School Board approves new hires

At the May 11 Lincoln School Board meeting, board members approved new hires for the 2020-21 school year, discussed job postings for open positions, how to disburse funds originally designated for the senior class trip, and plans for graduation ceremonies.

Superintendent Jennifer Packer recommended Dani Cyr for the preschool position and Drew Blubaugh for the K-12 PE/Health position. A recommendation was also made for filling the 7-12 grade English position, although the candidate hasn’t accepted the position yet. All three recommendations were accepted by the board.

The school isn’t receiving applicants for the open music position, Packer said. The school currently doesn’t have a home economics or foreign language position for the 2020-21 school year and hasn’t had a foreign language position since 2013.

The board recommended posting the home economics and foreign language positions in addition to music. Although the school doesn’t have enough funding to hire for all the positions, the board suggested broadening the postings to try to fill one of them. The position for athletic director will be reopened, as well.