North Nodaway school board notes
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HOPKINS, Mo. — The following are notes from the North Nodaway R-VI Board of Education meeting held Wednesday, Jan. 17 in Hopkins.
- Board members approved ballot language instructing voters to select two of the following three candidates for the two open seats on the board: Vicki Riley, Jerime Bix and Stuart Clements.
- The board held a first reading of the 2024-2025 school calendar. According to online documents, the first day of school would be held on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The last day of school would be held Friday, May 16. This would have students in school for 163 days, or 1,079.6 hours. This includes 79 days in the first semester and 84 days in the second semester.
- Board members approved Sydney Reed and Courtney Kennedy as substitute teachers.
- Superintendent Chris Turpin told the board that Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing USA sent the district a letter denoting the company plans to contribute $5,000 to the school for the 2024-2025 school year.
- With regard to construction, Turpin’s report noted that the elevator has been approved and the lift has been decommissioned to the state. At the high school, staff has moved into the new offices, however there still are minor issues to complete, like windows in the counselor’s office, some wiring of a mini-split heating system and touch-up painting. At the elementary, the soffit and guttering had arrived. Weather had paused that project.
- Turpin thanked Nucor for its purchase of a Morgan Rolling Flag for the school gym. It arrived and the district is having it installed.
- According to the high school principal’s report, the district’s “Really Great Reading” supplies have arrived and teachers are excited about it.
- According to closed session minutes, the board approved a three-year rolling contract to Superintendent Turpin for the 2025 through 2028. This just means that the contract is good through that period unless either party decides to end it.
- The board also approved in closed session the employment of Stephanie Turpin as “Dribbler Coordinator.”
