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Hannibal 60 board approves sale of Eugene Field building and a slate of routine motions
Summary
At its regular meeting the Hannibal 60 Board of Education approved the sale of Eugene Field Elementary to Mission 180 Compassion Church, accepted a small surplus bid for a bench, adopted the A+ agreement and passed bus routes and several equipment surplus/award motions.
Hannibal 60 Board of Education members approved a series of routine but consequential items at their regular meeting, including the sale of Eugene Field Elementary to Mission 180 Compassion Church and several votes on assets and contracts.
The board accepted a $30,000 bid from Mission 180 Compassion Church for Eugene Field Elementary after administration described the bidder’s plan to operate the building as a hub providing services for foster youth and young adults aging out of foster care. The board delegated authority to Pat Samson, chief operations officer, and to the superintendent to complete the sales contract and close the transaction.
The board also accepted a single $100 bid for a front‑yard bench (transcript contains both “Glory Fletcher” and “Lorie Fletcher” as the bidder name) and approved the A+ agreement for the coming year; staff said there were no substantive changes from last year. Board members recorded isolated opposition votes in these routine items but the motions carried.
Transportation business included approval of the 2025–26 school bus routes. Members raised concerns about late student pickups — in some cases students were not picked up until about 4:00 p.m. — and discussed driver shortages and mitigation steps, such as hiring retired drivers and adjusting staff schedules. The board approved the routes after discussion.
The board declared several items surplus (including an older cargo van and HTC processing equipment) and authorized advertising them for sale by bid.
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn into closed session to discuss legal actions and personnel matters under Missouri statutes; the motion listed the administrators and board members who would attend the closed session.
The board’s actions at this meeting reflect routine asset management and operational decisions as well as one property sale that transfers district real property to an outside nonprofit organization. The district did not publish a roll‑call vote tally in the meeting transcript for most matters; minutes should be consulted for formal vote records.
