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USD 415 Board approves school calendar

By Greg Bebermeyer

02/15/2019

(KNZA)--The Hiawatha Board of Education Wednesday evening approved the 2019-20 calendar.

The first day of school will be August 15 and the last day will be May 20, 2020.

Christmas break will be December 20-January 6, with spring break being held March 9-13.

The calendar contains 176.5 student contact days, one less day than this school year.

At the request of high school industrial arts teacher Darrin Arment, the Board approved adding three new courses to the high school curriculum.

The new courses will be nested within existing classes, so Arment will teach two courses in the same class period.

They include Skilled Mechanical Crafts, which will be offered to 10th and 11th graders; Advanced Materials Technology, which will be offered to 11th and 12th graders; and Research and Design in Building Trades, which will be offered to 12th graders.

Arment also discussed the aging equipment, textbooks and curriculum of the middle school introduction to technology course. More information will be presented at a future board meeting as to a possible new course adoption.

Following an executive session, the Board approved contract extensions for the district’s administrators through the 2020-2021 school year and a $2,000 salary increase for Superintendent Lonnie Moser.

In addition, the Board approved hiring Kesley Hubin as assistant softball coach and to grant authority to Athletic Director Kim Lillie to fill the other assistant softball position.

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