By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
During the July 8 regular meeting of the Panorama School Board, board members considered “buying down” the deductible on the district’s wind/hail insurance. Superintendent Kasey Huebner explained.
“As property insurance skyrockets, we are purchasing insurance to help cover our deductible. Without this insurance, if we were to have a complete loss to both buildings due to wind/hail, our deductible would be around $518,000. With this new insurance, our new deductible would be $25,000 per building, per event. It’s insurance for our insurance,” Huebner said. “This is paid out of our Management Fund.”
The board approved the buy-down.
Three handbooks were considered for approval. The board discussed the Certified Staff Handbook, the Non-Certified Staff Handbook, and the Bully/Harassment Handbook. The Certified Staff Handbook included one change, the addition of the Panorama “Be Well Program” that encourages self-care and a healthy lifestyle. The board approved all three handbooks.
The board also considered a proposal for a three-year license on the district’s “firewall.”
“This firewall was suggested by engineers based on our users, device count, and the performance metrics needed to run our network, which includes our Unified Threat Protection Bundle, which includes the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Next Generation Anti-Virus (NGAV) and our web-filtering,” Huebner said.
The board approved the firewall bid as presented.
The next regular meeting of the Panorama School Board will be Monday, Aug. 12. The public is welcome.