District reports enrollment at 2,640

The Tea Area School Board met Oct. 12

The Legacy Elementary student council spoke to the board about what they are doing in their building.

Business manager Chris Esping and superintendent Tonia Warzecha presented the district levy trend report. Warzecha said the projected school levy is downtrending. The district bond levy is also decreasing. Warzecha noted a change in the Legislature has allowed for the change on property tax.

The board approved the resignations for Angela Achtenberg as middle school paraprofessional and Breslin Rand for TASK. They approved the new hires of Kasi Infield as Legacy special education teacher, Cody Dole as mechanic and Edward “Tash” Lundy as middle school paraprofessional.

Board president Jason Bennett appointed himself and Andrea Kuipers. Bennett was appointed to the ASBSD 2026 Delegate Assembly.

The board was updated on the strategic targets for the activities and athletics department, child nutrition, health services, business office, curriculum and instruction, Human Resources, operations, special education and technology.

Building principals talked about their building action plans. Frontier Elementary set goals for proficiency in math, reading and science. Each student has individual goals. Venture Elementary talked about positive communication with families. From the Middle School, they reviewed data but each department came up with their own goals that are challenging for students and teachers. From the high school, they are looking at ACT scores and graduation rates.

In her report, Warzecha reported that they have 2,640 students enrolled as of Oct. 8. In the high school, they had 753, which was an increase of 29 students. Middle school had 578, which was down seven from 2025. All elementary schools had an increase of 15 to 37 students. 

She also noted that they have launched the district’s Angel Tree program.

Warzecha said 18 students applied for early graduation in December. The board approved the list.