MORAN — With enrollment numbers dwindling, Marmaton Valley High School will no longer offer a number of business classes.
“It was a tough decision to make,” USD 256 Superintendent of Schools Kim Ensminger said. “We tried to entice students to take the business courses, but there just wasn’t enough interest. We couldn’t justify the numbers to maintain that position.”
Eliminating the courses also puts business instructor Rayna Kidd out of a job at the conclusion of the school year.
“We hate to do that,” Ensminger said. “It’s like saying goodbye to a family member.”
IN OTHER business, board members extended Ensminger’s contract as superintendent and elementary school principal and Brian Campbell’s contract as junior and senior high principal through the 2022-23 school year.
The board hired John Adams as baseball coach for the upcoming season, after the school had shut down its baseball program over the past few years because of a lack of players. Brenda Mills was hired to return as softball coach.
The district also is upping its pay for substitute teachers to $100 a day for subs who have at least 60 college credit hours. The rate takes effect in 2022-23.
