No action taken to extend superintendent contract
Miller Grove ISD students may soon be able to enroll in hunter safety courses after it gained school board approval at the Monday night meeting.
“It requires the board’s approval because we need to change our policies to allow firearms when they do the class,” superintendent Steve Johnson said. “They have firearms but no ammunition.”
According to Johnson, 31 students are interested in taking the course. The class would be part of the school’s wider agriculture and outdoor program.
Board president Brandon Darrow said the course “is a good idea.” A future board action for the related policy change will be needed.
The board also approved to offer ten days of leave for employees who quarantined due to COVID-19 who have not taken leave to quarantine before. It is a local extension of the Department of Labor’s Family First Coronavirus Response Act, which ended Dec. 31, 2020, and will run through the end of the school year.
“They can only use it one time,” Johnson said. “If someone has already claimed it in 2020, they can’t reuse it again in 2021. It would save someone from going through their personal leave.”
The board also approved a security fence design to go along the south boundary of the school and between the main building and the gym. The project is funded by a state security grant, Johnson said, and the $25,000 granted has to be used by May.
After a two-hour executive session, the board decided to take no action regarding Johnson’s contract.
Johnson also gave an update on the multipurpose building, stating the uprights are installed, but progress has stalled because the purlins, used for structural support, are have not arrived. The completion date is still set for May as Johnson wants to hold graduation inside.