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Board recognizes Sharp Creek robotics team and approves out-of-state trip, donations and routine minutes/payroll/HR items
Summary
The board congratulated the Sharp Creek 'Blue North Spots' robotics team for earning a VEX Robotics World Championship invitation and approved an out-of-state field trip to Dallas. The board also approved several donations, meeting minutes, claims/payroll and the HR report in voice votes.
MSD Wabash County Schools recognized the Sharp Creek “Blue North Spots” elementary robotics team for earning an invitation to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas.
A representative from Sharp Creek read details of the team’s awards and season, noting the team won an Indiana State Championship "innovative award" and finished eighth at state. Coaches Kevin and Amber Bretzmann and Joel Nessler were credited for guiding the students, and the board invited the community to congratulate the team as they prepare to compete.
The board then approved an out-of-state field trip for the Sharp Creek Blue North Spots to attend the VEX IQ World Championship in Dallas, May 11–15, by voice vote.
Earlier, the board recommended approval of several donations and accepted motions to approve them as a group. Donations listed in the agenda included a $350 gift from Corteva AG (Southwood FFA), a $249.90 donation from an anonymous donor and $100 from Vicky Metzger through DonorsChoose for a Metro North pre-K classroom, a $500 donation for Southwood Choir, a separate $500 donation for Southwood Theater, a $2,000 donation from First Farmers Bank and Trust for staff appreciation, and a $350 donation from Corteva AgriSciences for Northfield (agenda wording). The board approved the bundled donations by voice vote.
The board also approved the regular meeting minutes of March 25, claims and payroll (reports 18 and 19), and a personnel report covering resignations, retirements, transfers, summer-school staff and other human-resources items; each was approved by voice vote.
No roll-call tallies were provided in the minutes; motions on these items were approved by voice vote with no recorded dissent reported in the transcript.
