Lewis Central board approves $694,596 modified supplemental request for at-risk dropout prevention

Lewis Central Community School District’s board voted to approve a modified supplemental application to support the district’s at-risk dropout prevention program.

The superintendent presented the plan and the funding request, saying the district would seek $694,596 in supplemental state funding and would provide a required local match of $231,523. "You know, we need to make the recommendation to, for that $694,596. And then we will have to match $231,523," the superintendent said, and staff estimated total program expenditures of roughly $933,000.

During follow-up questioning board members sought clarity on program scope and counts; the superintendent explained that individual students may appear in multiple targeted-service counts and described that the district provides in-house supports for students not successfully served in a traditional high school environment. For one targeted site the superintendent said the district has set a working capacity cap of about 12 students.

A board member (Speaker 5) moved to approve the application for the modified supplemental amount. The board conducted a roll call vote with the named members recorded as voting in the affirmative: "Missus Sandow? Yes." "Mister Swanson? Yes." "Mister Sturm? Yes." "Miss Atkins? Yes." "Mister Bach? Yeah." "Mister Sorensen? Yes." The motion carried.

The district will proceed to submit the application and, if funded, will apply the dollars toward the at-risk programs described to the board and report back as required.