The West Central School Board got an update on the wind turbine during their recent meeting and Superintendent Charles Mellon said production is ahead of projections.

“We did have a very good month of October where we produced over 240, 000 kilowatts of energy. That has been our best month to this point. This was considerably above projection. Our other months have been slightly above or slightly below so that was good for us,” said Mellon.

The West Central School Board scheduled a work session for Jan. 15 to discuss the strategic plan for the corporation. Superintendent Charles Mellon explains some of the points the board will be going over during the work session.

“Our most important is student performance, you know we want to make sure that the staff has adequate resources. That’s both material type things and staff, you know to do the best job possible. We also look at projects that may be upcoming, always put energy savings and kinds of things first on the list. So, we’re working our way through that list,” Mellon said.

The West Central School Board members approved several action items during their meeting Thursday night and Superintendent Charles Mellon said one of those items included approving the purchase of school buses.

“We have one that is a 72-passenger bus, also an activity bus. Best bids came in from Midwest Transit so the board approved the purchase of those and they will be delivered here sometime in the second semester,” said Mellon.

The Board also approved the school calendar for the 2013-2014 school year.

“People like to have that a year in advance to schedule vacations,” Mellon said.