Neligh-Oakdale Hires Three Teachers, Including Music Instructor

The Neligh-Oakdale Board of Education approved the hiring of three new teachers during Monday's meeting, including one who will begin this semester.

Molly Burbach will finish the spring semester as the instrumental music teacher since the untimely death of beloved teacher Nate Metschke. Burbach, of Carroll, is a December 2018 graduate of Wayne State College. She has a music/instrumental K-12 education degree.

New teachers hired for the 2019-20 school year were Kara Ahlers and Stephanie Bode. Ahlers will take over following the retirement of Sharon Kinnan, who spent her entire career teaching third grade at Neligh-Oakdale. Bode will teach sixth grade, which will have two teachers next year. 

Both Ahlers and Bode were student teachers at Neligh-Oakdale this year, Ahlers in third grade and Bode in kindergarten. Ahler, of Clearwater, has earned a degree in December from Wayne State in elementary education, reading/writing PK-6. Bode, of Elgin, attends Wayne State College and will earn her degree in elementary education/special education.

Other staffing changes made at the meeting included accepting the resignation of industrial arts teacher Aaron Wilson.