(Elk Horn) The Exira-EHK school board took care of a number of routine items during their June meeting.
Superintendent Trevor Miller says Kids in the Village is up and running inside the school. The Board has formally approved a lease agreement for the daycare. “It opened June 1st and they have around 15 kids. Getting the quirks out, but it’s going well and it’s good. It helps out the community and it’s a good partnership with our district.”
Elsewhere a carpet bid has been awarded to Audubon Furniture Mart for the elementary music room. That room will also be re-painted this summer.
In other news, pay rates for substitutes are going up. “We are going up to $150 per day for subs. I think $12 per hour for substitute paras and $18 per hour for activity routes. The activities route was $13 and para’s was $9 so we bumped that up as well. With the shortage of subs out there we are trying to stay competitive and keep our subs.”
ids for milk and fuel were awarded to Anderson-Erickson and Olsen Fuel Supply.
In personnel moves, Waylon Salinas (4th grade teacher), Carol Bastress (para-educator), and Cory Bartz (Assistant girls basketball) all resigned. The new high school social studies teacher, Derek Reischauer, has been hired to coach high school volleyball and junior high girls basketball. Driver’s Education contracts have been approved for Paul McKay, Jeremy Blake, Richard Cassady, Jarrod O’Donnell, and Casey Pelzer.
