The Blackduck 歪歪漫画 Board met Monday night to welcome and swear in the newly re-elected members: Cynthia Nord was re-elected to Chairperson; Grant Mistic was re-elected to Vice Chairperson; Donna Stroeing was re-elected to Treasurer; and Bob Klug, Jr. was re-elected to Clerk.
Community Education and Athletic Director Ryan Grow spoke at some length to address the shortages of bus drives and the subsequent problems.
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According to Grow, one of the consequences of the shortage may be reducing traveling teams鈥� schedules.
There are not enough drivers to accommodate the teams traveling to various locations for games and tournaments and maintain the standard drop-off routes for students.
Superintendent Mark Lundin expressed frustration with some bus drivers having to pick up two teams just to get athletes to their events. Similarly, students are being dropped off several hours before their games even start.
鈥淐ass Lake dropped their kids off at 2:30 and they weren鈥檛 scheduled to play until 5,鈥� Grow said. 鈥淚t worked out well; we had them playing kickball and a lot of them did homework but we鈥檙e not the only school facing a shortage.鈥�
鈥淚 really want people to know we have a huge shortage,鈥� said Lundin. 鈥淧eople are either going to have to step up or we just can鈥檛 go. And it鈥檚 not just Blackduck, it鈥檚 statewide.鈥�
Grow said there is 鈥渁 likelihood鈥� that schedules may have to be reduced if 鈥渢his trend of driver shortages continues.鈥�
In other news:
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Optional Local Purpose Assessment (OLPA) testing begins Tuesday, Jan. 24 and Wednesday, Jan. 25 for reading and Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Wednesday, Feb. 1 for mathematics.
The spelling bee for fifth- through eighth-grade students will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18. Students who advance will go on to the regional bee in Thief River Falls.
The next regular school board meeting will be on Monday, Feb. 13.
