Superintendent Howard Caldwell explained the budget changes to the board. “The changes are obvious ones dealing with operational expenses, such as electricity and fuel, as we under estimated the costs for this year. The district uses mostly natural gas and #2 fuel oil is a backup.
“Transportation also required an adjustment as there was additional transporting of students required to and from St. Cloud,” Caldwell said.
“The reason for the big change in capital expenditure was due to the fact we aren’t doing anything further in technology. We will look at it more in the future,” he added. “In the general fund, we had legal expenses we did not anticipate, in addition there were other minor expenses elsewhere.”
In other business:
•The board approved a resolution canvassing the election returns: Fern Roberg, 214 votes; Velda Larson, 192; Debora Glenz, 182, and Doris Wendlandt, 135.
•The board approved a curriculum adjustment for the health and art departments. The two departments worked on their learner outcomes for the coming school year. The board noted in the health learner outcomes that health is not offered in the seventh grade. Middle School Principal Deb Gillman explained there wasn’t time in the day to offer another class. Health is integrated in with other classes at the present time.