R-II Board interested in School Resource Officer

The El Dorado Springs R-II School Board met June14 with the minimum present for a quorum – Benny Brower, Mark Burley, Terry Shepard, Greg Beydler and Darrell Eason presiding. Those absent were Josh Floyd and Chad Whitesell.

Supt. Mark Koca reported that the new gym is exceptionally quiet. With all four units on you can just barely hear air movement. The structural steel guys have been working on the mezzanine for several days and got all the steel and the deck up for that. They put steel in the stairwell and it becomes just a hallway. The air  conditioning in the High School gym is pretty much all done. Supt. Koca said, “I think the roofers are within a couple of days of being done with the roof on the gym. We made a decision the other day to move the weight room to its new location while the wall was gone so we didn’t have to disassemble any equipment.”

“They are still looking at end of September, first of October for substantial completion.”

“They have started brickwork. Most of the roughed in mechanical systems are done,” he said.

“The elevator is supposed to be delivered before the end of the month. They have started bricking the elevator shaft.”

The board will look into the possibility of adding graphics to the gym at extra cost. Since the money is OK, they will get a cost and consider it later.

The board took up the Community Eligibility Provision for the Breakfast and Lunch program. Supt. Koca gave the board several options and recommended that they go with Option 2 which will lose $112,000 in one year, then check on the loss. It is critical that students return all the forms sent home with them. The board approved that option.

The board considered a three-year summer school contract with Catapult Learning. The administration will see if they will increase staff pay and the board will decide at the next meeting.

After hearing a budget update, the board approved staff salary steps on the schedules.

The board approved Tania Molz as the board secretary and Karen Beason as the board treasurer.

The board approved the final meeting of the fiscal year on June 18 and the budget hearing on July 17 at a regular meeting.

School Resource Officer – Supt Koca has talked to El Dorado Springs City Manager Bruce Rogers about sharing an officer with the city. The board wants to pursue that option and have the city start the search because the city has to be the one to hire and train the officer.

Security – Steve Molz, head of building and grounds, has checked on securing the area between the Middle School and the High School building entrances. He came back with a cost of $9.000 to $10,000.

Energy Contract one year report from 360 Energy. The actual savings were $12,500 which is more than anticipated.

In executive session, the board accepted the resignation of Julie Savinske and hired Jennifer Payne as High School Geometry teacher. The board approved Lakita McNeeley as Head High School cheer coach, Kylie Moeller as High School assistant cheer coach and Katie Barger as Middle School cheer coach.