(Elk Horn, Iowa) -The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Community School District Board of Education, during a Special Meeting Tuesday evening, unanimously approved bids for the Exira-EHK School District renovation project. Superintendent Trevor Miller says the base and alternate bids came in under the engineer’s estimate.

HSI is the contractor for the Demolition, General Trades, Drywall and ceiling portion of the work.

For the Elk Horn and Exira parts of the base bid, Miller said they’ll be adding three classrooms to the stage, and one of those rooms will be a sensory room for those students with special needs.

He said the bids came out about $500,000 less than they thought it would be,

In other business, the Exira-EHK School Board approved the resignation of para educator Jacqueline Phippen, who has worked for the district a long time.