Loyal School Board Approves Fall Coaches and More

Sunday, August 1st, 2021 -- 9:00 AM

The Loyal School Board toured the building and looked at current maintenance projects and progress and reviewed facilities issues.

They also discussed the Special Education Teacher and Special Education Paraprofessional applications and administrative recommendations and reviewed personnel issues.

They also hired fall coaches including Jaedyn Piper for Varsity Volleyball, Viki Pieper for JV Volleyball, Kristen Aumann for C-Team Volleyball, and Sonia Suda and Taylre Wilke for Middle School Volleyball.

They hired Jim Genteman and Hannah Olson for Varsity Cross Country and Randy Aumann for Middle School Cross Country.  They hired Chris Lindner, Doug Dieckmann, Cody Halpin, Kyle Damask, Josh Ogenoff, and Michael Kaiser for High School Football.

They hired Curtiss Lindner, Derek Weyer, and Louie Stieglitz for Middle School Football.  The Board also approved the 2021-22 Memorandum of Understanding from Personal Development Center.  The District will continue to offer these services again this year.

They also approved the updated Athletic Code Policy. The Athletic Directors and the policy committee have worked very hard to update this policy to make it more in line with area schools.

They also approved the WIAA Agreement for 2021-22. The District is offering the same sports as last year.  They also approved a Nurse/Sub Contract renewal for Erin Shafto for 2021-22. She will be offering nursing services and in-house subbing again this year.

The District also identified curriculum standards for 2021-22. All areas of district curriculum have required standards to follow that have been put in place by the State of Wisconsin. The District would like to develop a schedule that will allow the staff to begin this work on area at a time.

For 2019-2020 they did Math Standards and curriculum alignment for K-12.  For 2020-2021 they continued adjustments in Math curriculum/standards and began alignment of English standards and curriculum alignment for K-12.

For 2021-22, they’ll continue adjustments in Math curriculum/standards, continue adjustments in English curriculum/standards, begin alignment of Science standards and curriculum alignment for K-12, gegin alignment of Social Studies/History standards and curriculum alignment for K-12.

For 2022-2023, they’ll continue adjustments in Math curriculum/standards, continue adjustments in English curriculum/standards, continue adjustments in Science curriculum/standards, and continue adjustments of Social Studies/History standards.

The Board also approved a Use of Facility application with Clark County Community Services to provide mental health services to students in 2021-22, they reported ZERO cases of Seclusion and /or Restraint for 2021-22, and held a brief discussion on COVID testing and protocol in school.

The District Administrator will be meeting next week with the Clark County Health Department to review current protocol recommendations. No decisions have been made on this yet.  The Board approved improvements to the Pole Vault, long jump, triple jump, and high jump practice areas. Work will begin soon.

Elementary Principal Nancy Popp reported registration will be four days again this year. Monday, August 9th and Tuesday the 10th will run from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, August 11th and Thursday, August 12th from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Even though fees have been eliminated, it is still important for parents to update contact and medical information. This is also when they find out which teacher their child(ren) has/have, so they can set up a time for Open House.

Open House will be Monday, August 30th from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Elementary teachers have 20-to-30-minute time slots to meet with parents/students. School supplies can also be left in the classroom.

Tuesday, August 31st is Orientation Day. Teachers will have the opportunity to explain their class rules and expectations. Students will also do a bus, playground, lunchroom, hallway, and bathroom rodeo which is a refresher on the rules and procedures they need to follow in these areas.

They will also spend a shortened class period with all their specials teachers. Picture Day for all elementary students will be the morning of September 1st . Small groups of staff members will be doing some training in August too. This will be for Fastbridge, the new assessment tool, and the continued use of PLC.

High School Principal Doug Dieckman reported on finalizing updates to MSHS athletic code and continuing to search for a SPED candidate. Within the next 30 days they will finalize any updates to employee handbook, and new staff orientation.

Also, staff inservice plans, MS Camp class August 18th for grade 6, August 19 for grade 7 (9-11:30), finalize Open House plans, finalize Student Orientation day, and fall sports seasons begin, continuing UDL training with CESA, EE workshop with CESA Challenges, and just getting ready for the new school year.

Finally, District Administrator Chris Lindner discussed the summer maintenance projects currently underway, and some state budget issues that could affect the district’s equalized aid.

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