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Board approves hiring, invoices and contracts; names scholarship recipients
Summary
Trustees approved hiring a special education aide, accepted a retirement, approved multiple referendum invoices and a five-year wireless licensing contract, and designated scholarship recipients; most motions carried unanimously.
At its meeting the Pecatonica Area School District board took several routine and finance-related actions.
Personnel and donations: the board approved hiring Shannon Doyle as a special education aide at $18.88 an hour to support a transfer student; it accepted the retirement notice of Ronni Gordon after 33 years of service. The board also approved a $200 donation to the Peck drama club; the motion carried with one abstention noted.
Invoices and contracts: trustees approved a CG Schmidt invoice for $485,854.28 and a $107,082.71 invoice for the new gym floor. The board also approved a five‑year TC Networks wireless licensing contract for $47,078.46 to add wireless infrastructure for the new addition; administration explained the multi‑year option saves money compared with annual renewals. The board approved a scheduled debt service payment of $813,650 (approximately $400,000 principal and $413,650 interest).
Scholarships: the board designated Aiden Grunfelder as the district's academic excellence scholarship recipient (with alternates Mikaela Gross and Corbin Farrell) and named Max Mobley as the technical excellence scholarship recipient. All actions in this roundup were approved by voice vote or roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes.
