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The Greenway school board met for a regular meeting Wednesday, March 31. The board looked to the future as they considered proposals for future class trips and long-term facility maintenance plans.
Spanish Teacher at Greenway Renee Gibbons gave a presentation on the trip the Spanish class took to Costa Rica in early 2020. Two students went on the trip. Gibbons also requested approval for the next Spanish class trips to Costa Rica for March or April of 2022 and 2023. A number of concerns were raised by both board members and Superintendent Dave Pace.Â
âIâm concerned about approving any travel for next year. The following year, I donât have a problem with that,â Pace stated. âUnfortunately, as Iâll report, we donât even know where next year is going to bring us. We donât know how we are going to open yet.â
So it s only fitting that Iron Range steelworkers have come to his aid.
Pfeiffer, eight, of Bovey, has undergone five rounds of chemotherapy, two surgeries, two stem cell transplants, 10 rounds of radiation, and six rounds of immunotherapy.
âWe could not ask for a tougher kid,â Easton s mother, Samantha Pfeiffer, a registered nurse at Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital in Grand Rapids said. âBut when he s home, he s like a normal Easton. He s energetic, outgoing and likes to be outside riding his bike, fishing and camping.â
Easton s father Derek is a production truck driver at Hibbing Taconite Co.
Each day last week, United Steelworkers Local 2705 volunteers took donations at a Hibbing Taconite Co. gate to benefit Easton and his family.