Callaway County's public school districts have heard a host of proposals during their October board of education meetings.
Fulton Public Schools will be hosting its fourth community forum Oct. 30 at Fulton Middle School in the Carl E. Lee Gymnasium. At FPS' Oct. 9 Board of Education meeting, the finalized details of the district's facilities planning was unanimously approved.
"I suspect (this forum) is going to look like the last ones. I'm of the opinion that you don't really mess around with (the forum format) when they've been working well," FPS Superintendent Jacque Cowherd said.
Some of the future facilities upgrades will include securing entries at all schools, upgrading security cameras, adding a new gym at the high school, improving the high school's theater, renovating the middle school's gym, creating enough new space to support two grade levels, expanding the district's athletic complex parking lot, and improving the district's HVAC, electrical, plumbing, parking lots and sidewalks.
"The big picture is set in stone in terms of what's happening in each building. How it gets done in each building is not set in stone yet when thinking about priorities or what gets done when," Cowherd said.
The New Bloomfield R-3 Board of Education met Oct. 17 at the district's central office. During the meeting, the board discussed the possibility of adding either football or volleyball to the school district's athletic program. A survey will be distributed throughout the student body, and the topic will be discussed at the district's November board meeting.
North Callaway R-1's Board of Education met Oct. 9, and facilities improvements and concerns were discussed, though no formal action was made. The board also unanimously approved two new hires at Hatton Elementary, one at Auxvasse Elementary and one at North Callaway High School.
South Callaway's Board of Education met Oct. 9 at South Callaway High School. At the meeting, Superintendent Kevin Hillman presented the board with a crisis management plan. He suggested the plan should be adopted every five years. The board unanimously approved it.