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Apr 16, 2021 8:14 AM
(OLNEY) The Richland County School Board held its regular monthly meeting for April last night in Olney. The Board : approved the monthly bill listing for March worth $1,144,436 and noted that the state currently owes the District $468,265 : approved the tentative FY21 budget : approved the Health/Life Safety Amendment for the RCHS roof project : approved the $106,926 bid for the roof project to Joiner Sheet Metal & Roofing : approved the District’s five-year maintenance plan : noted a few upcoming dates – RCHS graduation will be Sunday afternoon, May 30th, at 3:00 – final day of student attendance will be Thursday, June 3rd – the Service Awards Program will be Friday, June 4th, in Veterans Hall, with breakfast and recognition – the final day of school with a Teacher’s Institute is Friday, June 4th : set a special board meeting for Thursday, April 29th, at 7:00, to seat the newly elected board members and for reorganizing the new board : heard from Bernardi Securities with information on refinancing the District’s bonds : heard from several teachers and coaches with details about the One Tiger Nation movement : heard the District’s Agriculture Department annual report from the RCHS Ag Instructors : approved all monthly building reports and quarterly discipline reports as presented : and in personnel moves – accepted the intent to retire from RCHS Teacher Lisa Pampe at the end of the 2024-2025 school year – accepted intent to retire notices from Bus Driver Brenda Beard, RCES Supervision Aide Cheryl Westall, RCHS Custodian Norm Henderson, and RCMS Food Service Staff Member Linda Kocher – accepted resignations from District Administrative Assistant Sonja Music and from RCHS Cross Country Coach Rob Kirby – acknowledged the transfer of Emily Blackford from Reading Specialist to Reading Instructional Coach – approved the transfer of Angie Wisner from RCMS Secretary to Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent – agreed to the list of summer maintenance personnel – and approved rehiring the current administrative personnel, all tenured licensed staff, all non-tenured licensed staff, and all educational support staff for the 2021-2022 school year : other than the special meeting on April 29th, the next monthly meeting for the Richland County School Board will be May 20th, 2021.