Alva Review-Courier -

Fall really begins to get underway this month at Freedom Public School, with Fall Carnival, Red Ribbon Week, a Spook Parade and more on the schedule for October.

Fall Carnival will be Saturday, Oct. 23, with plenty of games and food planned, and Red Ribbon Week will be Oct. 25-29, Principal Michelle Shelite told the Freedom school board at its regular meeting Monday morning. Activities are planned for every day, culminating on the last day with the Spook Parade for the elementary school and a motivational speaker for the upper grades.

Other Board Business

The board approved a school board election resolution, noting that Phil Kirkpatrick's seat, Seat 2, is up for election this year. The board also voted to close the district's Harper County polling place, which has only two voters in it.

Roger Riggs was hired under a support employee contract. Riggs will be the school's head cook, making $18 an hour at an estimated 1,144 hours.

The board then voted to accept a raft of bids on old or problematic vehicles the district has decided to sell, including a $500 bid on a stock trailer, and two minibuses for $1,800. The 2010 Ford pickup brought $16,000. Altogether, the bids garnered the school just enough money to purchase the $26,000 15-passenger van they'd had their eye on. It's a 2015 and has 80,000 miles.

The board also approved the consent agenda and the 2022 schedule of board meetings.

After signing documents, the board adjourned.