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Gower 62 School Board

Thursday, January 10, 2013

5 Candidates Vying for 4 Seats on Gower 62 School Board

Three of the five, including Board President Ryan Asmus, are sitting board members seeking re-election to the Gower School District 62 Board of Education in April.

Five candidates including three sitting board members filed nominating papers to run for four open Gower School District 62 Board of Education seats and will appear on the April 9 ballot, an email from district administration said. The portion of the ballot for District 62 school board will include the following names:  Asmus, who is the current board president, Ra-Hurka and Schulte are the sitting board member seeking re-election. Stephens-Zemaitis and Koehler would be first-term members. Along with those of the three incumbent candidates, the term of Jennifer Planson expires after the April election. Planson is in the middle of her first term as a District 86 board member and is not seeking re-election in District 62…

Thursday, December 20, 2012

New Teachers Contract Approved by Gower 62 Board

The agreement that will take the two sides through the 2014-15 school year was approved at the board's Dec. 18 meeting.

The following is a release from the Gower School District 62 Board of Education: The Gower Board of Education is pleased to announce it unanimously approved a new three-year agreement with the Gower Education Association (GEA) at its Dec. 18 board meeting.  The agreement will run through the 2014-15 school year. The school board and GEA worked together and achieved three primary goals: “Despite a slow economic recovery, our teachers are receiving raises each year.  This is possible and fiscally prudent, in part, because of the savings from changes to our health insurance plans and the continued retirements of a number of our veteran teachers," Board President Ryan Asmus said. "In fact, the District’s cost for staffing our classrooms in …

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