New set up for Grandview most likely to come next school year
Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 6:45 am, Thu Mar 29, 2012.
MORRISVILLE SCHOOLS — The Morrisville school board decided against renewing a contract that would have extended the use of modular classrooms for Grandview Elementary School students this fall.
Instead, the administration will have to figure out a new setup for students who were displaced and sent to Grandview after a 2008 explosion at M.R. Reiter Elementary School left the building unusable.
School board directors Ronald Stout and Jack Buckman were the only two, out of nine school board members present at Wednesday's meeting, who voted to continue the contract.
The one-year renewal would have cost $76,000, which would have been covered by the insurance money from the blast. The ending of the contract will allow the board to put the $76,000 toward the $84,000 cost of removing the modular classrooms.
The administration is left with the task of coming up with a plan to relocate classes, including the possibility of moving third-grade classes to the high school.
Board members and administration agreed that if that's the route they take, safety measures will have to be taken for the third-graders.
School board officials on Wednesday briefly spoke about the future of kindergarten — whether the school district will provide full or half day.
Parents will have the opportunity to voice their opinions on the issue at next month's superintendent advisory meeting and agenda work session.
5 comments:
Here we go again. The die-hard stuck on reverse Buckman and Stout strike again. It's time for a change.
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I can respect Mr. Buckman's vote. At least he had a rationale. I think Ron Stout only voted Yes (to renew the trailers) because Buckman did. Steve Worob hadn't voted yet (it was a roll call vote), so he could only take his cue from Buckman.
What I can't respect was Stout's asinine, insensitive comment during discussions on half day kindergarten. He should be ashamed.
What did Stout say?
Hopefully, the video comes out soon.
My recollection is that during the discussion on 1/2 day kindergarten, Stout asked something like "how will the parents fare?" (if the district goes to 1/2 day kindergarten).
Somebody asked for clarification, and Stout said something like "more suicides?".
Somebody asked for clarification, and Stout said something like (because) "they (parents) have to watch their children".
The School Board improved a lot after November 2011. It will improve more if Ron Stout is voted out in November 2013. The guy is an embarrassment.
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