The Greene County School Board met Wednesday in regular session.

Following the canvas of votes, Steve Fisher was officially sworn in to the Board. Then during the consent agenda items, board member Dr. Mark Peters mentioned that he hoped the new head football coach Mitch Moore wasn’t negatively treated from public comments like former coach Dean Lansman before he resigned as the head football coach.

The Board then heard sales pitches from Raccoon Valley Radio, Jefferson Herald, Greene County News Online and the Scranton Journal about advertising options for the district. No action was taken by the Board.

Following a lengthy discussion, the Board passed a 6-1 vote to deny extending liability insurance coverage for nine girls to travel to Boone for soccer in a local church provided van due to the district’s policy of not providing transportation for more than nine individuals including the driver. The one “no” vote was Fisher.

The Board then approved to continue to share Curriculum Director Karen Sandberg with Luverne School District at a 20 percent agreement, English language learner teacher Denise Carpenter at a 20 percent agreement with South Central Calhoun and Media Specialist Jenny Fisher at a five percent agreement with Ogden and a 20 percent agreement with Paton-Churdan.

The Board then set April 12th at 5:15pm for public hearings on a 2017 fiscal year budget amendment, as well as the 2018 fiscal year budget.

The Board also approved several physical plant and equipment levy summer projects. Those projects include upgrading the phone system at the elementary school, leasing three school buses, improvements to the new bus barn, updating the computer hard drive and backup systems and fixing one of the tunnels under the middle school for a total of about $228,000.

The Board then heard an update about potential funding from Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation and accepted the 2016 audit report. The Board also approved an early graduation request from Bryce Burkhardt and additional leave request from sixth grade teacher Cassandra Bardole, a fundraising request and a physical education waiver that requires students to only take PE two of three trimesters.