KELSEYVILLE — The Kelseyville Unified School District Board of Trustees approved two upcoming projects at no cost to the district at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night.
District 5 Supervisor Rob Brown presented to the board a plan to build a wrestling storage unit in the place of a dilapidated Quonset hut on the Kelseyville High School (KHS) grounds.
Brown who serves as the KHS wrestling coach, said the wrestling team currently practices in classrooms that can only fit approximately half of a full-size wrestling mat.
Brown”s plan consisted of building a 2,400 square-foot facility out of wood utilizing students countywide as a summer Regional Occupational Program (ROP) project.
Brown said he had support from local contractors and vendors who would help the students by providing all tools needed and teaching them how to perform each task. He said the group project would commence on June 20, meeting every Monday and Thursday with a projected finish date of Aug. 15.
He said the projected cost of building the facility would be $60,000. Brown said he had put $20,000 of his own money toward the project and would pay for any expenses that would not be covered by fundraising.
The board unanimously approved the project, thanking Brown for his efforts.
In a related project, the board unanimously approved the demolition of the Quonset hut currently on KHS school grounds where Brown proposes to build the storage. Board President Rick Winer said an individual would take care of the demolition at no cost to the district.
The board got an update from district chief financial officer Tiffany Kemp, who said the district has seen a slight improvement. She said enrollment is up after hitting a low in January and the district”s cash flow improved over initial projections.
The district is expected to finish the year with $800,000, a projected improvement of $300,000. Kemp said the district is weeks away from approval for a $980,000 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note (TRAN). The TRAN, which is awaiting approval from the County Office of Education, would allow the district to stay in business while awaiting future taxes and other revenues.
Board member Peter Quartarolo led a discussion on having the board cease printing out all documents and go digital.
Quartarolo proposed each board member purchase a Netbook and work with staff to load all the documents onto the device in order to cut down on paper usage and printing costs.
All board members agreed the switch would be beneficial as long as it would not impose any more work onto staff. The board will experiment with going digital at its July meeting.
Kevin N. Hume can be reached at kevin.n.hume@gmail.com or call directly 263-5636 ext. 14.
