The White Salmon Valley School District held its monthly business meeting last Wednesday, July 21, in the district office. A quorum of chairman Paul Mosbrucker and directors Jeff Cooper, Kris Kreps and Tom Stevenson was present.
During the meeting the board heard several reports and took a number of actions. A summary follows.
Surplus Sale.
The district will hold a surplus items sale Aug. 5 and 6 in the old maintenance shop next to the Whitson Elementary School car park.
Gordon Baker Scholarship.
The district received a letter from Dave Baker, representative of the Baker Scholarship, requesting that all Baker Scholarship funds be transferred to the Columbia Alumni Scholarship Perpetual Endowment fund.
Energy Grant.
Board members directed Supt. Jerry Lewis to apply for a Washington State General Administration Energy Grant.
The district is looking at installing electronic heating controls and occupancy sensors, and updating boilers to achieve energy savings. According to one estimate given to the district, these projects would cost about $600,000 to complete.
2010-11 Budget.
On a motion by Kreps, the board approved Resolution 09/10-03 and an 2010-11 operating budget of $12,158,306, as submitted by retiring business manager Terry Anderson.
Moreover, directors thanked Anderson for his service to the district and "wished him much success in his future endeavors of partial retirement."
State Bilingual Grant budget.
Kreps moved for the approval of the district's state bilingual grant budget of $166,703. Motion carried.
Highly Capable Grant application.
On a motion by Cooper, the board approved a Highly Capable Grant application for $10,388.
Columbia High Cross Country.
Stevenson moved for approval a request to form a cross country program at Columbia High School for a provisional two-year term.
New Hires.
The board accepted the hiring of Elizabeth Gintz as a grades 5/6 teacher at Henkle Middle School; Hailey McNeil as a one-year replacement in Henkle's Language Arts program; Sara Campbell as Agriculture teacher at Columbia High; and Beatriz Lynch as Prevention Specialist at Whitson Elementary School.
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