St. James Plaindealer
Students at St. James schools had their last day on June 3. It was a day full of grill outs and picnics for everyone, along with fun activities to celebrate the end of the school year.
Each year the middle and high school students do something different. Some of the past things they have done are runs even a color run and going to the parks to do some cleanup and spend the day there. This year the middle and high school students had a kickball tournament. Doing activities each year is a fun way to end the school year.
Sentinel Correspondent
The Martin County West School Board met last week. They heard two presentations as a beginning to the evening. An operations manager from Federated Rural Electric Coop told the board about some plans for a new substation north of Casey’s in Sherburn. They would like to replace the old substation downtown in Sherburn and bring the town up to the amount of energy the rest of the REA members can use possibly in 2022. The old line is near that property and the new line would be connected mostly underground and far enough from the school. They would also landscape the area. More information will be given as the plan progresses. The second presentation was from class officers of the MCW class of 2021 who told the board of their plans for their senior class trip to South Dakota. They will go May 16-22 this year. An itinerary was passed out and the class thanked the board for their help.
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JERSEY SHORE Even though increasing the real estate rate above the 4.1 percent index set by the state’s department of education could generate over $590,000, the Jersey Shore School Board voted unanimously to stay under the index for another year when considering tax rates for the upcoming fiscal year.
The vote came at the board’s meeting held virtually Monday night.
According to Ben Enders, district business manager, if the board would choose to raise the millage to the index, Lycoming County would see an increase in .75 mills, while Clinton County would see that increase at .55 mills. This alone would generate the $590,000 additional dollars in taxes.