The Audubon School Board, Monday night, started the process of Collective Bargaining with the Audubon Education Association representing the district’s teachers. Both sides presented their opening proposals. The second meeting takes place 6-p.m. Monday, Feb. 22nd. The Board set March 15th at 7-p.m., as the date and time for a public hearing on the school calendar. And, they approved the resignation at the end of the current school year, of Social Studies Teacher Aaron Miller. Superintendent Eric Trager said also, the Board also received an updated on their facilities project.

During their meeting last month, the Board agreed to go “Back to the drawing board” where the District’s building project is concerned, because bids came back 53% higher than the original estimate. Trager told KJAN last month there were only six bidders for four prime contracts, which indicates there was not a lot of interest in the project and that’s likely because of the timelines that the projects were under.

He said a lot of contractors felt the district had too large a scope of work for the amount of time they would be given to complete the projects. The result is a delay in getting the work started,with some construction needing to take place during the school year.