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Six candidates vying for two seats on Mitchell Board of Education Written By: Erik Kaufman | × Mitchell Board of Education candidates, from left, Reed Bender, Debra Emme, Brittni Flood, Shawn Ruml, Dwight Stadler and Chris Nebelsick speak during the Candidate Forum hosted by the Government Affairs Committee with the Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night at the Corn Palace. (Matt Gade / Republic) In a debate format that ranged from topics including mask mandates and...

RACINE — Racine Unified School District’s current plan for offering summer school this year is opening only three schools for the 4K-8 program: Gifford, Jerstad-Agerholm and Mitchell. The Racine Branch of the NAACP thinks this is a problem for inner city communities. None of the schools are walking distance from those communities, and the district’s current plan doesn’t offer bus service to those schools, they said. At a news conference Wednesday night at Racine Branch headq...

Two staff members have 73 years of combined service to MHS Written By: Marcus Traxler | × Mitchell High Schools Kathy Mills and Terry Aslesen were honored Wednesday, May 5 ahead of their retirement at the end of the 2020-21 school year. (Marcus Traxler / Republic) With a combined 73 years of service to the Mitchell School District, two local educators were recognized this week ahead of their upcoming retirement from education. Mitchell High School science teacher Terry Aslesen...

Graves to receive 3% raise for 2021-22 school year. Written By: Erik Kaufman | × Joe Graves, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, hands out meeting materials to Mitchell Board of Education members Neil Putnam and Deb Olson in this Mitchell Republic file photo. (Sara Bertsch / Republic) The Mitchell Board of Education on Monday night approved the annual compensation of several administrators with the Mitchell School District, following an executive session at the end...

Updated April 26 Waterville board approves transferring high school assistant principal to Mitchell School principal position The Waterville Board of Education on Monday also voted to approve a policy governing the recruiting and hiring of administrative staff and directors, as well as a policy on administrative procedures for recruiting and hiring. Share WATERVILLE — The Waterville Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to approve the transfer of Waterville Senior High School Assistant...

Meeting to be held virtually online Monday Written By: Erik Kaufman | × Joe Graves, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, hands out meeting materials to Mitchell Board of Education members Neil Putnam and Deb Olson in this Mitchell Republic file photo. (Sara Bertsch / Republic) The Mitchell Board of Education will consider administrator compensation for the 2021-22 school year at its next meeting. The agenda item will be addressed at the Monday, April 26 meeting of t...

Updated April 23 Waterville board to consider transferring high school assistant principal to Mitchell school principal spot School principals also will update the Waterville Board of Education on Monday about plans for "summer camps," to be held for all interested students to address social-emotional needs that may not have been filled this school year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Share Eric Haley, superintendent of schools in Waterville, said Friday that the school board will take a ...

$118,791 to go toward updated automobile program tech Written By: Mitchell Republic | × The Mitchell School District was named a recipient of a South Dakota Workforce Education Grant, the South Dakota Department of Education announced Thursday. The district will receive $118,791 through the grant, which will be applied to updating technology in the district’s automobile technology program. “Career and technical education is crucial in helping young people successfully prepare for their f...

Waterville school to hold kindergarten registration Aug. 10-11 Share WATERVILLE — Kindergarten registration for the 2021-22 academic year will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, and from noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, at the George J. Mitchell School, 58 Drummond Ave. Registrations will be conducted by appointment only. A child must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15 in order to be registered. To register, the child’s official birth certificate and updated immunizati...

Items will benefit MTC students, staff Written By: Erik Kaufman | × Mitchell Technical College. The Mitchell Board of Education has approved a purchase to provide students and staff at Mitchell Technical College with several items of fitness equipment for a new fitness center. The decision was made at the latest regular meeting of the board Monday. The equipment, purchased at a cost of about $80,474.03, which includes preventative maintenance and warranty, will include 11 piec...