Nodaway County school board notes

By Phil Cobb | April 29, 2025 |

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JEFFERSON

CONCEPTION JCT., Mo. — The following are notes from the minutes of the April 16 regular meeting of the Jefferson C-123 Board of Education.

Following the April nonelection, new board members Jenice Holtman and Sherri Redden were sworn in.
The board reorganized with Jared McQueen remaining president and Alan Gockel elected as vice president.
According to high school Principal Tyler Pedersen’s report, the Jefferson National Honor Society will donate $200 to Jefferson 4-H to assist in meeting the funding requirement for a matching grant to plant flowers and update play equipment at the abbey park.
Board members approved a health insurance agreement with the Ozark Schools Benefits Association, a self-insurance co-op of school districts throughout the state.
The board approved the certified salary schedule and compensation package for 2025-2026. The baseline starting teacher salary was set at $40,000 as long as the state Baseline Salary Grant remains available. The board voted to increase the portion of health insurance premiums paid by the district per employee to $550.
Board members approved a three percent raise to non-certified support staff hourly wages for 2025-2026.
The board approved a three percent raise for Principal Pedersen for 2025-2026.
Board members approved the Career Ladder plan for 2025-2026.
The board received a resignation letter from dual-credit history teacher Greg Dias effective at the end of this school year.
The next regular meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. on May 19.

NODAWAY-HOLT

GRAHAM, Mo. — The following are notes from the minutes of the April 16 regular meeting of the Nodaway-Holt R-VII Board of Education.

Following this month’s nonelection, new board members Andrew Lance and Christopher Salinas were sworn in.
The board reorganized with Joni Everhart remaining board president and Nick Madden remaining vice president.
Board members voted to renew membership with the Missouri School Boards’ Association for the 2025-2026 school year.

Personnel

Letters of intent offers

Adrean Plummer, high school secretary
Meagan Morrow, elementary secretary
Anna Jones and Tammy Wilmes, high school cooks
Anita Livengood and Darla Rauch, elementary cooks
LeeAnn Albertson, Brenda Latta, Reba McGinnis, Glenys Morrow, Toni Nielson and Kyle Wallinga; paraprofessionals
Derek Wallace, maintenance
Roxana Kling, elementary custodian
April Johnson, high school custodian
Leah Gard, nurse
Norbert Wiederholt, vo-tech driver
Tessa Lightner, district bookkeeper

Resignations

Kelly Morris, social studies teacher

NORTH NODAWAY

HOPKINS, Mo. — The following are notes from the April 16 reorganizational and regular meetings of the North Nodaway R-VI Board of Education.

The board approved the April 8 municipal election results during its reorganization meeting. Kane Oberhauser and Krista Barcus abstained, due to their election.
Newly elected board members Oberhauser and Barcus were sworn in by Board Secretary Tiffany Whipple.
Jennifer Clements was elected board president. Stan Alexander was elected vice president.
Barcus was appointed as Missouri School Boards’ Association delegate.
Whipple was reappointed as board secretary/treasurer.
In the regular meeting, the board approved Karissa Oberhauser as a substitute teacher.
Board members approved the 2025-2026 school calendar.
The board approved a facility use agreement with the Hopkins Ball Association, waiving the insurance and event fees. Alexander abstained.
Board members approved a 2025-2026 professional development calendar.
The board approved the graduating class of 2025 with the provision that each student meets the graduation requirements established by the state of Missouri and the North Nodaway Board of Education.
Board members approved setting the daily pay rate for substitutes to $120 and long-term substitute pay at $189.35.
Board members approved the extra duty pay schedule, which totals $76,300, an increase of $11,740 over last year.
The board approved the 2025-2026 salary schedule totaling $2,425,380.54, an increase of $10,516.47 compared to last year. This provides an average base increase of 5 percent to certified staff and non-certified staff. For certified staff, first-year teachers will start the year at $40,000. Superintendent Chris Turpin told The Forum by phone that the district is receiving funds from the state to help make up this difference. He said the district moved to a certified salary schedule of only two steps: bachelor’s and master’s. Regarding the certified staff members who have been with the district for some time and making just over the new beginning teacher wage, he said he hoped that the base pay increase helped them. “I was really trying to look at what we could do to help those people,” Turpin said, because they didn’t get quite as much of an increase.

Personnel

Board approved hirings for the 2025-2026 school year

Kristi Stricker, middle school/high school secretary
Lindsay Alexander, elementary secretary
Cristi Fountain, food services director
Chariza Gladman, assistant cook
Corey Everhart, assistant cook
Dustin Stringer, bus driver
Ron Thompson, bus driver
Angie Titus, bus driver
Kayla Baldwin, preschool teacher
Kasey Drummond, paraprofessional
Stephanie DeLeon, paraprofessional
Emily Higgins, paraprofessional
Kelly Lininger, paraprofessional
Bo Hansen, maintenance supervisor
Stuart Clements, elementary custodian
Jerald Everhart, middle school/high school custodian
Nicki Herndon, technology coordinator
Linda Russell, district nurse
Tiffany Whipple, district bookkeeper

SOUTH NODAWAY

BARNARD, Mo. — The following are notes from the April 17 reorganizational and regular meetings of the South Nodaway R-IV Board of Education.

The board approved the April 8 municipal election results during its reorganizational meeting.
Newly elected board members Chiya Dawoudi and Necama Parman were sworn in by Board Secretary Brandy Wolf.
During its reorganization, the board elected Rick Holtman as president and Brian Flora as vice president. Wolf was reelected as board secretary and Becky Swinford as treasurer.
In the regular meeting, Superintendent Dustin Skoglund told the board that he met with a representative of the Missouri Securities Investment Program about it housing all of a district’s operating funds and investing them as well. He said there are no fees to do this. He recommended that the board talk to the representative next month.
Skoglund told the board that the district received bids for four football field lights. The board would like to bring in an electric company to look at the integrity of the current lights.
Skoglund said the district is working on a grant for funds to purchase a skid steer.
The board approved a salary schedule with starting teacher pay set at $40,000 per year. The district is receiving state-appropriated funds to increase that pay from the district’s previous starting wage of $33,500 to the new required minimum.