Vermillion board approves school facility use agreements, renews bus contract and advances youth soccer MOU

The Vermillion School District 13-1 Board of Education on March 10 approved a package of facility-use agreements, awarded a transportation contract and authorized continued partnership talks with the Vermillion Youth Soccer League.

The board voted, by voice, to approve items A through E on the agenda, a package that included: a school lease request from Camp Invention seeking a waived fee for use of elementary classrooms the week of June 2–5; a facilities request from the elementary PTO to host its March 21 carnival in the school gyms with a fee waiver requested; a request from the Vermillion Booster Club to host its hall-of-fame banquet at the high school (the Booster Club also notified the board it intends to serve beer and wine and said it had filed paperwork with the district and city); the district's bus contract award after a two-proposal process; and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Vermillion Youth Soccer League (VYSL) to pursue improved playing fields at Barstow Park.

Why it matters: the approvals allow community groups to use district facilities for spring and summer activities, continue the district's relationship with a bus services…