Read about actions taken at the March 12 school board meeting. Find out more by visiting Pattonville's BoardDocs website.

Board Actions

The board of education on March 12:

• Heard a Prop S update on current construction work; view the presentation;
• Reviewed and accepted an evaluation of the district’s students in transition program evaluation; read the report or view the presentation;
• Reviewed a presentation on district climate data;
• Approved paying $5,597,672.29 for regular bills;
• Approved, subject to audit, the financial statements for February 2024;
• Approved paying $168,414.99, for purchases made on Pattonville’s purchasing cards, which earned the district a rebate of 1% (or $1,684.15);
• Approved the amendment to the 2024-2025 school year economic agreement with the Pattonville Educational Support Professionals (PESP);
• Approved paying $5,523 to Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt for legal services;
• Approved administrator/program director salary ranges and administrative philosophy/guidelines for the 2024-2025 school year;
• Approved the 2024 legislative platform;
• Approved, as lodged for action on Feb. 13, the revisions to policy IGDF (Student Fundraising) and the rescission of policies EHD-R-2 (Student Electronic Communication Policy), IGDF-R (Student Fund-Raising Activities) and IGDF-R-E (Student Fund-Raising Activities);
• Approved, as lodged for action on Feb. 13, the student and staffing projections for the 2024-2025 school year;
• Awarded the proposal for fiber optic wide area network (WAN) lease to Delta Communications LLC, doing business as Clearwave Fiber, for $287,400.00 per year for five years with an option to renew;
• Approved the renewal of turf maintenance services to Spectrum Lawn and Tree Care for the period of March 15, 2024, to March 14, 2025, for an estimated amount of $51,633;
• Awarded the request for proposal for 14 school buses to Central States for $2,054,624.60; and
• Selected Hastings + Chivetta Architects to perform architectural services for Phases 2B and 3 of the 2022 Prop S bond issue with an estimated $61 million in construction costs.

New Hires

• Brandon Adkins, night custodian, Holman
• Stephanie Ashabranner, cook, Remington
• Melissa Heimann, cook, Willow Brook
• Lesley Holzschuh, night custodian, Rose Acres
• Joshua Roberts, assistant principal, Holman

Retirements

• Carleen Costa, food service supervisor, after serving Pattonville for five years
• Sarah Funderburk, district technology specialist at Rose Acres, after serving Pattonville for 35 years