The Carmi White County School Board met for its regular monthly session Monday night. Scott Mareing was there for WROY/WRUL News and has the story.
After a brief discussion on the merits, the board unanimously accepted the bid from Rice Motor Company of one 8-10 passenger suburban with towing package in the amount of $61,127.20, and accepted the bid from Rice for one 6.6 Liter Duramax Turbo-Diesel V8 engine heavy duty crew cab 2500 pickup truck with towing package in the amount of $60,012.50. The board members expressed some hesitation in getting the pickup, but decided if they waited the price would most likely go up in the future.
They also approved the financing option from Fairfield National Bank for the purchase of four 71 passenger regular school buses and one 63 passenger school bus with lift for a total amount of $676,384.
The board members also agreed to seek local and/or public bids as required to make building repairs over the summer after prioritizing those repairs. No official action needed to be taken.
In the Superintendent’s report, Jarrod Newell congratulated the CWCHS Fine Arts Department and everyone involved in putting on the spring musical “Junie B. Jones” March 15 to the 17th. Students and staff will be on spring break from March 25th to the 29th. There is also no school on Eclipse Day April 8th. Carmi-White County has been participating in the High Impact Tutoring Grant. Students in 3rd to 8th grades that qualified for the program have been receiving services provided by district staff after school. The grant will now provide services to students during this summer. Lincoln and Jefferson schools will hold a Summer School Bridge Program this summer for incoming students to provide support and help them transition into the new school year. On March 13th the CWCHS ACES Academic Team competed at ACES Sectionals at SIU in Carbondale. March 4th through 8th was School Social Work Appreciation Week. Students in grades three through eight will be taking the Illinois Assessment of Readiness state test from now through March 22nd. Nine to eleven grade students will be taking the PSAT & SAT on April 17th.
In other business, the Consent Agenda was approved. It includes approval of the 2024-25 school calendar; 2024-25 Open House, Inservice, and Parent/Teacher Conference dates; renewal in the IHSA for the 2024-25 school year will all fees being waved; donations of $9,450 to the Brownsville School and total donations of $1,125 to Carmi White County High School: $150 in support of its FFA program and $975 in support of the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams for each three pointer made.
The board went into Closed Session at 7:36 PM to discuss personnel.
