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KENDALLVILLE — East Noble Superintendent Ann Linson will be leading the district for just a little bit longer past her retirement date. East Noble is in the process of hiring her replacement, but will need just a little more time beyond June 30 to finish up the process. On Wednesday, the school board approved a contract to keep Linson on staff as interim superintendent for a short period, contracting at a daily rate of $650 per day for time worked effective July 1. East Noble is in the process of hiring a replacement for Linson, who announced in March she would retire effective June 30 a...

The board approved that contact by a 6-0 vote. Board members will meet again next Monday night to formally hire Baker as the school district’s new superintendent. According to a news release sent out by the school, Baker will earn a base salary of $107,000 a year in his role as the school district’s new superintendent. The contract also contains several incentive clauses and benefits that make Baker’s contract worth $142,866.05 annually. The board held a public hearing before they voted on Baker’s new contact. Baker thanked the board members for the opportunity to be Lakel...

He went on to say he hopes to announce the name of the new superintendent soon. Dr. Eva Merkel, Lakeland’s current superintendent, announced late last year that she intends to retire at the end of this school year. Before becoming superintendent, Merkel was the principal at the school’s high school. Larimer said he was pleased by the number of “quality” candidates that applied to be Lakeland’s next superintendent, although he made it clear he would not say how many applicants the school system had in that initial field of candidates. Larimer did say that the search co...

LAGRANGE — The Lakeland School Corporation joined forces with its teachers’ association to denounce several bills now under consideration by state legislators in Indianapolis that will affect public school funding.

More than 88% of all high school seniors graduated and received their diplomas in the pandemic-affected 2019-20 school year, with local school districts seeing a mix of minor improvements or