School Board meeting recap

by Cole Arndorfer
 
 
The Grain Valley Schools Board of Education met on Thursday, September 19th for their September meeting.
 
The board recognized the Early Childhood Center as a tier two PBIS award winner, and Matthews Elementary as a tier three award winner, which is the highest a school can go within the PBIS framework. Each school was presented with a plaque marking their status.
 
Superintendent Dr. Brad Welle started his report by discussing the district’s attendance dashboard for the month and noted threats that other area schools have received over the month as a result of the most recent school shooting receiving national news coverage. Welle said the district took the opportunity to remind parents about the importance of making sure students know how serious the threats are and the consequences of those threats.
 
Welle then said that since the new student lunch debt program was implemented, over $14,000 has been repaid.
 
Following Welle’s report, the board approved the CSIP annual priorities.
 
Then, under new business, the board approved setting the tax levy rate at 4.7382.
 
Also under new business, the board approved the list of certified and non-certified substitutes for the year.
 
The board then moved into the board policies portion of the meeting. In this section, the board heard the first read of a set of policies set for review this year. The board will review the set of policies at the October workshop.
 
Following this, the meeting was adjourned into executive session. The next Board of Education meeting will be at 6:00pm on Thursday, October 17th in the Leadership Center.