New Adair-Casey Scholl Board President Blair Carney swears in Vice President Justin Crawford.
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
The Dec. 18 regular meeting of the Adair-Casey School Board included the board’s annual organizational meeting, in which board leadership and committee assignments were decided, along with several annual designations. Blair Carney was voted as president of the board with Justin Crawford to serve as vice president.
Pre-kindergarten through grade 8 principal, Ed Den Beste, gave a report on his area.
“An exciting thing, we had an hour of coding last week, starting with kindergarten and going up through sixth grade…kids had a lot of fun getting on computers, learning how to code, how to program different robots and things like that,” Den Beste said. “A lot of good information, and kids really had a good time with that.”
Den Beste also shared an update on a safety upgrade in the works.
“Mr. Rasmussen and I have been working on school safety. We’ve looked at door locks and things like that around the building, securing the doors in the junior high and elementary,” Den Beste said.
The board approved the consent agenda items including contract recommendations for Erin Dillon (junior high science teacher), Cade Suhr and Jacob Joliet (junior high track coaches), Leroy White (substitute bus driver), and Dave Farley (part-time custodian).
Superintendent Josh Rasmussen explained his recommendation for the board to approve a stipend to be paid to the person(s) serving as the “substitute teacher finder” when a staff member calls to report being unable to work. Rasmussen said the calls to find a substitute teacher usually happen outside of normal scheduled work hours. Rasmussen suggested a total stipend of around $600 per semester for this work. The board approved this recommendation.
The board voted to keep the regular schedule of meetings the same as it has been (third Wednesday of each month starting at 7 p.m. with the location to alternate monthly between Adair-Casey Junior High and Guthrie Center High School). Most meetings will be held jointly with the Guthrie Center School Board but may be held separately as needed.
The next regular meeting is set for Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. The public is welcome.