Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Colfax School board met Monday night for an extensive meeting that included business items, a report on a grant application and approval of the design development phase of school bond construction.
Superintendent Jerry Pugh opened the meeting with mention of a grant the district is pursuing in which they could hire a full-time student prevention specialist (tobacco, alcohol, drugs) and a half-time community coordinator. The application deadline is Friday.
The grant application to Washington State Healthcare Authority, seeks $90,000 for this school year and possibly $200,000 for all of next year.
Pugh gave further updates to the school board.
“The (football) scoreboard and sound system is just like new out there. Well the scoreboard is new,” Pugh said.
He made a point to thank Harrison Electric, Avista and Greg Harazin of Greg’s Electric who worked to fix electrical problems in the announcers’ booth at no charge after the scoreboard went out Sept. 21 during the Homecoming football game.
“Giving to the community, giving to the school,” Pugh said.
He also credited Mike Koenig, groundskeeper; Mark Brown, maintenance director, and Craig McCully, transportation supervisor, for their work on the school grounds, fields and landscaping.
Pugh then commented on a “successful Homecoming” week, thanking Heidi Lowe, ASB advisor; the Colfax Fire Department, and the National Guard which contributed to the parade.
The board then approved the night’s consent agenda, which included the hiring of Vicki Wilson, para-educator at six hours per day and the resignation of Richard May, musical set designer.
Board student representative Kylie Kackman followed with the ASB report, noting how the work to organize homecoming was divided into separate jobs, and mentioning a particular triumph in class competition.
“Carson Cloaninger won rock, paper, scissors for the seniors and we won,” she said of a tiebreaker.
She announced the Nov. 9 Veteran’s Day assembly at Jennings Elementary, how the juniors want to put on a fall dance and the FCCLA will put on a food drive for the National Guard as a competition between first period classes. The National Honor Society inducted juniors Oct. 1 and a group of ASB officers went to Pomeroy last week for The Blue Mountain Leadership Conference.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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