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Panhandle Board Hires Girls Basketball Coach

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:42:07 CDT

The Panhandle School Board approved the hiring of a high school girls basketball coach during their meeting Monday, Mar. 18.

After returning from closed session, the board unanimously approved Justin Millburg as the new girls basketball coach at Lincolnwood High School. He will be the first girls coach since the mid 1980s.

In February, the board approved the creation of a girls basketball program at both the junior and senior high school levels. Lincolnwood Athletic Director Josh Stone said interest from a few students led to the creation of the program after twenty girls each at the junior and senior high schools signed up to play beginning in 2019-20. No coach has been hired to run the junior high girls program at this time.

In other personnel matters, the board accepted the resignations of James Whalen and Jennifer Myles. Whalen was an assistant coach for the junior high baseball team and Myles was a clerical/in-house substitute for the district. The board also approved the hire of Lindsay Pope as a kindergarten teacher for the district. She will begin in the fall.

The next Panhandle School Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, Apr. 15, at 7 p.m.