The Newtown-Harris and Tri-County R-7 boards of education held meetings recently, with the Newtown-Harris board discussing cooperative sports agreements and hiring administrators and the Tri-County board approving the 2022-23 school calendar and the purchase of baseball uniforms.
Newtown-Harris
The athletic staff of the Princeton R-5 School District made a presentation to the board concerning a possible sports cooperative agreement to play football with Princeton. The district currently plays fall baseball through an agreement with Grundy R-5. According to the minutes, no action was taken on the matter.
Other discussion topics during meeting included an insurance update and an update on the current school calendar. Graduation, which is May 20, was discussed as was the senior trip. A legislative update was provided and board members held a discussion on the approval process for trips.
Board members approved OSBA as the district’s health insurance provider for the 2022-23 school year and will pay $575.82 per employee on the plan. The district’s Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan was discussed, with updates approved.
In personnel matters, the board accepted the resignation of Megan Brown as school counselor and approved contract extensions for K-12 Principal Kim Palmer and Superintendent Dr. Lucas McKinnis.
In her report, Mrs. Palmer discussed professional development activities as well as sports activities and college and career awareness activities. She indicated the district is looking at various student information systems. A quote from Lumen was $7,500 for the first year and about $6,400 for following years. A quote has not yet been received from Tyler Technologies.
Mrs. Palmer said March 11 is the end of the quarter, with report cards to go out shortly thereafter. Parent teacher conferences can be scheduled if parents request and teachers will be contacting some parents for conferences as well. Grandparents Day has been set for March 9.
The next meeting of the board is scheduled for March 9.
Tri-County R-7
The Tri-County R-7 board approved the 2022-23 school calendar during its meeting on Wednesday.
Details of the calendar were not available Friday morning.
Board members discussed capital projects and COVID-related items, with no action taken, and discussed the EBS lease, also with no action taken. The board did approve the investment of $150,000 in a certificate of deposit at BTC Bank for eight months at .35 APY.
Under new business, the board agreed to seek bids for the financial audit for the 2022-23 school year and renewed its membership in the OSBA Health Insurance Consortium. The purchase of new baseball uniforms from Dannco was also approved.
An executive session was held, with no announcement made.
The next meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 9.
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