Bus lane changes coming at Butler grade school

Notes from this week's Butler R-V school board meeting

Meeting was called to order

Agenda was approved

Election Results were approved. Jim Herrell, 323; Brad Davis, 264; Bill Radford, 242; Lindy Mailen, 82.

Newly elected officers took the Oath of Office

Officers were elected: Bryan Tippie, President; Brad Stephens, Vice President; Larry Anderson, Secretary; Darin Wainscott, Treasurer.

New Business:
Mr. Heath Oates made a presentation on Federal Programs.

The board approved a land donation of 5 feet from Dick Sutton that is on the west side of the elementary.

The board reviewed parent surveys. The district fared very well receiving above a four on a five point positive rating scale in all area except one, which involved how students treat each other. It was decided that the district would adopt a goal of reducing bullying which came from the surveys as a concern.

The board reviewed a proposal to improve bus loading and unloading procedures at the elementary. It was decided to make it a priority to move the west playground fence parallel with the multipurpose building and use the west side of the building as a bus lane. This would help breakup congestion around High Street where students are dropped off by buses, parents pickup and drop off students, and walkers are sent home. The total costs would be $12,000 to move the fence, build a sidewalk, and create a bus lane.

The board also reviewed a list of Capital Projects for the district to prioritize. Those included: Bus loading improvements, sidewalk running next to High Street, fixing the asphalt on the playground, slurry coating the east lot at the high school, replacing stage curtain in the auditorium, and replacing a wrestling mat. These items were prioritized in order and will be reviewed when final costs are available.
The board reviewed a teacher evaluation document tool presented by the administration.

Closed Session:
The board accepted the resignations of Tressa Fleischer, Brandi Hill, Kasi Bland and Alyson Bland.
The board approved the Classified Employee list.
The board approved a list of co-curricular activity assignments.

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