Two longtime teachers tender resignations in H-BC School District

The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members accepted resignations of two tenured secondary teachers during their meeting last week.
Randi Oftedahl submitted her resignation to Superintendent Todd Holthaus on July 19, effective July 24, and Kale Wiertzema submitted his resignation July 20, effective immediately.
Oftedahl taught middle school science and social studies. She requested the resignation to be effective July 24.
Wiertzema resigned from his secondary special education teaching position as well as the district head boys’ basketball coach.
“These folks are going to be missed dearly,” Holthaus said. “But they are moving on.”
Oftedahl taught at H-BC for seven years, while Wiertzema taught and coached in the district for 10 years.
Both positions will be posted to start in September for the 2023-24 school year.
“We have some hiring to do — we have a little time to do that but not a lot of time,” Holthaus said.
In addition to the two secondary positions, the district is still interviewing for an agriculture teacher and a paraprofessional.
In other business, the H-BC board:
•hired Mary Opheim as part-time related services nurse and part-time cook’s assistant.
•assigned April Prohl as part-time secondary Spanish teacher for $7,500.
•accepted the resignation of Katie Angelo as a paraprofessional effective immediately.