Due to some issues with students riding on Griswold Community School District buses, the Griswold School Board, Monday, opted to have ride-along bus monitors set in-place around the start of the new year. Superintendent Dave Henrichs told KJAN News there have recently been more than normal issues with discipline on the buses. The School Board gave administrators permission to place human bus monitors on three individuals on three separate buses to control unruly students. They are looking for people to fill the role, and have them ready to go by the first of the year.

Speaking of buses, Henrichs said a third bus will be added to transport students during the afternoon from Lewis Elementary to the High School for a rendezvous. The buses are currently very full. The third bus, which will be added following the first of the year, will hopefully reduce crowding on the buses. In other business, the Griswold School Board set the date/time for a joint meetings between the Board and Lewis City Council. The purpose is to hear proposals from persons interested in buying the Lewis facility. It will be held Jan. 16^th at 6:30-p.m., in the Griswold Middle School/High School Building. The goal is to select one of the proposals to move forward in the sale process.

A meeting will also be held between the Griswold School Board and Lenox School Board, to discuss the shared the position of Superintendent, which expires in June. The meeting will be held 6-p.m. Feb. 6^th at the Lenox High School, and is to discuss the potential extension of the current sharing agreement. The Griswold School Board, Monday, also agreed to purchase a van from Charles Gabus Ford, for $26,918. The Board sold a 2005 Ford Taurus to a private individual for $100, and received a $100 donation from the Tuesday Music Club. Those funds will help to pay for students in the 5^th Grade to attend a performance by a symphony.