evening, with two members of the board absent as they heard good news on the district’s audit and approved the master contract with teachers.
The USD 430 School Board met last Monday, and brought an end to their unsettled Athletic Director situation at the high school, as they hired Larry Mills to fill the position starting immediately. Mills will also fill the role of HHS head golf coach.
The Board of the South Brown County school district met last Monday, with much discussion going into the proposed stadium project.
The USD 415 School Board met last Monday, and after an executive session at the end of the meeting, approved a 3.72 percent raise for the district’s classified staff. All board members were present for the vote, after Dr. Pete Rosa joined the meeting at 8.
The USD 430 School Board met Monday evening, accepting one resignation and hiring four new staff members during the course of their meeting.
The Hiawatha USD 415 School District unveiled a new website prior to the current academic year and for the most part the input from the community has been positive.
The USD 415 School Board met Aug. 13, and with all board members present, approved the 2018-19 school budget. While the budget was up for public hearing, no concerns or discussion were brought forward by either the public or board members, and the budget passed unanimously.
A budget has been presented and approved for publication, as the Hiawatha School Board met last Tuesday evening, bringing the 2018-19 proposed budget one step closer to finalization.
A budget has been presented and approved for publication, as the Hiawatha School Board met on Tuesday evening, bringing the 2018-19 proposed budget one step closer to finalization.
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