Scholarship donations were accepted, field trip chaperones were planned and buses were traded at last night's Nelsonville-York City School District School Board of Education meeting.
The board accepted donations from the Holzer Clinic, WIN, Stoltz Drug, the VFW, Pepsi and the Nelsonville Area Chamber of Commerce. Holzer Clinic donated $200 for the high school's science department. The rest of the donations were for scholarships and totaled more than $9,000, district Treasurer Sandi Hurd said.
Those scholarships will go to some of the names on the graduation list the board also approved at last night's meeting. The list contained the names of 66 seniors set to graduate from Nelsonville-York High School, a small number in comparison to previous years, said Mick McClelland. The average graduating class at the high school has been about 95 students. McClelland said he expects those numbers to return to normal after next year's graduating class.
But money was not the only thing area residents have been donating to the school district. They are also donating time to the school district by volunteering to fill chaperone positions for the school's field trips. These field trips include a kindergarten trip to the zoo, a first-grade trip to COSI, a second-grade trip to Hocking College, and a third-grade trip to Athens. The school board approved all the chaperones recommended by district Superintendent Ted Bayat.
Other school districts have been working with Nelsonville-York by trading with the district. After discussing the issue of busing, the bus supervisor for Trimble Local School District and the bus supervisor for Nelsonville-York went to Trimble Superintendent Jack Loudin and Bayat to purpose the districts switch buses, Bayat said.
They fill their need. We fill our need
Bayat said. And no one spends a dime.
The school board also approved the purchase of a 1987 school bus from Athens for the price of $1. The bus will most likely be used for extra parts, as well as a back-up in case of problems with the other buses. That will allow the district to still have one extra school bus for emergencies, something Board Member Roberta Bunting said she was concerned about. 17
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