Following the recent vote, Bill Cotton was elected to serve on the Hillsboro School Board filling the vacant seat after Carly Theis’ move to high school principal. Superintendent Jon Dryburgh fills us in on the latest movement with the school board for the upcoming year. Dryburgh also provides an update on the condition of the…
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Last week Hillsboro High School named Dr. Carly Theis as the new high school principal following the departure of Terry Baesler to Northern Cass. Theis’ extensive background in education began at UND, where she got her undergraduate degree in elementary education. After graduating, she moved to Colorado where she worked with early elementary grades before…
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The Hillsboro Public School Board met in a special session Wednesday. The board approved approximately $371,000 in budget cuts for the next school year, mostly revolving around staffing reductions. The largest cut was eliminating the elementary and high school strategist positions. That decision alone saves the district about $128,000. Other areas of staff reduction include…
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The Hillsboro Public School Board met in regular session Thursday. Superintendent Jon Dryburgh reported some good news regarding additional revenue in the form of state funding, donations, and grants. Dryburgh informed the board that the district received over $225,000 in additional per-pupil funding and an additional $12,000 in state transportation funding. Drybrugh explains that this…
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About 100 people attended Thursday night’s Hillsboro Public School Board special meeting. The district, faced with around $500,000 in budget cuts for the next school year, has multiple options on the table. The board fielded public comments, questions, concerns, and ideas from over 20 students, staff, and community members. Superintendent Jon Dryburgh was pleased with…
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The Hillsboro Public School Board met in regular session Thursday. In his report to the board, Superintendent Jon Dryburgh shared that he will be meeting with staff to go over his greater vision for the future of Hillsboro Public Schools. He shares with R & J News the foundations of that vision. As it relates…
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The Hillsboro Public School Board met in regular session Thursday. In his report to the board, Superintendent Jon Dryburgh mentioned the school had quite the fortunate month with donations. Dryburgh comments on some of those recent donations. Dryburgh also reported that the school received 26 heavy duty chrome book computers from Bell Bank, putting the…
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Like many schools across the region the Hillsboro School district is working on some projects this summer in order for them to be completed by the start of the school year. Hillsboro Superintendent Jon Dryburgh gives us an update on these projects. Dryburgh also gave us an update on some miscellaneous discussions during Thursday’s school…
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Budget talks dominated discussion at the Hillsboro School Board meeting on Thursday morning. Hillsboro Superintendent Jon Dryburgh says the 2024/2025 school budget is very “tight”, and he explains why. Dryburgh says that recent staffing changes, and class combinations may help out the budget a little bit. Dryburgh says that due to these issues with the…
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The Hillsboro Public School Board met in regular session Thursday morning. Former Hillsboro Elementary Principal, Jon Dryburgh, completed his first meeting as the district’s new Superintendent. Dryburgh says there’s certainly a learning curve, but he has plenty of lifelines to help him navigate the new position. Dryburgh says he has received plenty of encouragement from…
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