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Crete Public Schools board hears facilities, staffing and professional-development updates; foundation donates $300,000 for scoreboard
Summary
District leaders briefed the board on staffing hires, nearly 4,000 technology devices in circulation, HVAC repairs across buildings, progress at the new athletic complex and a $300,000 donation from the Crete Public Schools Foundation for a scoreboard.
The Crete Public Schools Board of Education received updates on staffing, devices and facilities at its Sept. 10 meeting, and Superintendent Dr. McDowell announced a $300,000 one-time gift from the Crete Public Schools Foundation to pay for the new athletic-complex scoreboard.
Chief of Staff Jenny Beck reported staffing and grants activity: district maintenance and a grant-contingent paraprofessional position focused on reading interventions are in the final stages of hiring; additional part-time positions and after-school substitutes remain open. Beck said the district currently hosts its highest fall number of student teachers in recent years and that the district’s technology inventory comprises roughly 3,996 devices (student Chromebooks,…
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