Dierks School Board

Dierks school board met Tuesday evening discussing a number of matters. Up first was the refunding of bonds held by the school district.  The board chose to approve the motion to refund bonds currently held since November of 2019 which were locked into a 2.81% interest rate in return for bonds purchased at a 1.94% rate on the same 2 year term. The savings equated with this transition equals approximately 193,000. 

The principles of the school district presented their choices of Literacy Programs to be used in the upcoming school year with the Amplifies Core Language Arts for K-5 and Amplifies ELA6 for 6th grade. The High School chose McGraw Hill’s Study Sync. The board agreed with the programs presented and passed the motion with none apposing. Also passed included a renewal of a student insurance contract, Eden’s Professional Cleaning service, the Freedom of Choice Transfer list, and student summer workers.