The Worth County School Board, at their regular meeting Wednesday, filled two vacancies and hired a junior high softball coach. The board hired Kyle Dignan as the new Ag teacher for Worth County. The board hired Anna Gladstone as 7th through 12th grade counselor. The board named Josh Fletchall as the junior high softball coach on a volunteer basis. The school is still looking for a varsity girls basketball coach for the 2024-25 season.
The board authorized Superintendent Chris Healy to apply for a $3,050 program improvement grant for the Ag program. The school is seeking to purchase new curriculum, 10 welding helmets, and new tools.
The board made committee assignments for the upcoming school year:
Career Tech Education Advisory Committee– Amber Monticue, Josh Fletchall.
District Facilities Committee – Josh Fletchall, Michael Mullock, Patricia Warner.
District Policy Committee – Patricia Warner, Brad Maudlin.
Partnership Library Board – Amber Monticue, Patricia Warner.
Worth County Educational Foundation Board – Michael Mullock.
District Wellness Committee / Food Safety– Brad Maudlin, Adam Downing.
District Parent and Community Engagement (PACE) – Amanda Gilland.
District Finance Committee – Amanda Gilland, Amber Monticue, Patricia Warner, Chris Healy.
Board Legislative Committee – Patricia Warner, Chris Healy.
The board voted to declare some items as surplus property. The public is invited to bid on surplus property. Bids must be turned in by 3 pm on August 9th. The following items were declared surplus property: 5 HP Windows 10 Desktop Computers, 3 overhead projectors, two Magnavox DVD/VCR players, one Brother Laser Printer with wireless and wired network interfaces, an iPad, and 7 Lenovo T530 Windows 10 Laptops.
The board renewed the transportation agreement with NEN in which Worth County will transport NEN vo-tech students to Maryville for $3.78 per mile.
The board approved participation in the State Minimum Salary Grant, which will raise starting pay for new teachers to $40,000 a year from $38,000.
The board received three bids for a 10 passenger van. Currently, the school has two minivans and two school cards. Missouri law now allows 10 passenger vans to be driven by anyone with a valid driver’s license. Anything over 10 passengers must be a yellow school bus and driven by a licensed bus driver. Purchasing a 10 passenger van will allow the school to use a van instead of a bus in some situations. The gray van is in need of some repairs. The school has $717,000 in the Capital Projects Fund. The van will be paid for out of it.
National Van Builders bid $67,926.98 for a 2024 Transit Van. National Bus Sales bid $87,500 for a 2024 RAM. Pettijohn Auto Center bid $49,327 for a 2020 Transit with 14,000 miles. The board voted to accept the Pettijohn bid. The van will be available now, as opposed to the other two bidders, which estimated 6-8 months for delivery time.
The board unanimously voted to host a Girls Golf coop with NEN. Worth County and NEN have coop agreements in baseball and football. This will be the third agreement.
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