Middle School teacher Noah LeBlanc notified the Hayward School Board at their April 15 meeting that he is resigning as physical education, health and leadership teacher at the end of the current school year. But he will stay on as Hurricanes head football coach for 2024-25 and will continue as morning weight room supervisor year-around.
“I am extremely grateful for the opportunity I was given and will be in close contact with all of you as I will be around coaching and in the weight room,” LeBlanc added.
Hayward Center for Individualized Learning (HACIL) supervisor Crystal Hexum informed the board that one student, junior Neel Dums, earned a perfect score of 36 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).
The Northern Waters Environmental School (NWES) sponsored a nature hike and natural foods dinner at the Town of Hayward Recreational Forest on April 12. NWES will host their spring showcase on May 8.
In actions on Monday, the board:
1 Approved a memorandum of understanding with Lac Courte Oreilles Head Start for 4-year-old kindergarten students. The program will operate five days per week and involve up to 68 students, with up to 17 students for each of the six sections.
2) Voted to increase the pay for substitute staff. Teachers will receive $150 per day or $80 for half a day (same as this year). Other substitute staff (teacher aides, secretaries/administrative assistants, custodians) will receive an increase of 50 cents per hour.
3) Approved teacher contracts and programming for the three-week summer school in June (Canes Camp). This year’s program will have 218 students in grades K-5.
4) Accepted the retirement of Roger Burger as school librarian at the end of the current school year. “After 35 years of service, I have decided it is time to start the next chapter of my life,” he said.
5) Hired Mimi Dahlby as middle school track coach.
6) Approved the application of a high school junior to take two classes at Northwood Technical College next year.
7) Approved salaries for co-curricular staff for 2024-25, with a 1.5% increase.
8) Accepted various donations to the school district:
The Cenex Pride Pump donated $1,199.94 for November through January.Beehive Botanicals donated gift packets to the high school and central office Staff.The Primary School received $350 from Walmart to support the March challenge of “Doing the Right Thing,” which goes along with the “Be The One” initiative in the district.
This purchased eight large cream pies and 325 mini pies. The large pies were used to put a pie in eight teachers faces; then each student was able to enjoy a mini pie as a treat.
The high school Nordic Ski Team received $920 from the American Birkebeiner Foundation, from the proceeds of their sale of used bibs which were recycled into numerous types of clothing and sold as a fundraiser.
The newly-elected school board members—Stacey Hessel, Derek Hand and Kraig Gay——will be sworn in at the board’s reorganizational meeting on May 6.
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