Following water damage to the main gym floor at Eureka Junior/Senior High School (EJSHS), the Eureka USD 389 Board of Education began soliciting bids to replace the gym floor. It is believed that the damage was the result of a roof leak, following a heavy rainstorm over a weekend that left standing water on the gym floor. This caused the floor to warp in places. During their routine monthly meeting on May 13, Superintendent Scott Hoyt shared that he was working with insurance and Stanfield Roofing on the matter. He further noted that the district had received one bid, but was hopeful to gather additional bids and share with the board at a later date. On Wednesday of last week, the board met for a special meeting to discuss the floor bids, employment and a retirement. They reviewed the following bids: Great American Hardwood Flooring, $221,530 plus a quote from Heartland Seating to move the bleachers for $18,990, totaling $240,520 (timeline of project, end of June with completion slated for Sept. 1); Lankford Enterprises Inc., $247,150, includes bleacher movement, (timeline of project, June 10 to August 1) and Baseline, $232,050 plus a quote from Heartland Seating to move the bleachers for $18,990, totaling $251,040. The board approved the bid from Lankford Enterprises Inc., with hopes the project will be completed before school resumes this fall.
During the routine monthly meeting, the board accepted the following resignations: Kayci Scott, 3rd grade teacher; Stacy Randle, 6th grade teacher; Elizabeth Burden, junior high science teacher; and Kylie Ashlock, assistant coach for high school volleyball and wrestling. The board approved to hire Thomas Lowe as the Eureka Junior/Senior High School (EJSHS) Physical Education teacher, as well as the following summer school teacher and paras: (title teachers) Lindsey Stapleford, Katie Ring, Misty Lazar, Shelby Miller, Breanna Henry, Cammie Hoover and Abby Stever; (Special Education teacher) Chelsey Brodie; (title paras) Betty Crisswell, Ammie Morgan, Diana Sutton, Madison Rayburn and Catherine Foth; (Special Education paras) Nicola Jordaan, Amie Mead, Deb Oelke and Danica Baker. It was also shared that the staff voted to approve a $1,500 raise to the base pay; bringing it to $45,000. The board approved the increase, as well as giving all hourly employees a 4% increase to their hourly rate and a 3.5% increase to all contracted employees.
During their special meeting on May 22, the board approved to hire Jessica Elliott, 5th grade teacher and Danica Baker as assistant high school volleyball coach. The final action item during their special meeting was accepting EJSHS secretary Christal Taliaferro’s retirement; which was approved as presented.
The next meeting for the Eureka USD 389 Board of Education is scheduled for Monday, June 10, at 6 p.m.
