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Frankford board reviews facility policies, mandates breakfast program and accepts $83,000 field grant
Summary
Board reviewed older facility and nonresident-tuition policies, approved background-check updates for chaperones on overnight trips, addressed a state-mandated school breakfast program after free/reduced eligibility exceeded 10%, and reported receiving an $83,000 recreation grant for field regrading.
The Frankford Township Consolidated School District board discussed policy updates, school nutrition changes and a grant award during its May 17 meeting.
The policy committee reviewed older facility-use policies and discussed charging outside groups a modest sliding scale to cover supplies and custodial costs. The committee also recommended updating the nonresident-tuition policy to reflect a new requirement that the county superintendent must approve any out‑of‑district student attending on tuition; the committee said it will remove obsolete COVID-era language about masks and visitor restrictions and update the district’s Raptor visitor protocol language.
Committee members proposed language requiring background checks for chaperones on overnight field trips; the committee clarified the checks would be required for overnight trips and that the service used would be the online background-check system paid for by chaperones or third parties as specified in the policy.
Because the district’s free and reduced‑price meal eligibility exceeded 10%, the finance/physical plant committee said the district must implement a school breakfast program. The plan presented calls for a grab‑and‑go breakfast after the bell beginning in September, with families to be notified over the summer. The presenter said paid student breakfasts and adult meals will be priced at $3.
The presenter reported the district received a local recreation improvement grant award of about $83,000 to regrade baseball and softball fields and improve drainage on the lower field. The board will put the work out to bid; the presenter said the district has up to roughly 18 months under the grant to complete the project and that timelines will depend on bid results.
The board also noted a pending sewer feasibility study that is awaiting Department of Agriculture funding guidance and discussed funding options for any large infrastructure work that, if pursued, would likely require a referendum separate from the regular tax levy.
The meeting closed after routine safety-drill confirmations and a motion to enter executive session.
