“We think it’s going to have a great impact on our school. What our plans are, is we are going to have a resource officer now, not only in our junior/senior high school, but we will have one in our elementary school, working with our elementary school students as well,” said Briles.
The Oregon-Davis School Board held a public hearing on the 2014 annual budget Monday night. The budget covers several funds including the General Fund, Capital Projects Transportation/Bus Replacement, Referendum, Rainy Day, Debt Service, and Retirement/Severance Bond Fund.
“Nothing significant in our budget,” stated Briles. “We’re looking at all of the things that we’ve done in the past. We’re kind of status quo. We’re going to see what the state is going to allow us to do and we’re going to stay within our means.”
“It gave the students and the parents an opportunity to come and see the grounds and the buildings prior to the start of the year,” stated Briles. “A lot of times we have some issues with our students when they come in on the buses with all of their materials for the start of school. They’re just overcrowded. We opened the building up and they brought in all of their school supplies and then we had a free hog roast.”
School board member Lee Nagai donated three hogs toward the effort and Elementary Principal William Bennett donated more than 300 ears of corn.
“Our bus drivers have been great in mornings in getting our kids to school, our buildings look great – they’re nice and clean for our students,” reported Briles. “We also passed out our computers this week. So far the start of our school year has just been fantastic.”
