(Griswold, Iowa) – The Griswold School Board met in a regular monthly session Monday evening. Superintendent Dave Henrichs says he updated the Board on the district’s enrollment numbers. He said while the Certified Enrollment figures show a decline of 17 students (for a total of 443), the more important BEDS (Basic Educational Data Survey) information shows a decline of 7.6, or some 389 students who are served every day.

Dave Henrichs said Griswold “had a kind of rough go of enrollment over the years.

The Griswold School Board, Monday, approved bids for: Door Alarms; Visitor Management System, and Video Access, but they held-off on approving bids for flooring.

Henrichs says the Board set a Work Session for 6-p.m. November 5th, to review the capital projects, resources and facilities, and a concession stand relocation projectt. The other project bids that were accepted will be paid for through the Governor’s Safety grant.

The bid came in at $419 for 12 door alarms. The bid for a Visitor Management System came in at $3,470.

And, a Video Access System bid of $5,275 was approved, for use on doors not currently covered. Henrichs stressed again, that those items will not cost the district a dime.

He said also, the Griswold School Board discussed relocation of the concession stand, and approved a letter of agreement for design services pertaining the conversion portions of a couple of classrooms, by cutting the sizes down of those spaces, and using those areas for a concession stand. The current concession stand is run out of the lunch room, which Henrich said is an inconvenience to the kitchen staff and Booster Club. The cost of the design service, which includes architectural fees, etc., is $22,000.

The Board is expected to receive some updated design plans by the time of their Nov. 5th work session. Dave Henrichs said it’s hoped the district can solicit bids in January, with the project completed by the start of the 2025-26 school year. In other news, the Griswold Board approved the resignation of Blair Rush – School Nurse, effective Oct. 30th, and the hiring of Lyn Sliger – MS/HS Cook, retroactive to Oct. 9th.