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Superintendent updates Whitehall trustees on facilities, athletics and technology ahead of first day
Summary
The superintendent briefed the Whitehall School District trustees on summer facilities work, athletics events, a new forms system and a brief phone outage, and credited TIF funds and staff for recent exterior and maintenance projects.
Whitehall School District trustees heard a start-of-year report from the superintendent at their meeting on Aug. 19.
The superintendent said summer work included reinstalled exhaust vents on the high school roof that "dramatically changed the temperatures in the high school," refinished gym floors and new lobby flooring with a large gold-and-purple W. He credited custodial and facilities staff, particularly Scott Freebo, for managing a busy schedule of projects and noted painting and siding work were about 90% complete.
The superintendent encouraged the board and public to attend the Booster Club's Purple and Gold scrimmage Thursday, calling out volleyball at 4:30 p.m. and an open football practice in the same window; the Booster Club meal was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. He also previewed the first football game, saying it would be on Friday the 28th against Deer Lodge and that the district would host the game.
On technology and operations, the superintendent said the district implemented a form-management system called Karina for athletics and permission forms and recognized Colton Anderson for leading implementation. He reported a district-wide phone outage the previous day that was since resolved and said the district was fully staffed for teachers with a single paraprofessional vacancy.
A trustee asked about the earlier reference to TIF money for exterior improvements; the superintendent described tax increment funds as city-administered funds that divert school, county and town tax increments into a TIF district for a fixed period and said the district contributes roughly $300,000 a year to TIFs that fund sidewalk and facade projects. He thanked the TIF board for supporting projects that reduced blight at school facilities.
The superintendent closed by noting teachers had been in training and that school starts the next day, calling the start to the year "very positive."
