The Greene County School Board met Monday in regular session.

The meeting started with the retiring board, due to the school board elections taking place in November. Superintendent Tim Christensen thanked Sam Harding and Dr. Mark Peters for their 26 and eight years respectively that they served on the Board. Peters commented that he thought the Board was heading in a good direction. Harding said his focus has always been getting kids what they need to have a quality education.

The retiring board then reviewed the 2018-19 treasurer’s report, followed by appointing Sid Jones as board treasurer and Brenda Muir as board secretary for the current school year. Additionally, they approved a change order of $120,046 for the new high school and career academy project. Harding is the owner’s representative and he said the project is about one month behind schedule due to inclement weather. The Board also approved the second reading for revised policies of graduation requirements for special education students and employee conflict of interest as presented. Finally, they canvassed the election results from November 5th’s election and Steve Fisher and John McConnell were re-elected to the Board.

The new board then took over with Fisher and McConnell being sworn-in. Fisher was then elected as board president and Dr. Steve Karber was elected as vice president. The Board approved to keep the regular board meeting on the third Wednesday of the month at 5:15pm for work sessions and the regular meeting at 6:30pm. The list of board committees were then approved. 

The Board approved an assistant cheerleading position to be paid two coaching units for $1,000 this school year, followed by four units next year. Additionally, they approved an out of state travel request for the high school concert choir to attend the Festival of Choirs in Kansas City, six fundraiser requests as presented, the 2020-21 physical education exemption, board policy review, a new high school club request for Fellowship Christian Athletes (FCA), an agreement for services with Heartland Area Education Agency and a professional development contract with Kevin Honeycutt for $8,000 to work with teachers and staff for two days in December.

The Board also approved radio advertising with Creative Radio to develop a jingle that will air on Raccoon Valley Radio with one ad per day for one year and create a committee for direction and exploring other opportunities. The Board approved purchasing three 77-passenger buses, a van and a plow blade for $306,891 to be spread over two school years.