OSMOND — The Osmond and Randolph boards of education met Monday, Dec. 7.

An executive session was called during the meeting to discuss sharing a school superintendent.

After coming out of the executive session, both boards voted Monday to continue sharing the position, which is currently held be Steve Rinehart of Randolph.

COLERIDGE —  The Coleridge School Board tabled making any decisions Thursday concerning the 2010-11 inter-local agreement with the Laurel-Concord School District.

Board members are waiting until after Nov. 16 to make any decisions concerning the next school year.

Tbat’s when the Laurel-Concord School board will have the option of voting whether to commit to a Middle School at the Coleridge location, or keeping their current system intact.

“It will be on the agenda – but it could be tabled,” said Supt. Rich Patton. “If a decision is made to go ahead there will be a ton of decisions to make. Some will have to be done by the school boards and some will be done at the site.”

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HARTINGTON — Hart-ington School Board members took a long look Monday at the Attendance Policy currently in place at the school.
The policy could cause problems because of the high incidence of flu this year, Board members were told.
Dr. Connie Micek from the Avera Sacred Heart Medical Clinic had visited with school administration about the school’s Attendance Policy.
Dr. Micek is concerned the school’s policy may encourage sick kids to attend school, according to Principal Russ Flamig.
“We have been hit by the flu – we have had 20 or more kids gone from school,” said Flamig. “People are being told it could take seven days to get over the H1Ni flu. A change in the policy should be long term – not just this year with the H1Ni flu.”
Board member Doug Miller wants to look at changing the policy.
“If they are sick for a number of days we should not punish them for staying home when they are sick,” said Miller.
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HATINGTON — Eric Becker and Molly Dickes earned Cedar Catholic Homecoming 2009 King and Queen honors here Friday.

Other Royalty members of the 2009 Royal Court were: Todd Bottolfsen, Jake Stevens, Cody Klug, Alyssa Steffen, Kaylee Dump and Emily Schaeffer.

HARTINGTON — Thomas Schumacher and Dana Fuelberth were crowned as the Hartington High School Homecoming King and Queen during coronation ceremonies here Thursday.

The couple was the 58th duo in school history to wear the Homecoming crowns.

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Other Queen candidates were: Morgan Hegge. Ali Lammers, Kimber Rohde, and Kelsey Konken. Other King candidates were: Mason Miller, Jordan Rehnstrom, Alex Bottolfsen and Kyle Johnson.

HARTINGTON — The total enrollments for the Cedar Catholic and Holy Trinity Schools are holding steady with 353 students — the same number as last year.
Cedar Catholic has 209 students in grades seven through 12 compared to last year’s number of 208.
Holy Trinity is down one student from last year – 144 students for this school year while last year’s enrollment was at 145.
Teacher Michelle Koch welcomed 46 children to the pre-school classes, which is in its second year for Holy Trinity.

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HARTINGTON — Bulletin boards are being filled up, computers are humming and the halls of the Hartington schools are filled with students.
Students are back in the classrooms at Hartington Public, Cedar Catholic and Holy Trinity Schools.
Hartington Principal  Russ Flamig said the school year for Hartington Public has gotten off to a good start.

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Wynot —  Wynot School Board members are looking at moving ahead with a school remodeling project.
Bids for the project, which could end up costing an estimated $256,000, were opened on Monday, June 29.
“A bid from BC Builders out of Battle Creek for the roof was accepted – they can start around July 20,” said board president Neil Hochstein. “The other bids were tabled until the July 9 meeting. We need some more information.”
The proposals include spending close to $181,500 on mold prevention and a little over $75,000 for life safety codes to meet fire marshal orders.
The board is expected to make a decision on July 9 on whether to proceed with bonding for the school upgrades.
“The board can levy up to 5.2 cents for a bond without bringing it to a vote,” said Hochstein.

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Randal Anderson

CROFTON — Randy Anderson had pretty well settled into his job in administration at the Crofton Schools.
He has been an administrator at Crofton for 30 years. This week he became the new  Hartington Public School Superintendent.
Taking on the superintendent role for both Crofton and Hartington was not something Anderson had been thinking about doing.
“I actually did not plan on taking on the position of superintendent for both schools, as I assumed Dr. Swisher would eventually move into that position and I would move into retirement,” said Anderson. “However, original plans change and both Dr. Swisher and I are now looking forward to new challenges in our careers.”

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HARTINGTON – Hartington and Crofton Schools will work together in an inter-local agreement to share a superintendent.
After discussing the details of the contract in an executive session Monday evening the Hartington School Board made it official to hire Randy Anderson, who also serves as the superintendent for Crofton Public Schools.

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HARTINGTON — Pro wrestler Big O Inc. tuned up for his big pro bout here in two weeks, by pulling a pair of Cedar Catholic school busses with his bare hands.
Paul Neu, a 1984 Cedar Catholic graduate who wrestles professionally as Big O Inc. entertained a large Felber Park crowd here Saturday by pulling the big iron, which equates to over 20 tons.

The event was part of the Hartington Chamber of Commerce Famlly Fun Fest at the park. Other events at the park included kids’ games, food, a concert by local band Small Town Fire, a steak fry and a magician.
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