(Elk Horn) Certified enrollment numbers in the Exira-EHK School District show an increase.
Up 18.47 from a year ago is the figure for the Spartans. They go from a certified enrollment of 407 to 425.47. Here’s Superintendent Trevor Miller. “We have 13 additional resident students that moved into our district or came back from wherever they were at to increase our enrollment. Then we had five additional with two families move into our district, but are continuing their education at their other district so that was five additional open enrollment out. A rural school, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, we are up 18.47 kids which is awesome for us. When you get into rural Iowa you don’t see a lot of increase. That will help our overall budget.”
The district also got good news when it came to a roof repair contract at the Elk Horn building. “We approved two of our sections in the Elk Horn building next spring. The whole roof will be complete soon. It’s the two main sections over our central office and middle school. It needed to be done. They gave us an estimate a couple of months ago at $100,000 and it came in to bid at $82,000. That will be nice that something was under the estimated cost which you don’t see anymore.”
The school board approved the hires of Lexi Griffin (Prom Sponsor), Sandra Nissen (ESL Teacher), and Elise West (Elementary Vocal Music).
