CLASS PROJECT … In the back row, left to right, were Bryan City Board members Ben Camarillo, Debra Opdycke, Caleb Turnbull, Scott Benedict, and Dustin Schlachter. In the middle, left to right, were Cubdergarten teachers Kacee Ledyard and Tracy Ridgeway. In the front, left to right, were Cubdergarten students Zanna Kern, Thompson Snyder, Jason Martis, and Reese Jenkins. (PHOTO BY ANNA WOZNIAK / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
By: Anna Wozniak
The Bryan Board of Education met on Monday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in the Bryan City Elementary School Commons.
Present were Board members Deb Opdycke, Scott Benedict, Ben Camarillo, Caleb Turnbull, and Dustin Schlachter. Also present were Superintendent Mark Rairigh, and Treasurer Kevin Schaffer
Kacee Ledyard and Tracy Ridgway helped Cubdergarten students Reese Jenkins, Zanna Kern, Thompson Snyder, and Jason Martis show their findings from their most recent research project.
The students presented the Board with all that they have learned about oviparous animals before the members heard the administrative reports.
The elementary school is well into the end of the year, and the students are out enjoying the weather at their many various field trips and field days.
This is testing season, and many students in junior high and high school are finishing up with the last of their testing and exams.
A high school business advisory council that has been recently put together now has 10 members.
The Board held a recess from the regular meeting at 6:19 p.m., where they heard the details of the projected appropriation plans for several grants that have been awarded to the district.
Ensuring that there were no contentions about the future plans for the funds, the Board later carried a motion to approve these appropriations as recommended.
Resuming at 6:24 with more administrative reports, a motion was carried to accept the reports and recommendations.
The treasurer’s report included details of the work being started on the scoreboard, with a ground-breaking ceremony soon to be planned.
A thank you was given to the Bryan Athletic Boosters as they have made a lot of this project possible, and BMU is helping to update the schools’ services.
Also carried in a motion made by Schlachter and seconded by Opdycke was an update to bylaw 0131 to allow for the board to suspend the rules on hearing a resolution / recommendation so that they may approve and implement them in a timelier manner as they see necessary before approving an age cut change on its first reading.
All recommendations made for employment, travel, and contracts were approved as presented before the Bryan City Board of Education carried a motion to adjourn at 7:10 p.m.
Anna can be reached at anna@thevillagereporter.com
