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BBQ Meatball Sub, Peas Irene-Wakonda High & Middle School Lunch Wednesday – A. Chicken and Noodles with Bread, B. Corn Dog, C. Italian Sub, Peas Thursday – A. Beef and Cheese Burrito, B. Popcorn Chicken, C. Roast Beef and Cheese Sub, Tortilla Chips, Corn Friday – A. Tater Tot Hot Dish with Bread, B. Cheese Pizza, C. Turkey and Cheese Sub, Green Beans Monday – Monday – A. Turkey and Gravy, Bread, B. Chicken Nuggets, Bread, C. Ham and Cheese Sub, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy Tuesday -–Tuesday – A. Italian Dunker with Sauce, B. BBQ Meatball Sub, C. Cold Cut Sub, Peas Medical Part-time NA/CNA Openings Sacred Heart Monastery has openings in our 28 bed Care Center for a part-time position 4-12 hour shifts every two weeks and a part-time night position 4-8 hour shifts every two weeks. Benefits available. Includes rotating weekends & holidays. Apply at Sacred Heart Monastery 1005 W 8th St. Yankton, SD 605-668-6284 Apply in person or fax cover letter and resume to Jeanne: 600 S. Franklin St., Elk Point, SD Fax 605-356-2241 or Call 605-356-2622 Welcov.com Pork Sandwich, B. Hot Dog, BBQ Beans, Chocolate Chip Cookie Monday – A. Pancakes & Sausage, B. Sloppy Joe, Potato Triangle Tuesday – A. Home-style Golden Macaroni & Cheese, B. Crispy Chicken Nuggets, Peas, Carnival Cookie Elk Point-Jefferson High School Lunch Wednesday –A. Home-style Cajun Chicken Penne and Dinner Roll, B. Italian Dunkers with Marinara Sauce, Mixed Vegetables Thursday – A. Pizza Hut, B. Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich, Steamed Broccoli Friday – A. Home-style BBQ Pork Sandwich, B. Hot Dog, BBQ Beans, Home-style Coleslaw, Chocolate Chip Cookie Monday – A. Pancakes & Sausage, B. Sloppy Joe, Potato Triangle Tuesday – A. Golden Macaroni & Cheese and Dinner Roll, B. BBQ/Buffalo Chicken Wrap, Peas, Carnival Cookie Irene-Wakonda School Breakfast Available every day: Breakfast entrée or Choice of cereals w/toast, Fruit, Milk Choices Wednesday – Sausage Pancake Stick, Fruit, Milk Choices Thursday –Waffles, Fruit, Milk Choices Friday – Breakfast Pizza, Fruit, Milk Choices Monday – Apple Bosco Stick, Housekeeping/ Laundry Part-time position Activity Assistant Full-time & Part-time position For application materials contact the Personnel Office at Sunset Manor Irene, S.D. at (605) 263-3318 or apply online at www.avera.org/careers •REPORTER GENERAL ASSIGNMENT By Bob Mercer State Capitol Bureau PIERRE – The request from Gov. Dennis Daugaard that the Legislature raise the state sales tax by one-half cent would generate an estimated $107.4 million the first year. He wants $63 million to be sent to public school districts as additional state aid to spend on teachers’ salaries. The goal is to increase the average pay for a South Dakota teacher to $48,500. That would be a raise of approximately $8,500 from the average salary last year. He also proposes $40 million be spent to reduce the generaleducation taxes levied on property. He would spread the tax relief across the major classes of property. They are agricultural; owner-occupied homes; and the broad category of other, which covers almost everything else, such as commercial, business, second homes, and land and buildings that don’t fall into the agricultural or owner-occupied categories. Agricultural property and owner-occupied homes qualified for the 30 percent relief program that was established in 1995 by the Legislature at the request of then-Gov. Bill Janklow. Other property was left out. On another school tax, Daugaard wants to repeal the pension levy that school districts charge property owners. The pension levy currently generates about $19 million for schools. The $40 million of property-tax relief that he proposes would offset the loss of the pension levy for schools and provide approximately $20 million of additional property tax relief. The final $5 million from the half-cent sales-tax revenue would be earmarked for a menu of other purposes: A mentor program to help firstand second-year teachers ($1 million); An expansion of videoconference high school classes offered from the elearning center at Northern State University ($1 million); Restoration of bonuses for nationally certified teachers ($150,000 the first year and $50,000 for each year after); and State payments for school districts to share services such as purchasing and payroll, pay for software licensing and pay for shared staff (approximately $3 million). The governor’s plan generally follows recommendations made last year by the Blue Ribbon task force he appointed. Mentoring was a significant concern for the task force. According to state Education Secretary Melody Schopp, there are 1,474 firstand second-year teachers working in South Dakota this year. They include 1,217 in public school districts, 127 in non-public school districts, 109 at federal Bureau of Indian Education schools, 13 for educational cooperatives and nine at the state youth corrections facilities at Custer. The big-math numbers for the governor’s plan tell the story. Currently school districts receive $665 million of state aid and general-education tax revenue through South Dakota’s per-pupil funding formula, plus the $19 million pension revenue, for a total of $684 million. They would receive $810 million through the new formula next year, after the adjustments made possible from the $107.4 million of additional sales tax revenue. One interesting footnote in the governor’s plan is hundreds of specialeducation teachers aren’t included in the calculations. The governor’s chief of staff, Tony Venhuizen, said that’s because special education is funded apart from general education. The governor also recommends setting students-teacher ratios as the basis for funding school districts, rather than the current practice of funding per pupil, or paying according to the actual number of teachers. The ratio for school districts with 600 or more students would be 15:1 under the governor’s plan. The ratio for school districts with enrollments at 200 or below would be 12.5:1. A sliding scale would be used for enrollments of 201 to 599. The governor’s calculation of need for reaching the $48,500 average salary consequently is based on 9,073 teachers, rather than all of the certified teachers in K-12 public schools. This is part of the reason Daugaard emphasized in his speech Tuesday to the Legislature that not every school district will see an additional $8,500 per teacher and not every teacher will see an $8,500 raise. 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