HAVEN, Kan. — As students, teachers and students are settling in for the school year at Haven USD 312 so is new Superintendent Craig Idacavage. Idacavage recently took over for the retired Clark Wedel.
Like all other school districts, getting a handle on enrollment figures and how that will affect the budget is something Idacavage is already looking at.
“We’re about the same head count wise, our virtual school is down, and we’ve seen a decline in that over the last couple of years,” Idacavage said. “As we’re coming out of COVID and also we’ve seen an increase in the number of virtual schools.”
Idacavage also is dealing with some of the last minute questions and issues with school lunches now that the free lunch program brought on by COVID has ended.
“One, it’s getting families to fill out that paperwork because it is new, or could be new for some,” Idacavage said. “That plays a huge part in our budget so we’re still trying to figure out what that will look like, and have conversations with families to make sure they get what they need.”
Transportation is also something being watched by schools as many are short of bus drivers. Idacavage says for now they are making it work.
“We could always use more bus drivers,”Idacavage said. “Sheree Jones, our transportation director has done a good job of organizing routes…we’re doing OK but we could always use more.”
If you would like to be a bus driver for Haven USD 312 just go to havenschools.com and click on employment opportunities.
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