School hires made

The Grand Coulee Dam School District board made a number of decisions about personnel at its Aug. 31 night meeting.

The board accepted the resignation of Sarah Wapato as paraprofessional of student health.

The board also approved eight hires for the coming school year.

Hired were Stephanie Baldwin as a fifth-grade teacher; Cathy Wendt for 7th- and 8th-grade science; Mario Adams as the Lake Roosevelt High School head boys’ basketball coach; Felicitas Garcia as a 4-hour night custodian; Janet Dudley as a secondary special-education teacher; Matthew Mauss as school safety and security officer; Teri Sue Reed as K-3 Title 1 paraprofessional; and April Oates, preschool paraprofessional.

In changes to assignments, Randy Bowman was named maintenance/custodial supervisor, and Karrie Utz changed from special education paraprofessional to Title VII paraprofessional.