Bluffton School board approved to consolidate two staff positions at their regularly scheduled May meeting on Monday, May 17.
Larry Diller was hired to replace two retiring bus drivers. Superintendent Greg Denecker explained that one driver will drive two routes.
Retiring Occupational Work Experience (OWE) teacher Steve Simon will not be replaced. Industrial technology teacher Pat Prichard will take over the former OWE program, now called Career Based Intervention (CBI).
Separately, Nancy Fultz will retire at the end of this school year. Fultz has been with Bluffton Schools for forty-two years.
Also, the board approved the district to enter into a contract with SORSA for fleet, property, and liability insurance from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, at a rate of $36,342. This is a slight increase over last year, according to Superintendent Denecker. He added that the school hasn't submitted a claim over the last five years and that rates have remained stable.
The school board also authorized R.D. Neff & Associates, Bluffton, to develop a bid and oversee the bidding process for the lights at Harmon Field. The lights are several years old and are in need of replacing. New lights will also be more energy efficient.
