Posen Schools get monetary boost
Members of the Posen Consolidated School Board of Education were pleasantly surprised when they received not one, but two unexpected checks that totaled close to $6,000. Bernice Krajniak and Ray ?Burke? Wozniak were representing Presque Isle Gas & Electric Monday evening and handed over a check for $913.15 that represented the school?s portion of $473,000 from capital credits from 1980-81.
?It?s not much, but it?ll help out,? said Wozniak as he handed the check to board secretary Patricia Soik. Later in the meeting, superintendent Dennis Stratton presented a check received from Michigan Association of School Boards-SET-SEG, school insurance specialists. The check for $4,913 represents the districts? share of $4 million in surplus distribution.
?A nice surprise,? Stratton said of the check. Another bit of good news was $1,800 in profits made from the new milk machine. ?That money was put back into the food fund,? Stratton said, ?and that?s $1,800 less we?ll have to transfer into that fund.?
IN OTHER business:
?The 2003-2004 budget was adopted as presented without change. ?As a cost savings, the cafeteria will be using plastic spoons and forks which will allow the cost to be taken out of the state/federal fund rather than the general budget.
?The water hookup is still being negotiated for the best cost available. ?Three people have been asked for bids in the past,? Stratton said. ?We?ve sent them a letter asking for re-bids based on us digging the holes and doing the copper piping; one has done that.? Originally the bids ranged from $22,000 to $23,000 for the hookup work. The new bid from one of those original companies has come in at $10,000. Stratton said the matter is still being researched for the best possible cost.
?The electronic sign that was ordered because of an anonymous donor?s generosity will be shipped August 29. Installation will follow upon its arrival. ?Two student release requests were denied by a vote of the board. One was for a kindergarten student asking permission to
The board said they could not in good conscience release any students during a time of such low student counts and lost revenues because of declining enrollments.
?Social studies textbooks have been purchased to replace 1970s books.
?According to a governor?s directive, cell phones must be allowed in the Michigan schools, but the board has decided any cell phones will have to be stored in lockers during class hours.
?School is slated to open Tuesday, August 26 with a tentative student count of 303 students in grades K-12.
?A Viking logo has been painted on the press box by art teacher Sandra Spongberg and her students. ?It makes a nice addition for the fans during the football and sports games,? Stratton said. The next school board meeting will be September 15 at 7:30 p.m.