The Caldwell County school board approved hiring interventionists for each school and approved an agreement with the City of Princeton for two school resource officers.
At Monday night’s meeting, Superintendent Jeremy Roach said one interventionist has been requested at each school to address an increasing number of students who are below grade level in reading and math at elementary levels and middle school levels, as well as students who didn’t earn reading and math credits at the high school level. He said the positions would be funded by ESSR money and would be approved by the board annually as the need is determined.
click to download audioRoach said he brought it before the board because they need to fill those positions before school starts.
click to download audioThe board approved the action by a 5-0 vote.
In other action, the board unanimously approved the 2021-2022 School Resource Officer Agreement with the City of Princeton. The district will pay $50,000 of wages to the City for two officers to serve as school resource officers within the district.
And Roach said the district received two bids for security cameras at the primary, elementary and middle schools with the lowest bid of $68,380 submitted by R. Carr & Associates out of Paducah. He added R. Carr also had the lowest bid at $48,110 for the proximity reader/AiPhone entry systems. The board unanimously approved both low bids submitted by R Carr.
The board also approved the Middle School Softball Booster Club with Tyler Beshear to serve as treasurer and Cray Lewis, Nacy Butts, Amanda Thompson, and Stacy Holeman as directors.
