The Mount Pleasant School Board met in regular session Monday night. Following review of the proposed fiscal year 23 budget, the board set April 11 at 6:15 pm as the date and time for a public hearing. The proposed new tax asking will decrease slightly from $13. 98 to $13.94 per $1000 of taxable valuation.
A traffic study is underway at the Mt. Pleasant High School location on Grand Avenue. Supt. Henriksen told the school board the firm conducting the study is pulling accident data and doing traffic counts. The information will be used as part of the district’s facility master planning. There is a meeting March 29. The Supt hopes results of the study will be available at that meeting.
At the end of the current school year the district is faced with hiring three key positions…..that of midde school principal, Director of Technology and Director of Curriculum and instruction. So far there are 30 applications for the middle school job currently held by Nathan Lange.
The resignations of longtime teachers Tim and Jill Taylor were accepted by the board last night along with the resignation of Middle School family and consumer science teacher Dawn Bodenham. Several para resignations were also accepted.