Meigs receives Auditor of State Award
By Sarah Hawley - shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
Meigs Local Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer Roy Johnson and staff members Debbie Drake, Beckie Blake, Melissa Lambert, and Ashlee Love.
Sarah Hawley | Sentinel
ROCKSPRINGS The Meigs Local School District recently received the Auditor of State Award from the office of State Auditor Dave Yost for a clean audit report.
This is the third time in four years that Meigs Local has received the award, having also been recognized in 2018 and 2020.
Meigs Local Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer Roy Johnson and staff members Debbie Drake, Beckie Blake, Melissa Lambert, and Ashlee Love over see the finances for the district.
Meigs Local sets 2021-22 school calendar
School to begin Sept. 7
ROCKSPRINGS Students in the Meigs Local School District will begin the 2021-22 school year on Sept. 7, the day after Labor Day.
The Meigs Local Board of Education approved the 2021-22 school year calendar during the recent board meeting. The 2020-21 school year also began after Labor Day.
Supt. Scot Gheen explained that the teacher’s union is presented three calendar options each year by the calendar committee which is comprised of administration and teacher representatives. The top voted on calendar is then presented to the board for approval.
Gheen added that the calendar provides for better planning and preparation to start the school year, as well as extra time to deal with any left over COVID-19 concerns.
Credit Mary Meehan / Ohio Valley Resource
The Biden administration announced Monday the expansion of a nutrition program, born amid the start of the pandemic, that could provide more food to nearly 2 million children throughout Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia this summer.
The Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, or P-EBT, program started last March to provide money to low-income families whose children were missing meals normally received at school, programs that were disrupted by the pandemic. Funds are loaded onto a card for individual families to purchase food for their children. The program is now being expanded through the summer, providing food dollars for families alongside the existing food distribution programs run by districts.