School board appreciated at Jennings Monday

Third-grader Garin Monson confers with Principal Travis Howell Monday night at the Jennings Elementary library as teacher Amy Soncarty looks on. In the background, school board members compete to build bridges out of paper and books.

Principal Travis Howell and Jennings Elementary students put on a school board appreciation night Monday in the library, followed by the board’s regular meeting.

With the five members seated at a long table, neatly stacked items in front of each, a pair of sixth-graders began by presenting each a “basket of gold” in honor of the upcoming Winter Olympics.

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