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.
Young Minnesota couple showered with gifts after taking in 5 foster children
“This summer we got a call saying the kids needed somewhere to go. We went from a couple of two and boomed into a family of seven overnight.” - Kendra Kozelka, age 24, rural Pine River Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
Kendra and Austin Kozelka, high school sweethearts who graduated from Pine River-Backus High School and foster parents to five siblings ages 3-11, stand outside their rural Pine River home Sunday, Dec. 20, as the children look at all the gifts the family received as part of a program that helps families have a happy Christmas. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal