The Trimble County Board of Education met for its regularly scheduled
meeting last Wednesday in the school’s administration building. Robert Arvin,
an accountant with the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative Financial Services,
introduced the final budget to board members to approve for the 2013-’14 school
year. He explained the changes from the projected budget back in the spring
were due to a decrease in the average daily attendance, which total around a
1.4 million dollar shortfall. Arvin continued
that there was an increase in funds in the general account totally almost a
million dollars and that would be helpful. The annual budget for Trimble County
Schools is around 12.6 million dollars.
After board members voted unanimously to approve the budget, the
conversation about student attendance took place. High School Principal Rachael
Adams instructed board members that attendance at her school continues to be a
problem. She added that she and many members of her staff and students have
been trying to come up with solutions to help her students avoid multiple
absences. Adams said there are many different reasons why high school students
are missing school.
“Some students,” Adams said, “are missing
school because they are needed at home to care for a sick parent or
grandparent. “
Board members exchanged ideas about ways
to reward students for not missing school and agreed that this would be a
priority for them to tackle.
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