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Lake Superior School Board September Meeting

It’s kind of hard to believe that summer is in the rear view mir­ror, but it is and the 2024 – 25 school year is off to a good start. In a fast paced meet­ing, the School Board got an overview of how the first week had gone and it is shaping up to be another busy, exciting year.

Sarah McDermid was introduced to the Board at Tuesday night’s meeting. Mc­Dermidt will be teach­ing Special Education at William Kelley School. She is a sea­soned educator with experience in early childhood education, music, Spanish and parent education. She has a Masters degree in curriculum devel­opment and earned her English Second Language (ESL) cer­tification while teach­ing in Costa Rica.

In other business, the Board approved a resolution accepting grant funding from IRRR in the amount of $150,000. These funds will be used to create a program with Lake County Ambu­lance Service to train interested high school students as EMTs, Firefighters and to in­troduce them to other first responder posi­tions. The goal of this program is to recruit, train and retain area students to help fill the need for rural first responders and gener­ate interest for those who are interested in a career as a first re­sponder.

There was discus­sion about the up­coming budget / levy, payable in 2025. No action was taken at Tuesday night’s meet­ing, but School ad­ministrators are cur­rently working on the budget and the Board decided to schedule a meeting for December 10th, 6:00 pm at Two Harbors High School, for presentation of the budget.

The Board approved two resolutions con­cerning girls hockey. The first was to dis­solve the agreement of cooperation with MSHSL, girls hockey between Two Harbors and Silver Bay. That decision was followed up with a resolution approving a cooper­ative agreement for girls hockey that in­cludes Two Harbors, Silver Bay and Mar­shall.

The Away For The Day cell phone poli­cy has gotten off to a good start. Building Principals reported that they are seeing increased student en­gagement in the class­room and a greater level of student inter­action in the lunch­room. There have been multiple news reports in the past two weeks from both lo­cal and national news outlets, saying that school districts that have implemented this, or other similar policies, are seeing improvements in be­havior, engagement and actual learning when students can get out of the virtual world and can fully tune into their school environments.

The next Lake Su­perior School Board meeting is scheduled for October 8th at Two Harbors High School at 6:00 PM.

Rick Evans
Rick Evans
My wife, Marsha Kinzer (a proud DEHS Greyhound, class of ‘77) introduced me to the North Shore on vacation in 2012. It became our regular escape when the stress of our careers in education became overwhelming, and it didn’t take me long to fall in love with the breathtaking scenery, the nice people, and “salad” containing Jell-o and marshmallows. So you can either blame or thank my loving wife for my being here, because when we needed to choose a retirement hometown, Marsha advocated hard for her beloved Duluth, and here we are, six months later. Yes, this will be my first northern Minnesota winter. Yes, I welcome thoughts and prayers. Government, public policy, and social justice weighed heavily in the curriculums I taught at the high school level over a thirty-eight year career. In addition, we were a laboratory school focused on critical thinking in conjunction with technical and scientific writing. So when I found myself adrift on the great ocean of retirement and spied a raft, I jumped at the chance to take up what I’d left behind…minus the bad teachers’ lounge coffee. My position at the NSJ allows me to combine my passions for government and writing, and it’s helping me to feel less out of touch in new surroundings. When I’m not being “Cubby” (Marsha’s favorite new nickname for this green reporter) I enjoy pointing at eagles and saying, “Look, honey. There’s an eagle.” I’ve had an active side hustle as a professional musician for almost as many years as Charlie Parr. As a guitarist/singer/songwriter, I graced the stages of clubs and festivals around southern Wisconsin, including an appearance on A Prairie Home Companion. Should I even mention A Prairie Home Companion, or am I the only one here old enough to remember what that is? Look! An eagle!
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