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The Greenway School Board met for the first time since a special election was held at the beginning of the year to vote in three new board members. The current board now consists of Chair Bob Schwartz, Bill Hoeft, LaNea Randall-Johnson, Carissa McIlwain-Nelson, Ryan Johns and Mary Kay Jacobson. New board members got right down to business as the board went through a revision of the ISD 316 budget.Â
Revised Budget
District Business Manager Randi Jurgansen presented board members with a revised budget for fiscal year 2021. The projected ending balance of the budget is $2,505,100. Jurgansen explained how the district operates out of nine funds that can be classified as either nonspendable, restricted, committed, assigned and unassigned. Much of the districtâs funding is based on the amount of students it serves. In September 2020, the district started the school year with 1,021 students. As of Feb. 16, the total number of students was at 997.Â
The ISD 316 school board heard updates from Greenway principals and district superintendent on the current state of the schools at the regular board meeting Wednesday, Jan. 27.Â
Superintendent David Pace told board members students grades K-6 and 10-12 are currently learning in-person. This follows the current learning model Greenway schools are following under guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health and Education. Pace explained how they chose to have specifically grades 10-12 back in the building.Â
âWe made the decision to bring 10-12 back because mainly we are dealing with situations and grades which are going to be permanently on their transcripts.â