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Clinton Elem board approves five-year transportation contract and several personnel actions
Summary
The Clinton Elem School Board approved a five-year transportation contract with Family Transportation and approved a resolution on nonvoted loans, promoted the district’s food-service director and hired three track coaches. Exact numeric vote counts were not specified in the transcript.
The Clinton Elem School Board voted to approve a five-year contract with Family Transportation and carried several personnel actions during its regular meeting.
The board approved the transportation contract after a presentation by the contractor, who described rising replacement costs for buses and said he has operated Clinton routes since the 1970s. The presenter said vehicle prices are climbing — "the new bus is 186,000 for diesel, electric or 450,000" — and that extracurricular trip rates were running below cost. Chair (speaker 3) called for a motion and the board voted; members voiced 'aye' and at least one abstention was recorded. The transcript does not provide a precise numerical roll-call tally.
Why it matters: renewing the transportation contract sets per-mile and per-route rates for the district and acknowledges increasing vehicle and maintenance costs that could affect future budgets.
In other business, the board approved a resolution to publish notice of anticipated increases or decreases and to adopt intent to impose nonvoted loans, a routine step when a district expects to use nonvoted borrowing tools for cash-flow or capital needs. A motion and second were recorded and the board voted in favor.
Personnel moves approved included promotion of Renee Peterson to director of food service and head cook for the remainder of the 2025–26 school year and hiring of the district’s track coaching staff. The board voted to hire Melissa Halgren as head track and field coach and approved Kyle Dierud and Stephanie Arnsten as assistant coaches.
Quote: The transportation contractor told the board, "We've been running school buses for Clinton since the seventies," and explained the need to align contract rates with market and replacement costs. A fellow board member noted the contractor’s fleet maintenance record and said that used buses elsewhere had required substantial extra maintenance.
What’s next: The board recorded the approvals and moved on to remaining agenda items. The transcript does not list implementation dates or contract start dates for the transportation contract; those details would appear in the final contract documents and district files.
