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“Is there some reason we have to have the same series all the way through?’’ Mr. Oliver asked.
Dr. Gangel said there was no such requirement, but “I’m happy and satisfied with what the commit tee came up with.”
Mr. Oliver then made his motion to table the reading adoption and accept the science recommendation, which passed.
Dr. Gangel said after the meet ing he had made a list of 11 more publishers to contact about phonics materials.
The School Board accepted a bid of $27,320 from Salem Quality Equipment Company for diesel school buses and asked Dr. Gangel to order two buses. This was not the lowrest bid received. The board could have ordered gasoline busses for $24,225 each, but Mr. Oliver suggested that over the 10-year lifetime of service which the school system expects for its buses, the diesel busses would be cheaper.
Dr. Gangel told the board the Environmental Protection Agency is requiring that all water fountains have a sign posted by them stating that lead in drinking water is haz ardous. He said that the school system did not know if there was lead in any of the schools' drinking water, but that none of the w ater fountains were made by the companies that have been listed as having a lead lining or lead cooling core. The board decided to have the water tested, which will cost $30 per drinking1 fountain.
The signs will have to be posted, however, regardless of whether the tests show lead in the water or not. Dr. Gangel explained.
The superintendant informed the board that the school system's average daily membership through March was 919. The current budget had been based on an average daily membership of 937.
The lower average attendance figure will mean a loss to the school system of between $18,000 and
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