Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) Accompanying Jaxon Schroeder on his shopping experience was Jodie McChesney (center) and Police Officer Dean Anderson

The Clear Lake School Board has voted unanimously to pursue the hiring of its own superintendent for the 2016-17 school year.

On a 5-0 vote Wednesday, Dec. 16, board members decided to discontinue sharing the superintendent position with Mason City.  Anita Micich has served as the leader of the two school districts since a sharing agreement was reached in 2010.  Mason City will continue to hold Micich’s contract, which runs through June 30, 2016.

Remember that commercial that said, “Don’t mess with Mother Nature?”

Last week it seemed all but certain that a new record for a late “ice-in” date would be set.  After all, unseasonably warm weather had kept Clear Lake ice-free and there was no signs of it letting up.  The record late ice-in date of Dec. 24, 2001 was all but on the way out.

But Mother Nature had other plans.

Saturday, Dec. 19, temperatures dipped and the winds, which have seemed to gust endlessly throughout November and December, decided to take a rest.

One Clear Lake administrator and two longtime teachers have decided to accept the school district’s early retirement incentive package.

Clear Creek Elementary School Principal Mike Barkley, along with physical education instructor and coach Gary Weber and special education teacher Gerilynn Berding have announced their intention to retire at the end of the school year.