At the July 23 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, it was reported that the high school renovations project is on track and going well. The partial completion date is set for August 15 and furnishings will arrive after that. The football field upgrades are also nearly completed. The sod has been laid, bleachers finished, and the lights are up. The concessions/restroom/ticket office building is in the process of being built and is finished up to ground level.
One hundred twenty-four students in grade 7-12 participated in the summer Strength and Agility training. Thanks were extended to Coach Andrew Pederson for organizing and writing the program and to all of the other coaches who volunteered their time to help run it. The fall sports season will begin on August 12, and the eligibility meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on July 29 at the high school varsity gym. Baseline concussion testing will take place on August 9.
The 2019-2020 handbooks for K-6, 7-12, faculty, paraprofessionals, and coaches were approved. A change was made in the paraprofessional handbook allowing paras who transport students in school vans to refuse to drive on a road if the weather has made it unsafe. Board policies 419, 532, 603, 616, and 722 were also approved.
Resignations were accepted from paraprofessionals Dylan Isola and Nancy Williams as well as from SAC coordinator Janeen Wingert, Spanish substitute Jason Buvala, special education teacher Joe Rye, and head baseball coach Kyle Blahnik. Michael Pugh was hired as a full-time custodian at the high school, Maddie Puetz as a second grade teacher, and Martha Haugerud as a substitute teacher. Brady Ristau and Walker Ward were approved as volunteers with the football program. A leave extension was approved for teacher Heidi Brown for the first semester.
Monetary donations from the City of Harmony for the drama department, SMIF for the choir’s trip to the Gopher game, the Fillmore Central Booster Club for a new wrestling mat and supplies for the weight room, Kwik Trip for Milk Moola, the Fillmore County Dairy Association for a new milk cooler, the First Southeast Bank for the jazz band, and Hammel Equipment for FFA were accepted with thanks from the school board. The total of all the donations came to $14,022.61.
A quote from Rochester Restaurant Supply was approved for the new kitchen equipment at the high school. The equipment consists of an ala carte display, merchandiser dish tables, work table/cabinets, and disposer. The quote was the lowest of the ones received and also included installation, which the others did not.
The next Fillmore Central school board meeting will be held on August 27 at 6:30 p.m.