The Broken Bow Public Schools Board of Education conducted its regular meeting Monday evening, September 15. The School Board meets at the District Conference Room in the new BBPS office space.
Superintendent Darren Toby, who was invited to speak at a national conference of superintendents, was a rare absence from the meeting on Monday.
Board member Amy Staples led a discussion of the Treasurers Report and Claims. Staples noted overall General Fund expenditures for August were around $1.45 million. However, transfers to the Depreciation Fund and Activity Fund accounted for $400,000 and just over $117,000 respectively. These in turn were used to fund a number of back-to-school expenses such as volleyball equipment, new kitchen equipment for Consumer and Technical Education and band supplies.
After wrapping up initial business items, Board President Tom Osmond provided this month’s District Accolades. Osmond noted a positive start to the school year, with no positive drug tests, no students on the ineligible report, and no students with 3+ tardies as of yet.
Additionally, Osmond reported student Madden Kleeb had set a new BBPS record for the highest ever score for Math MAPS assessment testing.
The School Board undertakes an ongoing review of all school policies, covering several at each Work Session for approval at the regular board meeting. The full list of reviewed policies is available on the School Board Agenda each month. This month, only a minor change to the school parking policy, with an addition requiring students to park “appropriately” was approved.
With no other business to conduct, the Broken Bow School Board adjourned at 6:15. The next meetings of the Broken Bow Board of Education are a Budget/Tax Hearing Monday, September 22 at noon, the Work Session Monday, October 6 at noon and the regular Board Meeting Monday, October 20 at 6:00 pm.
