Pequot Lakes: School board to give employee stipends
The Pequot Lakes School Board agreed to give $750 stipends to all active employees for their incredibly hard work during a challenging school year. 5:00 am, May 25, 2021 ×
Pequot Lakes High School. Brainerd Dispatch file photo
In its May meeting, the Pequot Lakes School Board voted unanimously to provide a stipend of $750 to all active staff members of the district for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The stipend will be available for all staff members except those positions that are exclusive to Schedule C of the Education Minnesota Pequot Lakes master agreement, as well as substitute employees who worked less than 300 hours in the current school year.
She teaches grades 9-12 geometry and math credit recovery 7:00 am, May 12, 2021 ×
From left, Pequot Lakes School staff Deanne Trottier, Angie Klein and Joanna O Neil ring cow bells as they tell math teacher Nikki Stark that she is the 2021 Pequot Lakes Teacher of the Year on Monday morning, May 10, 2021.Travis Grimler / Echo Journal
Fellow staff burst into Nikki Stark s classroom Monday morning, May 10, with cow bells, balloons and flowers to announce her as the 2021 Pequot Lakes Teacher of the Year.
Stark was caught off guard as the honor was kept a secret. Her surprise was visible to her students and the staff gathered in her classroom at Pequot Lakes High School.
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The Pequot Lakes School. Echo Journal photo.
Kim Bolz-Andolshek was re-elected as Pequot Lakes School Board chair, as was Curt Johnson as vice chair. Tracy Wallin was elected as clerk/treasurer of the board, succeeding Susan Mathison-Young.
Also Monday, Jan. 6, the board set its meeting schedule to follow the pattern of the previous year - work sessions on the first Monday of the month and regular meetings on the third Monday of the month, with the exception of February and December when the regular meetings will be held on the second Monday.
Salaries for board members and officers will remain at $250 per month, with an additional $100 for the chair and $50 for the clerk/treasurer. Board member Mike Erholtz said he believes those totals have not changed in 15 or more years.