School board approves three activities
Three Tri-City United clubs became school-sponsored activities after the monthly school board meeting on Monday.
The board approved the robotics, cheerleading and weightlifting programs as district-sanctioned activities for the 2017-18 school year. The change for the three activities means that each will receive school funding.
The decision was made on a recommendation by Activities Director Jason Myhre, who presented details at a last month’s work session. Myhre said based on revenues it would cost the district a little more than $4,000 to approve all three clubs and activities.
The board also approved Belle Plaine students to join the cooperative Bulldog Hockey program in the 2017-2018 school year. The co-op includes St. Peter, Le Sueur-Henderson and Cleveland schools. All of those school boards had to agree on letting Belle Plaine join.
Superintendent Teri Preisler said the new co-op would now play as the Minnesota River Bulldogs.
Coaches
The board also filled the vacancies of some of its varsity coaches. It approved the hiring of Kristen Munden as the new girls swimming and diving coach. Munden has been the Swim Club coach for several years at TCU and teaches first grade at TCU Lonsdale.
Vanessa Lampley was also hired as TCU's new head volleyball coach. Lampley is a 2008 graduate of Le Center High School. She also taught exercise science at Bethany Lutheran College from 2008 to 2013. She was recently a Junior Olympics Volleyball Coach for 16U from 2015 to 2017.
The board also hired Vanessa Hoffman as the head coach for the football cheer team. She just finished her first year of teaching fifth grade at TCU Le Center.
