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Item Details

Meeting
August 7, 2023 – Board of Education Meeting
Category
12. Consent Agenda
Type
Action item

Motions

Main Motion
Passed

Move to approve Consent Agenda items 12 B-E and vote on item 12F separately.

Moved by Zen Kelly · Seconded by Penny Vadla

9 Yes0 No0 Abstain

Yes: Beverley Romanin, Debbie Cary, Jason Tauriainen, Matt Morse, Patti Truesdell, Penny Vadla, Tim Daugharty, Virginia Morgan, Zen Kelly

Public Content

Background Information:

Name

Institution; Degree; Major

Alaska Certification

Assignment; Location

Judith Eckert

Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA; M.A.; Education: Special Education

GR K-6 Elementary Education;

GR K-12 Special Ed - Cognitively Impaired

Elementary Multi-Grade Teacher;

Susan B. English School

Rachel Gilbert

University of Colorado, Denver, CO; M.A.; Curriculum & Instruction Bilingual/ESL Secondary

GR K-12 Principal;

GR K-12 French;

GR K-12 English Language Arts

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) Teacher;

Nikiski North Star Elementary School

Tina Knutson

Framingham State University, Framingham, MA; M.Ed.; International Teaching

GR K-8 Elementary Education

Intermediate Grade Teacher;

Sterling Elementary School

George Lastinger

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL; B.A.; English

GR 9-12 English

English Language Arts Teacher;

Soldotna High School

Travis Lawson

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN; B.S.; Biology

GR 6-12 Biology;

GR 6-12 Mathematics

Science Teacher;

Kenai Central High School

Collin Meyer

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI; B.S.; Special Education, Specific Learning Disabilities and Intellectual Disabilities

GR 1-12 Special Education

Special Education Resource Teacher;

Soldotna High School

Christopher Parrish

Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, CO; B.A.; Liberal Art - Elementary Education

Elementary Education

Intermediate Grade Teacher;

Redoubt Elementary School

Naomi Parrish

Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT; M.S.; Curriculum and Instruction

Elementary Education;

GR 6-12 Mathematics

Intermediate Grade Teacher;

Redoubt Elementary School

Mattea Peters

Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID; B.A.; English

GR K-12 School Counselor

Itinerant School Counselor;

Homer Area

Charles Rininger

University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK; M.A.T.; Secondary Education

GR 7-12 History

Physical Education Teacher/Business Technology Teacher/Itinerant Facilitator Gifted Teacher;

Homer Middle School

Howard Robertson

University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY; Ed.D.; Educational Leadership

PRE-K-GR 12 Music

Music Teacher - Choral;

Kenai Central High School