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with a 3.86 percent interest rate, though it could be lower if rates drop by the time the board approves it in December. It was also noted that this would have a projected increase of $0.46 per thousand dollars on the district’s levies. This is lower than the projected increase of $0.65 per thousand dollars that the district was looking at earlier in the referendum process.

Other Business

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Galligan reported that 39 students have been utilizing the new before and after school programs so far this school year and that the district has received several notes complimenting the program from parents.

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Middle school principal Jim Hagen will be retiring at the end of the current school year after 34 years at the district.

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The first reading of several policy updates were approved by the board after recommended changes were passed down by Neola, a company the district uses to review all their policies. However, further discussion and examination of some of the policies was requested by the board members before they would be fully accepted after a second reading. This is due to some of the language in the policies resembling the new Title IX language, which the board has tabled momentarily while the situation around the Title IX changes are evolving at a national level.