The Worth County School Board voted to hire Cree Beverlin as the High School Social Studies teacher, assistant football coach, and head boys track coach for the upcoming school year. For track, he replaces Chris Healy, who will become the superintendent at Worth County. Beverlin played under current football coach Jon Adwell while he was an assistant at Trenton before he came to Worth County. More recently, Beverlin was the head football coach at Platte Valley. He will assist Adwell along with Les New.
Also hired for the upcoming school year was Katelyn Halsey, who will teach Ag and FFA. She replaces Josh Smith, who will become the curriculum director and athletic director at the school. The board accepted the resignation of Allison Brandt as High School Family & Consumer Sciences teacher and Andy Welch as a bus driver. The board voted to hire Mason Hawk as a new substitute teacher.
The board voted to offer continued employment to all returning support staff members. Rehired were Jina Jackson, Jamie Degase, Malori Moellenberndt, Mindy Carlson, Francis Dowis, Amanda Campbell, Peggy Richardson, Carissa Snead, Beth Steele, Cassie Boner, Kandi Hughes, Donna Hiatt, Anita McClellan, Pam Parman, Jeannie Fletcher, David Petersen, Larry Richardson, Sharon Nonneman, Ron Petersen, Loren Jackson, Ann Adams, Brandon Allee, Darin Drury, Bill Staton, and Dale Healy.
The board reorganized before their regular meeting. Tish Warner and Amanda Gilland were sworn in after they ran unopposed. All officers were returned by the board; Tish Warner was named President, Amber Monticue Vice-President, Amanda Gilland Treasurer, and Kandi Hughes Secretary.
The ball diamond will get a new scoreboard. It was donated through the Worth County Educational Foundation.
Kindergarten Teacher Brittany Schlapia talked to the board about her work with the Kindergarten class. She has 21 students. They are learning about plants and how they grow; they are keeping journals on them.
The board set credit recovery for May 19th to June 2nd due to the high school flooring project. Teachers this year will be Mrs. Spiers and Mrs. Ross.
Graduation was set for May 9th at the football field at 2 pm. In the event of inclement weather, it will be held in the gym.
The board began discussing needs for the school. The board anticipates getting funding through the American Rescue Plan in addition to previous funding already passed by Congress.
The board voted to rescind a resolution which had classified school employees as essential workers.
The board voted to pursue an enhancement grant for the school. Under the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993, there is grant money available to enhance learning for occupations in which there are critical work shortages. Eligible programs this year include agriculture, business, and family & consumer sciences. This year, the school elected to write the grant for the agriculture and business departments.
The school is pursuing $31,409.68 in reimbursements for the purchase of instructional equipment, supplies, software, and curriculum.
Elementary Principal Chuck Borey was not present, but he submitted a report. The Food Drive for Mission Possible, as of Thursday, brought in 123 boxes of cereal, 672 canned goods, 92 packages of flour and sugar, 30 boxes of pancake mixes, and 15 rolls of paper towels. Tiger Token winners for March were the 2nd and 4th grades. They will carry the Tiger Token Class of the Month banner to specials. Mrs. Tracy was slimed for the Kids Heart Challenge.
Mrs. Drury held a book fair during the week of April 12th to 16th. She decorated the Activity Center and the hallway as an enchanted forest. It was a great success. A parent meeting was held for 2021-2022 Kindergarten parents; around 16 children have enrolled in Kindergarten for next year. Fourth through sixth grades went to Omaha to the zoo on April 28th, while Kindergarten through third grade will go May 11th.
The 3rd and 4th grades will be going to Maryville to Safety Acres on April 29th. A MAP Kickoff Party will be held on April 30th, while testing will be held from May 3rd through 13th. A fishing clinic will be held on May 10th at the Conservation ground. The Elementary Spring Concert will be May 13th at 7 pm in the High School Gym. A MAP Effort Party will be held for students who earned enough points by showing great effort on their tests on May 13th from 1:30 pm to 3 pm. The Elementary Track Meet will be May 14th. A skating party for honor roll students will be May 17th from 12:45 pm to 2:45 pm.
High School Principal Jon Adwell reported that spring testing began April 26th for EOC and MAP testing will be from May 3rd through 13th for junior high and high school. Makeups will be on May 14th. On the last day of school, students will learn how to change a tire, car maintenance, insurance, what and why’s, and how to apply for and keep a job. In the afternoon, there will be some minute to win it games. The school is finishing up work on students’ Individual Career & Academic Plans that they draw up starting in 8th grade and update annually.
Community Service Day was held on April 21st. Students were at Mission Possible, the school grounds, and parks in Grant City, Sheridan, and Allendale doing community service projects.
A speaker from North Star Advocacy Center came to the school and talked to the student body about sexual abuse.
A grand opening was held for the Greenhouse during the Tiger Relays.
Technology Administrator Chris Healy reported that the school is in the process of getting bids for upgrading switches and wireless access points. The school is in the process of looking into upgrading the phone system. The school is in the process of upgrading all of their PC’s to 8 gigabytes of memory and Office 2019. They are trialing software that monitors Google Drive and will alert the school if a student’s content shows signs of bullying, suicide, or violence. The school purchased iPads for High School Special Ed. The school is repairing screens and keyboards on damaged Chromebooks.
Preliminary work on the budget for 2021-2011 is being done. On Wednesday night, the City of Grant City voted to increase both its water and sewer rates. This will result in a substantial increase for customers which use a lot of water. Previously, the school’s two year average annual water bill was $5,188.99 for 2017 through 2020. For the 2021-22 school year, under the new rates, the school’s bill will be an estimated $6,800 a year. The sewer rates will double under the new rates. Previously, the average annual sewer bill for the school for 2017 through 2020 was an average $3,372.84. Under the new rates, the sewer bill will be an average of $7,300 a year.
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