Members of the Griswold School District’s Board of Education, Monday evening, tabled approval of a Resolution of Intent to sell the District’s Elliott Elementary property. Superintendent Dave Henrichs said it’s been put on hold for the second month in a row due to an issue with the legal description. He said an Abstract is being updated and it’s hoped the frst step in the sale process can be taken soon.

Henrichs said the Board, Monday, took the final step in the sale of the Lewis Elementary building. He said they approved the Deed and authorized delivery, so they are set to transfer ownership on July 2nd. The Board also approved a required Emergency Operations Plan. All district’s are required to have a plan which covers all possible hazards that a school may have. The deadline is July 1st. For each hazard, he says, there has to be three components to the plan. One is mitigation – or preventing an event from happening, the second is what will the district do during an event, the third part is what will the district do afterward?

Henrichs says the Board also approved an eSports Team as part of the District’s Culture Initiative. He said the eSports Team allows students to compete with other schools in the area of electronic gaming on a trial basis. About 40 students have expressed an interest in the program. The Board approved some new hires for the coming school year, along with other personnel matters.

In other action, the Griswold School Board approved a fuel bid by the Tiger Mart in Griswold, and a Tech Support bid of $40/hour from MITS, which is unchanged from the 2011-12 school years. They approved City Agreements for sharing of goods and services with Griswold, Lewis and Elliott, and a continued School Resource Officer. There were also some minor changes to the Student Handbook that were approved as well.