Monticello — Students at Monticello Independent will get one day of their previously

scheduled Spring Break and will be in class the first week of June.

The Monticello Independent Board of Education amended the school

calendar to reflect those changes during their regular monthly meeting

Monday evening, March 15.

Bad weather forced local schools to close for several days this winter,

and school officials had to amend the school calendar to make up those days.

With the amended school calendar, students will get one day of their

Spring Break.

There will be no school on Friday, April 9, which will give staff and

students a three-day weekend. The last day for students is now June 4.

In other news, board members recognized Derrick Peyton, a senior at the

school. Peyton set the all-time scoring record for the Monticello Trojans

and Superintendent Donnie Robison presented him with a plaque in honor of

his achievement.

In other action, the board:

€ discussed purchasing cameras for buses. Robison noted that he was not

ready to recommend purchasing cameras for the buses at this point.

He added that one vendor had given school officials an estimate for

having cameras installed on the buses, but it did not include complete

coverage on the buses.

Robison stated that school officials are going to continue working on

this matter and hope to be able to provide board members with an update on

what the complete coverage of the buses would cost at the next board

meeting.

€ reviewed the Monticello School staffing policies.

€ authorized the purchase of some land.

€ approved one individual as an emergency substitute teacher.

€ heard the Superintendent's Report. Robison reported that there have

been no applicants for the part-time math teacher/part-time principal

position. He noted that he wants to run the ad posting the position for

another month. Robison also discussed some other possible options the board

may want to think about in case there are no qualified applicants for the

position.