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How will you keep your kids busy this summer vacation?
Berg-Beniak sought as permanent superintendent
Mon, Dec 24th, 2012
Posted in Pine Island Education
Posted in Pine Island Education
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The Pine Island School Board evaluated Interim Superintendent Tammy Berg-Beniak’s job performance, agreed she’s excelling and chose to forgo any search for a permanent superintendent and instead enter into negotiations with her.
The unanimous decision came at the board’s Dec. 17 meeting and resulted from a Dec. 12 job appraisal. She became interim superintendent in late August.
Summarizing the evaluation, Board Chairman Jeff Leland said Berg-Beniak has met or exceeded expectations in all criteria, and he thanked her for continuing the thrifty fiscal policies set in place by her predecessor, Superintendent Chris Bates.
Selecting an administrator is the board’s most important task, said board member John Champa, “and for me this is not a difficult decision.”
Leland, Champa and a third board member, Angela Heiden, were picked to serve on the negotiations committee.
“I’m confident we’ll have a good agreement,” Berg-Beniak said.
“I will work hard not to disappoint. I know you have high expectations of me, but not as high as I have for myself.”
School shooting in Connecticut
Berg-Beniak explained the Pine Island District’s response to the school shootings in Newton, Conn. When news of the tragedy arrived, P.I. school officials decided not to discuss it with students, she said, “because we thought it was up to the parents.”
Regarding security at Pine Island School, Berg-Beniak said, “Very few schools in our area have locked front doors, like we do. And very few have a police liaison officer, like we do. We have taken security very seriously and want our students to continue to feel safe.”
“Like” the school
The board consented unanimously to the social media policy proposed by Berg-Beniak and to her plan to put the school on Facebook. The school’s page will provide information to the community and won’t allow comments, at least not at first. It will launch around the first of the year.
“‘Like’ the school,” Berg-Beniak said.
Other business
• Activities Director and high school baseball coach Craig Anderson will be inducted into the National High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place early next December in Tucson, Ariz. Anderson, already a member of the Minnesota Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, has coached at Pine Island for 36 seasons.
•The board unanimously approved the 2013 levy of $2,185,430.20, as presented at the Dec. 6 truth-in-taxation hearing.
• Board approval of the audit report presented at the Dec. 6 board meeting was likewise unanimous.
•Negotiations with High School Principal Kevin Cardille continue. The board has made him another offer, said board member Kim Fall, and he’s considering it.
•The Pine Island School Board will hold its first meeting of the new year at 7 p.m. Jan. 3 in the school’s music room.
The unanimous decision came at the board’s Dec. 17 meeting and resulted from a Dec. 12 job appraisal. She became interim superintendent in late August.
Summarizing the evaluation, Board Chairman Jeff Leland said Berg-Beniak has met or exceeded expectations in all criteria, and he thanked her for continuing the thrifty fiscal policies set in place by her predecessor, Superintendent Chris Bates.
Selecting an administrator is the board’s most important task, said board member John Champa, “and for me this is not a difficult decision.”
Leland, Champa and a third board member, Angela Heiden, were picked to serve on the negotiations committee.
“I’m confident we’ll have a good agreement,” Berg-Beniak said.
“I will work hard not to disappoint. I know you have high expectations of me, but not as high as I have for myself.”
School shooting in Connecticut
Berg-Beniak explained the Pine Island District’s response to the school shootings in Newton, Conn. When news of the tragedy arrived, P.I. school officials decided not to discuss it with students, she said, “because we thought it was up to the parents.”
Regarding security at Pine Island School, Berg-Beniak said, “Very few schools in our area have locked front doors, like we do. And very few have a police liaison officer, like we do. We have taken security very seriously and want our students to continue to feel safe.”
“Like” the school
The board consented unanimously to the social media policy proposed by Berg-Beniak and to her plan to put the school on Facebook. The school’s page will provide information to the community and won’t allow comments, at least not at first. It will launch around the first of the year.
“‘Like’ the school,” Berg-Beniak said.
Other business
• Activities Director and high school baseball coach Craig Anderson will be inducted into the National High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place early next December in Tucson, Ariz. Anderson, already a member of the Minnesota Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, has coached at Pine Island for 36 seasons.
•The board unanimously approved the 2013 levy of $2,185,430.20, as presented at the Dec. 6 truth-in-taxation hearing.
• Board approval of the audit report presented at the Dec. 6 board meeting was likewise unanimous.
•Negotiations with High School Principal Kevin Cardille continue. The board has made him another offer, said board member Kim Fall, and he’s considering it.
•The Pine Island School Board will hold its first meeting of the new year at 7 p.m. Jan. 3 in the school’s music room.
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