The Hancock County Board of Education awarded the bid for pyrite repair at Oak Glen Middle School. The bid was for $1,740,000.00. The cost of the pyrite repair was included in the recent School Levy. Concern was expressed by Board member Ed Fields that the amount was inclusive and Lombardi would not submit change orders or add ons as the project progressed. The Board also questioned if there was assurance that the problem would not reoccur.
The Board recognized the Weir High Journalism Class for winning the National Press Freedom Award. Teacher Morgan Bricker and Superintendent Dan Enich presented each student with a certificate denoting the accomplishment. Bricker outlined the multi-faceted projects the group produces.
In other business the Board:
**Approved Quincy Williams as a countywide substitute teacher;
**Assigned Frederick Hannah as a bus operator for bus #207;
**Approved unpaid days off for Brian Sweeney, bus operator; Rhonda Majewski, supervisory aide; Casie Hebrock, supervisory aide; Meredith Adams, supervisory aide.
**Approved a leave of absence for Tammie Shaw, custodian II, Oak Glen High School;
**Accepted a resignation from Kevin Lazzaro, substitute bus operator;
**Transferred Lisa Moore from bus operator #174 to bus operator #136;
**Approved substitute service personnel David Whitee and Issac M. Ritchie, substitute custodian and Hailey Beadle, substitute aide;
**Granted permission for Oak Glen Middle School to travel to Washington DC, for its 8th grade educational trip, April 25 to April 26;
**Granted permission for Weir High Academic Games to travel to Washington DC from April 24 to April 29;
**Granted permission for Oak Glen High CTE to travel to Shepherdstown from April 29 to May 1st.
