The Nokomis school board voted on employment changes during their monthly meeting on Tuesday evening.

After returning to open session, the board approved the hire of Brandon Engelman as the high school varsity girls basketball coach replacing longtime coach Rachelle McDowell who resigned last month. The board also accepted Engelman's resignation as the junior high baseball coach, effective immediately.

Others hired as either coaches or for extra-duty activities were Ben Cunningham as the high school junior varisty football coach, Sarah Gorecki as the music director, and Lydia McDonald as the junior high advisory sponsor and the high school scholastic bowl sponsor.

School faculty hires at the meeting included Lydia McDonald as the junior high math teacher and Dan Dewerff as the junior high and high school social studies teacher.

The next Nokomis school board meeting is scheduled for August 16 at 7:30pm.