Former Rapid City supt. loses open-meeting case

State commission rejects former Rapid City superintendent’s open-meetings complaint

A state commission on Monday cleared the Rapid City Area School Board of allegations that it violated state transparency laws in its handling of a former superintendent’s contract termination. During a meeting in Pierre, the South Dakota Open Meetings Commission ruled against former Superintendent Nicole Swigart. The school board voted to terminate her contract in August 2024 after the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issue…

Former Rapid City supt. loses open-meeting case

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- The Rapid City school board didn't violate South Dakota's open-meeting laws when board members suspended the district's former superintendent last year, according to the state Open Meetings Commission. Nicole Swigart claimed that the Rapid City school board should have voted in open session whether to suspend her. Huron boy dies in Halloween night shooting She also claimed that the school board should have been takin…