Trustees Take Oaths In Wolf Point
By Bill Vander Weele
Wolf Point School Board trustees were sworn into office for new terms during the meeting on Monday, May 12.
Taking the oath of office were Liara Braaten for district 1, Roxanne Gourneau for district 2, Michael Holen for district 3 and Keith Higgins for the at-large position.
Gourneau was voted as the board’s chair and Higgins was voted as the board’s vice chair. The board appointed Demi Wilkinson as district clerk and Naomi Erickson as board secretary.
Wolf Point Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Perkins said the number of open teaching positions is decreasing. Among the positions still needed are band/choir teacher and vo-ag teacher.
Perkins said the feeling is that school districts will continue to receive federal impact aid funding. He explained as long as impact aid stays with the Department of Defense, schools will probably be OK as far as cuts. If impact aid goes to the Department of the Interior, cuts might occur. “The construction grants will most likely stay in the half a million to $2 million range,” Perkins said. “Construction will probably have to be done through borrowing from impact aid.”
Hires included Tara Thomas being transferred from Southside principal to junior high school principal. Teachers hired or rehired were Dahlia Hamilton for high school English, Gina Holman for high school science, Tiffanie Irizarry for Northside art, Shawn Erickson for Northside special education, Anthonette Francisco for sixth grade English and Jacob Boysun for junior high/high school teacher.
During building administration reports, Northside Principal Georgie Gourneau and Junior High Principal Amanda Prongua said attendance has been decreasing during the last month.
Classified staff hires included Ro- berta Azure, Carolyn Beauchamp, Enright Bighorn Jr., Shawn Boysun, Jonissa Charette, Cassie Clampitt, Beverly Corne, Marxist Delim, Arden DeWitt, Marlo Dulohan, Naomi Erickson, Emar Eymard, Fern Follet, Leandra Gustafson, LaRae Hanks, Kendra Hawk, Wesley Headdress, Katrina Hines, Kory Hines, Brent Jackson, Rick Keller, Michael Lagman, Macy LaPlante, Jason Martell, Dawntana Nation, Antonio Nation Jr., Beth Olsen, Shane Reed, Erin Ricker, Crystal Schwarzrock, Vic Shefelbine, Deanna Sherman, Ellen Sievers, Corrinne Smith, Leanne Smith, Kalen Stump, Carrie Talks Different, JubileeJade Tapaha, Cheryl Taylor, Stacey Traeholt, Shirley Vandall, Justin Vermette, Rashane Walking Eagle, Carol Wallette, Linda Warmbrod, Taunya Wasser, Jaycee White and Elizabeth Zimmer.
Extra-curricular hires included Scott Montgomery and Ronald Chavez for high school assistant football, Jed Loucks for junior high football and girls’ flag football, Bif Loucks for girls’ flag football, T’elle Evans and Cody Larson for high school volleyball assistants, Shania Chavez for high school volleyball volunteer, Brianna Red Cloud and Andrew Vun for junior high volleyball, Kelby Bauer for high school cross country assistant, Daryl Ricker for junior high cross country, Rodney Paulson and Martin Weeks for high school boys’ basketball assistants, Trevor Hamilton and Cole Hanks for junior high boys’ basketball, Bif Loucks and Kayla Messerly for high school girls’ basketball assistants, Messerly and Larson for junior high girls’ basketball, Caleb Pendleton for high school wrestling assistant, Dana Matejovsky for high school wrestling volunteer and Matejovsky and Philine Gorder for junior high wrestling.
