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The Cherokee School Board met Monday night for a short, regular meeting to address upcoming school events, among other general business items.

The board approved the minutes of Aug. 15 (regular meeting) and Sept. 1 (special meeting). The board also approved all encumbrances, purchase orders, balances, warrants and reports, including the Treasurer's Report and the Activity Fund Report. A trip to Topeka, Kansas, for Sept. 16-17 for Speech was approved as well.

August's ending balances for accounts are as follows: General Fund, $3,809,955.89; Building Fund, $338, 788.73; Child Nutrition, $52,598.85; Roof, $215,116.33; Building/Equipment, $1,771; Complex Bond, $65,981.90; Sinking Fund, $163,700.60; Gift Fund, $30, 615.53; Flood Insurance, $26,630.83. The total ending balance for the month was $4,704,356.95.

The principal's report highlighted several events happening soon: Cross-country meet on Sept. 17, school pictures on Sept. 21, Globetrotters at the high school gym on Sept. 26, and the homecoming parade this Friday. There will be elementary football games on Thursday and a district softball tournament on Sept. 22 as well. New playground equipment is being installed this week.

In the superintendent's report, Donna Anderson stated that the roof is scheduled to be fixed on the 21st of September, and that the contractor said it would take approximately six days to complete. She mentioned that there are a few other places on the roof that will need to be addressed as well. She also stated that the board's building plans have been approved by the fire marshal. The board is also looking into the possibility of getting a new ag truck and will be receiving three bids soon.

Anderson applied for the Cherokee School system to be a “certified healthy school site,” which could provide grant money that could go toward a park that the city could use. “It would provide a place for people in town to get out and get healthy and promote that,” Anderson said.

Discussion and action relating to the estimate of needs for school year 2015-2016 was tabled by the board due to not having information back from its auditor.

Stephen L. Smith Corporation was hired to work as a financial consultant for Cherokee Public School for the fiscal year 2016-2017.

The board discussed and approved dual enrollment credits in math and science to be accepted from Northwest Technology Center for the 2016-2017 school year.

An additional activity fund, 855-001 seventh grade, was also discussed and approved.