NICKERSON, Kan. — The Nickerson school board tabled any decision on what to do about the aging athletic facilities during Monday’s meeting.
The district has been wrestling with what to do about the football field and the surrounding track since November. Monday night, the board looked over several proposals for both. Much discussion surrounded the timing of when work could be done on the facilities since any work on the field can’t be done until after the fall season in 2020. If the track is put in first, it could risk damage when the field is done later. If they wait on the track, it could be a whole season before it’s finished, leaving the high school without a usable track until the spring of 2022.
The board also took time to discuss furnishing the classrooms at South Hutchinson Elementary School. The proposal would provide new furniture for the conference room and the classrooms for the first and sixth grades. The cost of the proposal is $64,480.
The board also approved the purchase of materials for the new English Language Arts curriculum for grades K-6. The district has been working on the new curriculum program since October. The district will spend $114,000 on purchasing the teachers materials so they will be familiar with it by the time school begins in August. At the start of the new fiscal year in July, the rest of the program and materials will be purchased for another $114,000.