Ironwood Welcomes New Elementary Principal
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Compassion for people. aspirusgrandview.org GV-013a DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Thursday, August 22, 2013 75 cents MINING IMPACT Majority Committee supports W-M, Bessemer school hears permit, consolidation n Seventy-seven sampling update percent of survey respondents approve By CORTNEY OFSTAD tions were taken off. idea [email protected] “And last year, the restric- HURLEY – Gogebic tions didn’t come off until WAKEFIELD — More than Taconite president Bill June,” Williams said. “We three-quarters of respondents to Williams updated the Iron don’t want to see that hap- a survey done by the Wakefield- County Mining Impact Com- pen.” Marenisco School District mittee on the on-going per- The bulk sampling appli- approved of a consolidation mitting process during a cation is still being reviewed between the W-M and Bessemer meeting Wednesday at the by the DNR, and committee districts, according to W-M Iron County Courthouse in members had questions superintendent Kathy Shamion. Hurley. regarding the application and “We’ve had 130 responses to Williams said the Wiscon- changes being made. the survey, and 77 percent sin Department of Natural According to committee approved of the idea of consoli- Resources held a public hear- chair Leslie Kolesar, the dating with Bessemer,” said ing last week on the pre-min- application is to extract 4,000 Shamion. “Although, some of the ing application and on the tons of sample from the pro- forms came back with comments bulk sampling application. posed mining site. Williams like, ‘Only if absolutely neces- According to Williams, the said, however, the application sary.’” bulk sampling decision will is for 4,000 tons, but the goal The W-M school board heard not be known until most like- is to only extract 1,600 tons. results of the survey from school ly late September or early Kolesar also questioned board member Larry Gabka October. how many sites will be used Monday night. The survey, head- “If it’s a dry October, we’ll to extract sample. Williams ed up by Gabka, also asked opin- be up there,” Williams said. said the number of sites ions on consolidation with Iron- If the weather does not depends on how much sample wood and if a new school build- cooperate, Williams said bulk can be taken from each site, ing should be a part of any con- sampling could be done in the because of blasting that pre- solidation process. winter, but issues may hinder viously took place on the site A consolidation between W-M the samples. in the past. and Ironwood was not as popu- “We can wait until winter Consultants for G-Tac are lar, garnering support from only time, and wait until every- also working on creating a 22 percent. A three-way consoli- thing is frozen, similar to log- storm water discharge dation was supported by 32 per- ging,” Williams said. “Howev- design, as it applies to the cent, and 65 percent thought con- er, you can get frozen chunks bulk sample plan, according solidation should be done with of frost in the samples, and to Williams. existing buildings, Shamion said. that can be an issue.” In addition to the bulk The survey will continue into The goal is to get to the sampling, G-Tac is continu- the school year. site “before the snow flies,” ing to prepare core samples “We’re going to hold it out because if the samples can’t from the drilling campaigns there for a little while longer to be gathered in the winter, G- hear from a few more folks. We’d Tac would have to wait until like to get as many as possible,” spring, after the road restric- Shamion said. “We’ll probably MINING — page 5 send notes home with students and put a link on Power School.” Hurley to prepare for Cortney Ofstad/Daily Globe CITY OF Hurley employees do some road work to Range View Drive in Hurley on Wednesday. CONSOLIDATION page 5 teacher evaluations — By RALPH ANSAMI districts are among those EDUCATION [email protected] testing evaluation procedures HURLEY — Beginning in developed by Cooperative 2014, the state of Wisconsin Educational Service Agency will require all schools to No. 6, according to the AP. adopt teacher evaluations Hurley is in the CESA 12 tied to student performance. district, along with other Ironwood welcomes new elementary principal With that in mind, Hurley northern Wisconsin school By CORTNEY OFSTAD “I went to Ferris State as in principal Daryl Robbins helped him achieve School District Administrator districts. [email protected] an undergraduate, because I his goal of becoming a principal. Chris Patritto told the school Winneconne Community IRONWOOD — Nick Steinmetz, formerly am a big hunter and love to “She got me ready,” Steinmetz said. “She board on Monday that in-ser- School District Administrator of Royal Oaks, always wanted to live in a fish,” Steinmetz said. “That basically gave me every opportunity to run the vice days next week will focus Peggy Larson told the small town. area provided that for me, as school when I needed to.” on preparing teachers for the Oshkosh Northwestern news- Growing up near Detroit with two parents well as the ability to go to Now, he is a principal and believes the new evaluation system. paper that teachers were anx- who were born and raised in small towns, it school.” Ironwood Area School District is heading in Classes begin at the Hur- ious about the evaluations at was something he always wanted. After receiving his bache- the “right direction.” ley K-12 school on Tuesday, first, but now she thinks they “I was raised by my parents with a small lor’s degree, Steinmetz got a One of the first projects he wants to work Sept. 3, with teacher in-ser- would say it was a good learn- town mentality,” Steinmetz said. “I always job working with kids in the on is updating the student handbook. vice days scheduled for Aug. ing experience. wanted to live in a small town.” inner city of Detroit, but he “We want to keep up to date with state 27-29. Green Lake School District Steinmetz got his wish, after he was recent- Nick always wanted something standards and move the curriculum to match The Associated Press Administrator Ken Bates ly announced as the new elementary principal Steinmetz smaller. that,” Steinmetz said. “At the elementary reports several Fox Valley said the process gives teach- for the Ironwood Area Schools. “After that, I spent the last four years in level I am looking to build the foundations to school districts testing teach- ers more involvement “I am really excited to be here,” Steinmetz Berkley, where I taught third, fourth and fifth motivate the students to be successful when er evaluations tied to student because they participate in said. “Everyone has been really helpful and grade,” Steinmetz said. entering L.L. Wright and beyond. It is our performance are pleased with setting their own goals. The there is a great staff here.” While teaching, Steinmetz was working goal to have every student be more successful the results thus far. evaluations then look at how Small-town life has shaped Steinmetz’s towards a master’s degree from Michigan The Winneconne, Neenah, teachers are meeting those career, including where he wanted to go to col- State University. To get his degree, Steinmetz Ripon and Green Lake school goals, he said. lege. had to have an internship. A “strong” mentor PRINCIPAL — page 5 Report: Health overhaul could help rural residents pay less MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rural resi- them by providing subsidies for health encouraging more doctors, nurses and said the subsidies are more likely to ben- North Dakota agriculture commissioner, dents could pay less for health insurance insurance purchased through the new other providers to work in rural areas, efit rural residents because they are less said for many years the leading cause of and medical care under the new health online exchanges, which will allow peo- Bailey said in a telephone interview. likely to have health insurance through farm bankruptcies was medical bills care law, according to a report released ple to comparison shop for coverage The nation’s poorest families are cov- their employers than people living in because many farmers couldn’t afford to Wednesday by the Center for Rural beginning Oct. 1, and by capping out-of- ered by the government-run Medicaid urban and suburban areas. buy individual policies. Others opted for Affairs in Nebraska. pocket costs for those with the lowest and Medicare programs. Those who earn Most farmers buy their own insur- less expensive policies with high The issue is of particular importance incomes, said the report written by Jon too much to qualify for Medicaid but less ance, and other rural residents often are deductibles that Brock Slabach, senior to rural residents because they generally Bailey, director of the center’s Rural than 400 percent of the poverty level — self-employed or work for small busi- vice-president for member services at the pay more for health insurance and have Research and Analysis Program. $45,000 for an individual and $94,000 for nesses that don’t provide group coverage, National Rural Health Association, said lower incomes than people who live in or Other provisions of the health care a family of four — can receive premium he said. near cities, according to the report. law could reduce costs and increase subsidies for insurance purchased Roger Johnson, president of the The Affordable Care Act could help access to medical care down the line by through the online exchanges.