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There was some confusion at the Carrington School Board meeting last week with Superintendent Kris Kuehn fielding questions from the board about contracts for extracurricular coaches.
During the meeting held on Tuesday, April 12, Kuehn reported he had sent out contracts to current extracurricular coaches for the upcoming school year, but board members questioned why they didn’t discuss it first.
A special meeting was scheduled for Monday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in the ITV room to discuss changes in protocol for sending out contracts.
In other business:
• Kuehn reported that not enough parents are filling out applications for free and reduced price meals.
The free school meal benefits of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 has ended. They will expire after the last day of the 2021-2022 school year.
Families are urged to apply for free and/or reduced meals for students after July 1, 2022.
• In Kuehn’s report he said he has not been able to find a driver’s education instructor, so they are not planning on offering Driver’s Education this summer.
• High School Principal Chrystopher Bitz reported that junior Max Beumer scored a perfect 36 on the ACT test.
• Board member Randy Hooey reported that since they are losing all of their storage space under the old Staduim ‘76, there is a need for a new cold-storage building.
It will be located east of the Bus Barn and is expected to cost $100,000.
A motion was passed to construct the building.
• The Board heard from FBLA instructor Josey Skytland about sending 23 students to compete at the National FBLA Conference in Chicago.
Skytland said this is a record number of students for her.
She asked the Board to help with $300 per student to attend the event, totaling $6,900.
Hooey applauded Skytland for her student’s achievement, but said he doesn’t like the idea of helping the FBLA with these costs, and not helping other organizations the same way.
The Board talked about setting a policy for how much to spend per student to support trips to national conferences.
Motion passed.
• Carrington High School math teacher Brady Morgan presented a quote for new math books for grades 7-12. He explained that the Saxon math books are not being made any longer for this age group and would like to purchase a new curriculum.
The board asked Morgan for more information before making a decision on the purchase. They agreed to revisit the matter at the next regular board meeting.
• There is significant interest in girls’ wrestling.
A motion was passed to add girls wrestling to extracurricular activities for the 2022-2023 school year.