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“There’s no way I can predict breakdowns. Since we have no maintenance employees, everything but custodial work must be contracted out,” he said.
‘‘How much has been spent in the past (for contracted maintenance services)?” asked Mrs. Fountain.
“$6,000—$8,000—$10,000, depending on the year,” said Bloomer. He noted that in the current year the amount spent for contractual maintenance totalled approximately $13,000.
"You still didn’t say how the kids are going to get off the school buses (after a snowfall),” Mrs. Fountain countered. “They hit the sidewalks covered with ice. The teachers are out there trying to hold them up. It does create a tremendous problem.”
School Lunches
“With the cost of food, do you foresee an increase in the cost of student lunches?” asked Mrs. Fountain.
Bloomer replied that he didn’t expect school lunch prices to jump in the coming year. He noted that food services were self-sustaining and independent of the regular budget, paid for with state and federal flow-, through funds.
Jennings Hobson urged the board to approve the new administrative position of special services coordinator recommended by Dr. Bloomer. Any new programs and responsibilities initiated by the board “always seem to fall on the shoulders of the administration,” said Hobson. “I see these men (Bloomer and assistant superintendent Rob McDaniel) running up and down the road...wearing many hats.” Hiring a special series coordinator, Hobson maintained, will help the idministrators do a better (Continued on Page 10)
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