Kelly Hightree was offered the principal contract at North Daviess R-3 during the June 19 meeting of the school’s board of education. She will begin her duties in the administrative position next school year.
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Mrs. Hightree has been a resident of Jameson for 29 years. She was born and raised in Pattonsburg and graduated from high school there. She received her degree in art education from Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph.
She taught at Gallatin as a student teacher and then at Breckenridge for four years. She was at Pattonsburg for one year when she filled in for the art teacher who was on a sabbatical. Mrs. Hightree then spent the next 16 years teaching at the Gilman City School District. She obtained her master’s degree in school administration from Williams Woods University in 2014 during that time. Her resignation from Gilman City was effective this past May.
She and her husband, John, have two children, Ryleigh, 21, and Morgan, 20. Both are students at the University of Central Missouri at Warrensburg. John is a rural mail carrier.
In other business at the June 19 meeting, a resignation was accepted from Jeff Epperly as physical education teacher.
A motion was approved to offer a teacher contract to Tad Shotten for physical education.
Meal prices will remain the same this year as last year.
Bids for milk, diesel fuel, pest control, fire extinguisher inspections and waste removal were solicited.
Money was approved to be transferred from the general fund to the capital projects fund.
The 2016-2017 budget was amended and closed and the 2017-2018 preliminary budget was adopted.
The third-floor air conditioner will be replaced.
The above are the unofficial minutes for the June 19 meeting of the North Daviess R-3 Board of Education. Next board meeting was set for Monday, July 17.