The drivers education vehicle is in the shop for repairs after being sideswiped during a recent trip to a wrestling tournament.
That was the announcement by superintendent Dwayne Noble Monday night. He told members of the school board students int he vehicle were unhurt in the accident. “It happened so fast that we were unable to get a tag number,” he said. The car that sideswiped the school vehicle did not stop. The accident was reported to the police but, without a tag number or vehicle description, that driver could not be located.
Sally Hedrick will be filing the child nutrition director’s position from now through the end of the school year.
She was hired Monday night following a lengthy executive session that included the annual evaluation of the superintendent.
In another personnel mater, board members accepted the resignation of Kimberly Chandler effecting at the end of December. She said she was retiring after 33 years in the Henryetta school system.
In other business, board members approved a transfer policy that restricts the reasons students could be denied.
Noble said the recently-passed Senate Bill 783 only allows schools to deny transfers is in the event of discipline issues, poor attendance or if the transfer would result in the school going up one class in sports.
Students can only request transfers to other schools two times during the school year.
The Creek Nation provides recycling service for Henryetta schools. Board president James Williams heads up that department at the tribe and pointed out some recent documents, “that should have been confidential,” were included in the paper to be picked up. “We shredded it but we have got to have all documents shredded from now on.”
He pointed out that was a situation that occurred at the tribal offices and resulted in the requirement for everything to be shredded as well.
The superintendent told board members the school will be receiving the annual state aid funding this week. That money is going to be supplemented this year by some $392,000 coming to the school from the ESSR claim filed earlier. The school was approved for that funding recently.
Board members tabled discussion on the COVID Return to Learn policy until the January meeting. Noble said he wanted input from the various school principals but they were absent due to other activities.