Manchester Schools Receives Over $5K From Various Donations
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Maddie Jo Shultz-
NORTH MANCHESTER – At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Manchester School Board accepted donations, approved and introduced several policies and assessed the district’s enrollment and finances.
Manchester Community Schools accepted $5,375.38 in donations from various community members and organizations including $1,250 each from AG Plus and Land O’Lakes Foundation Inc. The school also received 95 cases of water from Sweetwater Church and the Manchester Moose Lodge.
Following a Heartland Career Center update presented by Mark Hobbs and Bryan Evans, the board welcomed Cristina Rider as guidance counselor for Manchester Intermediate School and Manchester Junior-Senior High School.
Approved on second reading were policies P2070 Public Solicitations/Advertising in the Schools and P3110 Tobacco Free Campus.
Introduced for a first reading were P3260/P4240 Title IX/Discrimination Complaint Procedures and P3270/P4250 Title IX/Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure. Introduced for a first reading with revisions was P4085 Student Attendance, which now includes specific guidelines for in-person, virtual and hybrid learning.
Business manager Jeremy Markham reported on cash balances for various accounts as of Aug. 31. The Education Fund totaled $1,409,581; the Operations Fund totaled $963,199; the Debt Service Fund totaled $502,612; and the Rainy Day Fund totaled $355,345.
Markham also outlined enrollment statistics for the last seven years. In 2013 the district’s enrollment was 1,622; in 2017 it was 1,585; as of spring 2020, it was 1,489. In public schools like MCS, with a loss of students comes a loss of funding.
The board discussed possible cost-saving measures in a lengthy discussion. A video recording of Tuesday’s meeting is available on the MCS YouTube channel.
