School board looking at new bus purchase

Bluffton school board will initiate bidding procedures on an 84-passengers school bus during its meeting on Monday. Bid opening is at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the superintendent’s office.

Several other actions are anticipated at Monday’s meeting. Those include, approving a special education agreement with the Pandora-Gilboa school district for the 2017-18 school year.

Several supplemental contracts are on the agenda. Four are for winter athletic coaches. Those persons are listed in the board agenda attached at the bottom of this story.

The board will act on approval to issue a diploma to Cory Westfall on Nov. 20.

In other action, three school teaching assignments are on the agenda. Each is for Jan. 11, through May 2, 2018. And Each is a Bluffton University student.

Those are:
• Lauren Miller with Nick Rackley
• Carrier Blust with Jared Byers
• Stacey Freed with Jackie Bourassa

Other items on the agenda are in the board packet attached.