Saline School Board trustees get updates on finances, policy manual

At the March 13 meeting of the Saline Board of Education, the trustees heard a finance committee report and a policy committee report.

Trustee Dennis Valenti said the finance committee was going over items for the 2018-2019 school year and, while the foundation allowance was increasing, most of that gain would be “wiped out” by income in other areas being reduced, resulting in an essentially “flat budget.”

Board Vice President Paul Hynek noted that the policy committee was done with its first pass through the entire policy manual and needed to make a second pass through the whole manual going over items that had been updated. Hynek said he expected to “bring the whole enchilada to the board for approval” sometime in late spring or early summer.

In other news from the March 13 school board meeting

• The date for Compass Night was announced as 6 p.m. May 7, held in conjunction with the district’s Highest Honors Banquet in the Saline High School Commons. Compass Night will include honoring eight students, nominated by staff members, who represent the student attributes the school district tries to instill, such as being digitally literate and a positive communicator. An influential staff member will also be honored as part of the ceremonies.
• School board trustees unanimously approved a consent agenda that included approval of four field trips. Those include two varsity baseball tournaments, one in Kent, Ohio April 27-28, and another in Delaware County, Ohio March 27-29. A third field trip is planned for the National Circuit Debate and Speech Tournament in Lexington, Ky. May 11-13, while the fourth was the Approaching Asia Trip to Japan June 15-30.
• No school board meeting will be held on the fourth Tuesday in March due to spring break. The board will next meet at 6:30 p.m. April 10 in the Liberty School Media Center.

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