Brownstown School Board Acts on Various Items

Brownstown school board members addressed a number of issues at this week's meeting.

The Board:

--approved Egyptian Trust as insurance carrier for employee health

--approved busing of students in hazardous areas

--okayed substitute pay rates

--approved athletic fees

--awarded the Southeast Purchasing Co-op bid

--set lunch prices

--designated Brownstown High School as a foreign exchange host school

--approved the district handbook, the Brownstown/St. Elmo coaches handbook, the Brownstown/St. Elmo cooperative athletic handbook, and the junior/senior high school and elementary school student and teacher handbooks

--approved the district wellness policy

--approved participation in the CEP lunch program

--okayed the resignations of Thomas Hartnagel as high school Science teacher and Steve Waltrip as maintenance and custodian worker

--approved course curriculum and materials for a hunter safety course

--approved a bus maintenance contract with Ron Zimmer

--authorized Superintendent Mike Shackelford to solicit bids for the construction of a maintenance building

--approved a resolution of intent to issue Working Cash Fund bonds

--approved the final 2021 tax levy and extension

--approved the purchase of two high efficiency tankless water heaters for Brownstown Elementary School

--employed Aaron Miller as junior high baseball head coach

--scheduled a public hearing for August 18 on a tuition waiver application renewal for non-resident students

--scheduled a public hearing on the tentative fiscal year budget on September 19