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Southgate board approves student trips, DECA funding and equipment purchases; E‑Rate projects cleared
Summary
At its March 24 meeting the Southgate Community School District board approved seven action items including a seventh‑grade Cedar Point trip, $679 to finish a DECA trip to nationals, food‑service equipment purchases, and USAC E‑Rate technology upgrades; no public commenters addressed the board.
The Southgate Community School District board approved a package of routine and instructional requests at its March 24 regular meeting, including student travel, conference support and district equipment purchases.
Chair opened the meeting and the board first approved the agenda and consent items (03/10/2026 minutes and an HR update) by voice vote. No members of the public spoke during the public comment period.
Staff presented action items that the board approved later in the meeting. A request to allow seventh‑grade students from Davidson to visit Cedar Point on May 27 was described as tied to middle‑school physical science standards: staff said students will design and build roller‑coaster models after the trip. The board moved and approved the trip without further amendment.
Mark Hanson, CT director and assistant principal at South Anderson High School, asked the board to provide $679 to make up the remaining cost for two DECA students who qualified for a national conference in Georgia; Hanson said the DECA account holds $3,000. Board members debated…
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