H-BC School Board meets May 24

H-BC School Board 
meets May 24
Hills-Beaver Creek Dist. 671
Minutes
May 24, 2021
The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board met for its semi-monthly meeting at 7 
p.m. in the H-BC Secondary School Board room.
Board members present were Bosch, Gehrke, Harnack, Knobloch, Rauk and Rozeboom. Superintendent Holthaus, Principal Kellenberger 
and Business Manager Rozeboom were also in attendance.
Motion by Bosch, second by Knobloch, and carried to approve
the agenda. Proposed Addition to the agenda: 6.8 and 6.9
Visitor to the meeting was Mavis Fodness of the Star Herald via phone.
PATRIOT PRIDE:
-Successful Band and Choir Concerts 5/10 and 5/21
-Elementary Puppy Relays 5/21
-Elementary Entrepreneurship Fair 5/24
-Varsity Track Conference Meet 5/20--Boys Red Rock Conference Champions
BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING REPORTS:
-Community Education 5/19; Personnel/Finance 5/19;
-Chair Gehrke assign Committee replacements
Motion by Harnack, second by Bosch, and carried to approve Consent Agenda: 
-Minutes—05/10/2021
-Bills and Imprest
-Cooperative Purchasing Connection Master Food Service Agreement for
2022-2023 and 2023-2024
-Prairie Farms (Land O Lakes Milk) Milk Contract for 2021-2022
-Steve Wiertzema’s resignation as teacher/athletic director/coach effective 
the end of the 2020-2021 school year
-Nora Wysong’s resignation as teacher effective the end of the 2020-2021
school year
-Drew Carver’s resignation as paraprofessional effective the end of the
2020-2021 school year
-Ron Rauk’s resignation as bus driver effective the end of the 2020-2021 school
year
-Steve Olson’s resignation as 5-12 band instructor effective the end of the
2020-2021 school year.
-Hiring Danielle Kneip as Elementary Teacher for the 2021-2022 school year
-Hiring Lydia Hildebrandt as Elementary Teacher for the 2021-2022 school year
- Assigning Samantha McGaffee as Summer 2021 Extended School Year Special
Education Teacher
-Assigning Angie Hageman as Summer 2021 Extended School Year 
Speech/Language Teacher
-Setting miscellaneous kitchen equipment as excess district property and 
direct the business manager to sell or dispose
-Setting secondary advisory period coordinator position at $1200 for the year 
-Assigning Samantha McGaffee as office assistant for Summer of 2021
DISTRICT NON-ACTION ITEMS:
•Secondary Principal Report
•Superintendent/Elementary Principal Report
•Legislative Update
AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Senior Commencement 7 p.m., Friday, May 28
Regular Board Meeting, June 14
Regular Board Meeting, June 28
Meeting adjourned at 7:37 p. m.
Tamara Rauk, Clerk 
(06-24)