Union-Bulletin

Members of the Touchet School Board are Sandra Bradley, Robert Schaeffer, Mandy Thompson, Michael McCubbins and Darren Goble. With all present Thursday the board:

• SUPERINTENDENT: Approved three-year contract with Susan Bell as superintendent. Unanimous.

• CONSENT AGENDA: Approved payroll of $205,753, general fund warrant totaling $54,759, and ASB fund warrants totaling $13,321 and $226. Unanimous.

• ENROLLMENT: Learned March enrollment is at 261 full time equivalent, down 1 from February.

• BUDGET RESOLUTION: Approved corrected budget resolution to add expenditures to 2010-2011 budget document. Unanimous.

• TESTING: Learned winter MAP testing for middle school math showed 95 percent of the students tested have made progress, and most have met growth target, principal Elissa Tinder said.

• PROJECT CITIZEN: Approved revised request for funding for Project Citizen's students to travel to Olympia for state competition. The board rejected a previous request as too costly. The students' revised request was for $895, and students will engage in some money-making projects. Passed 3-2.

• ACCOUNTS: Approved resolutions closing certain Bank of America accounts and certain US Bank accounts. Unanimous.

• SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: Heard report by teacher Guy Gregg on a recent trip to the Oregon coast by the Advanced Placement biology class.