North Daviess will be celebrating its 100th anniversary of the school building’s opening on Monday, Oct. 5. The actual date the school opened was Oct. 4, 1915, which is a Sunday. The school will hold an assembly and invite the public to attend. Other activities will be held throughout the year.
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Beth Wheeler, appointed at the August board meeting to fill the vacancy created by a board member resignation, was sworn in.
Bus routes were approved.
The board approved Superintendent Terry Mayfield teaching a course for Hannibal-LaGrange University.
The board discussed the athletic cooperative sponsorship with Pattonsburg and possible options for future cooperative sponsorships if the eight-man cooperative is not renewed by Pattonsburg.
A closed session was held for student, legal and personnel matters with no action being taken.
Superintendent Terry Mayfield received a notice from the State Tax Commission regarding an appeal filed from Summit Natural Gas of Missouri for 2014 appeal of business personal property taxes. The appeals were set for hearing this month with the Missouri State Tax Commission. The school received 2014 delinquent tax payment from Summit and there are still some discussions taking place on how to handle the 2011, 2012 and 2013 assessments and taxes from them.
DESE notified North Daviess that the school met the requirements in implementing the requirements and purposes of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The range of scores is 1 (low) to 4 (high). The district received a score of 4 in each determination area for 2015.
Preliminary Annual Performance Report (APR) results from DESE are set to be released on September 21. Based on a preliminary review of data, R-3 should see an increase in its score, which determines accreditation status.
Professional Development Day on Sept. 28 will be a full day and no school for students on that day. Staff will go through the required Active Shooter Training being conducted by the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department in the morning and will have a guest motivational speaker in the afternoon.
Mr. Burns will be taking juniors and seniors to Trenton for college and career day on Sept. 16.
The third and fourth graders are going to the water conservation day at the Lambert farm on Sept. 16.
The FFA will be attending Field Day at Albany on Sept. 17. Barnwarming date has yet to be set.
There’s no school for in-services on Sept. 28. Picture day is Oct. 2. Fire week is Oct. 5-9. ASVAB test is here on Oct. 8. Senior Carnival is set for Oct. 9.
Next board meeting is set for Monday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. in Jameson.