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BOURBON -ÊA request for a senior trip to Chicago was granted by the Triton school board for a class trip to Chicago May 9.
Three Triton seniors - Tracey Bell, senior class president, Sara Boyer, vice president, and Seth Bowers, treasurer - said they'd rather visit a big city than an amusement park.
The cost is expected to be between $65-$85 per person.
In a poll of 72 seniors, 68 students said they would take the trip, 65 students would help with a fund-raiser and four said they wouldn't go.
Six chaperones were going, said Boyer.
Funds would be raised by selling tickets to a spaghetti or chili dinner.
With the number of students expected, a second charter bus would be needed, which would push the per-person cost closer to $85.
In other business, the board:
• Heard from Susan Dietzel, of the Triton Teachers Association. She said she was very interested in reaching a settlement for a teachers' contract.
TTA will meet with a negotiator this week and she hopes for a "fair, agreeable and feasible" contract.
"We don't plan to drag this out," she said.
• Said they didn't know the specific day when drug searches might take place.
After asking if the searches were needed, superintendent Ted Chittum said, "A drug problem is a societal problem. Our kids are a cross-section of society."
"You do the best you can to deter everything," said Glenn Weidner, Triton Jr./Sr. high school principal.
Marshall County Sheriff's Department offered the service to the corporation. The searches would be practice and a drill for the department's police dog, according to the board.
• Approved: Bradley E. Beatty as a substitute bus driver; Cory Monesmith as varsity assistant baseball coach; and Al Peckham, Gary Clarkson and Stacey Sheetz as tennis team volunteers.
Triton School Board members are: president Kevin Boyer, vice president Steve Feldman, secretary/treasurer Larry Lemler, Dave Shively and Steve Blackford. Corporation treasurer is Janet Barker. Superintendent is Ted Chittum.
