(Griswold, Iowa) – Members of the Griswold School District’s Board of Education met in a regular session, Monday evening. Superintendent Dave Henrichs said the board approved contracts for two new personnel.

He said the Board designated their Level 1 and Level 2 Child Abuse Investigators for the 2023-24 School Year.

Athletic Director Troy Nicklaus, Henrichs said, shared information with the Board in regard to a Athletic Trainer Services for the upcoming school year. The Board elected to continue with the service as presented. The Griswold School Board also had a lengthy discussion with regard to a proposed four-day school week.

No decision has been made on whether or not the District will transition to a four-day calendar, but even if they do, eventually agree to the change, it won’t take effect until the 2024-25 School Year. I other news, the Griswold Board decided to: retain Dan Rold as Business Manager/Treasurer; Hannah Bierbaum as Board Secretary, and Matt Hansen, as the District’s Attorney.

The Board approved bids for Bakery products (Bimbo Bakery), trash removal (Laverty Sanitation), dairy products (Anderson-Erickson), snow removal (Landon Preston) and Warewash (Ross Chemical). Each are current providers of those respective services. They also approved Middle School/High School Principal Stephanie Brady as the Affirmative Action Coordinator. And, the Board acted on passing the first reading of numerous Board Policies that resulted from a large number of Iowa legislative law changes during the past session.

Superintendent Henrichs says “For the most part, we have all the critical [staff] positions filled, which is great…we’re in a lot better shape than we were a few weeks ago,” and that they are getting closer to starting the school year on August 23rd.

(Adair, Iowa) – The Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (ACGC) School Board will meet 7-p.m. Wednesday (July 19), in the AC/GC Junior High Media Center. Their regular session will be preceded by a Public Hearing with regard to the High School Bleacher Project at Adair-Casey. In other business, the Board will act on the resignation of Denice Crawley/Food Service & Transportation, and act on approving contract recommendations for the following:

• Christina Wilson – HS Building Secretary
• Ron Lower and Bill Messinger – Part-time Industrial Tech Teachers
• Sarah McKibben – Elementary Kitchen and Preschool 1:1 Associate, and,
• Kayla Froehle – Preschool Associate.

The AC/GC School Board will act on approving their IASB Legislative Priorities, a 28-E agreement (as presented and discussed in the June Board meeting), setting their 2023-24 School Year meeting time and location, and acting on the sale of equipment at Adair-Casey. The Board will also consider, and act on FFA Program Activities, as well as a recommendation from Mr. Lensch, to allow the Senior Class of 2024 to travel to Washington, D-C, in the Spring of 2024, for the Senior Class Trip.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports the arrest at around 4:50-p.m., Monday, of 44-year-old Brady Gale Richert, from Creston. He was arrested in the 700 block of N. Elm Street, in Creston, and charged with Violation of No Contact/Protective Order. Richert was being held without bond in the Union County Jail, until seen by the Magistrate.