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New Lenox School Board Approves New Employees
At its Wednesday meeting, the board approved the employment for eight positions and renewed the district's meal services contract.
The New Lenox school board approved the employment of eight people for the next academic year during its Wednesday meeting.
After announcing the reduction of one full-time employee and a part-time teacher in March, Associate Supt. Peggy Manville said Wednesday that there weren't actually any jobs lost.
In fact, one new physical education position was created with the hiring of Ryan Mandella, who will teach PE at . The other positions filled Wednesday were largely for jobs in which people resigned or retired.
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Manville also said Ann Magdziasz, the technology teacher who was reduced in March, was brought back in a communications skills role. A part-time special education teacher was also reduced in March, and Manville said she was later offered a full-time special education position instead but turned it down because she couldn't work full-time.
Name Position School Salary Ryan Mandella PE teacher Liberty $37,986 Lindsey McMahon Speech pathologist Bentley/Martino $41,101 Catherine Porter Social worker Pointe/Crossing $48,000 Elizabeth Power Psychologist Tyler/Bentley $43,762 Kristina Roach 2nd grade teacher Haines $37,986 Anne Styx Fabric/fashion teacher Liberty/Martino $48,253 Melissa Thulin Half-time reading specialist Martino $26,320 Janet Wiley Social worker Prairie $49,124School Meal Prices
The board voted to approve the district's food service contract with Preferred Meal Systems, Inc., for the 2012-13 school year.
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Despite an 8.4 percent increase to the price per meal, District 122 will keep its 2012-13 lunch prices at $3.
The district received $47,949 from Preferred Meal Systems as a credit for the commodities that went unused in the 2010-11 school year. That, along with federal meal reimbursements, help offset the increase.
Students on the reduced meal program will continue to pay $0.40 per meal.
School Board Vacancy
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