2 newcomers join Oregon school’s board

7/17/2012

Oregon’s Kateri Catholic Schools system has two new board members: Doug Dippman and Julie Payeff.

Mr. Dippman, 38, was elected representative for St. Thomas Aquinas. He is an educator who has spent most of his professional life in public schools.

Ms. Payeff was elected representative for Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School. She is a 1987 graduate of Stritch and has three children at Stritch and Kateri.

The board also elected Rick Niehaus as its president.

In other Kateri business, two bus routes will added to transport students whose residential school district does not offer transportation.

The fee each year will be $275 per family for one-way transportation and $550 for round-trip travel. For more information, call Karen Weber, director of operations at 419-693-0465, ext, 205, or email her at kweber@katerischools.org.