Swearing in one new school board member and accepting the resignation of another were just two of the items on the Salina School Board agenda this month.

The school board appointed Daryl Bales to replace Randy Pritchett who resigned at the June meeting. Bales was sworn in before conducting any school business.

Later in the meeting, the resignation of David Edwards was accepted. The board then appointed Greg Rice as his replacement. Rice will be sworn in at the August

meeting.

Salina School Superintendent Vol Woods said in his time at Salina he has seen several school board members come and go. He said it is not uncommon for a board member to leave before his term is up. Bales and Rice will join Shannon Horton, Carey Backward and Lonnie Salyers on the board. Woods said Horton recently ran unopposed for his seat while Backward has about a year remaining on his term. Salyers has been on the board the longest at five years.

The board also took care of a few more personnel issues. The board hired Vincent Biondi as the new band director. He replaces Jennifer Rose whose letter of resignation was accepted at the meeting. Rose left to find employment closer to her home.

Two part-time teachers were also hired. Samantha Parker will be an English teacher and Honesty Williams was hired as a middle school teacher.

In other school

business:

• The board approved a lease-purchase agreement of a sub-lease agreement with the Salina Educational Facilities Authority.

• Woods was made the purchasing officer for Salina Public Schools. He is also the school authority to apply for all state and federal funds, the Certificated Authority for the donated foods program of the USDA and the Department of Human Services and the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs for the 2008-2009 school year.

• The board approved revisions to the student handbook.

• The board approved a special service agreement with Head Start.

• Activity fund high school class sub-accounts from last year’s class sub-accounts were transferred to current year class sub-accounts. Money raised by each class during the last school year is transferred with them as the new school years begins.

• Employee contracts for all non-certified staff for the 2008-2009 school year were approved.

• The Activity fund custodian, encumbrance clerk, treasurer, assistant treasurer, minutes clerk, minutes clerk assistant and payroll clerk were also approved.

• A child nutrition and commodity processing contract with Barlow Education Management Services was also approved.

• The school calendar revisions were approved.