The North Daviess R-3 Board of Education eliminated some positions and cut hours on others during their meeting held April 18.
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The full time cook position was eliminated. A part time cook position was opened. Both full time secretarial positions were eliminated. A part-time (six hour) secretarial position was opened.
Daniel Street was offered the summer custodian position with the hourly rate of $10.50 an hour. Wendell Burns was offered a contract as high school counselor/district testing coordinator for no more than 550 hours. Charlotte Claussen was offered the extra duty of board secretary with the salary of $75 per meeting. Janese Courter was retained for the nursing position. Angel Michael’s resignation was accepted.
In other business, Jim Cook’s bid was accepted to mow the high school grounds. Stacey Lewis’ bid was accepted to mow the elementary school grounds.
New members Jason Lewis, Amanda Wynne and James Horner were sworn in. Debbie Ray will be president; Jason Lewis – vice-president; Jessica Nelson – secretary; Lee Courter – treasurer.
The board agreed to continue with current insurance plans in place. The board paid portion of $400 per employee. The board also voted to continue current life insurance plans at the rate of $2.75 per employee.
The financial statement was present by Becky Morris
The Facilities/Safety Evaluation prepared by Jeremy Dodds was accepted.
The Class of 2011 was certified.
Mrs. Morris presented a letter of written to the school district from the Department of Modern Languages, University of Central Missouri congratulating the Spanish students and professor Mrs. Fish on their accomplishments at the Film Festival. The Spanish I film and Spanish III films received awards. Spanish III received nine awards in all.
There will be a K-12 field trip to Wallace State Park in Cameron as a reward for finishing MAP and EOC testing.
Mr. Hartley announced that the MAP and EOC testing are over and everything went well at both buildings. He announced that the EOC testing was computer-based and went very well. The fundraiser items will be delivered at the elementary building.
The board entered into executive session pursuant to employee matters.
Next meeting was set for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at Jameson.
Board Members Present: Jessica Nelson, Debbie Ray, Axel Olson, Lee Courter, Jason Lewis and Cecil McCrary. Absent: Jeremy Hunter.