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II [l 11 1 ' " V Page. three. The First Regular School Board Meeting - 16 April 1973 Elaine Shore - Reporter The Board approved a resolution in regards to the School Board Election, naming the polling places, judges and dates for the election of two vacated school board positions. Election day was set for Tuesday, May 15th and a resolution to establish a special election for a seven -member school board was to be held at the some time. A date for the canvassing of election ballots was set for May 15th at 9:00. A contract was approved for the use of the old Bethel College by the Mounds View School District. The Board also approved the sale of bonds in the amount of $2,300,000 to the low bidder :at the interest rate of 4.9616 by Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood. A report on the Parent Advisory Councils was heard and it was felt that the goals and purposes of the groups should be more clearly defined and that there should be a commitment in writing from the, Board, Superintendent and Cluster Directors, to the effect that they would be willing to follow its' recommendations. The Second Regular School Board Meeting 23 April 1973 Elaine Shore, Reporter The School Calendar for 1973-74 was approved. (September 4th first day of school for students. December 22nd - January 4th winter recess. January 7th school reconvenes. Spring vacation: April 11, 12 and 15th. June 6th - half day for students (last day). The use of school facilities was approved with the priority list to include -Young Life as -well as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, YM and YWCA, etc. Irondate and Mounds View Counselors for the Drug Intervention and Counseling programs reported , that'they are ahead of other districts by 1 to 2 years in their approach to problems of drug abuse and recommendations were made for further improvements. 4 .A -report was heard by the Board on transportation of students within the district and, thogh the study indicated that using district owned buses is more economical, it was recommended that we use privatedly owned transportation because the initial expense for the purchasing of a fleet would cost $767,500 - $1,215,400; which is not realistic at this time. It was suggested that an effort be made to reduce the number of non -eligible students by increasing the walking distances to elementary schools. Information indicates that Mounds View is the second highest in the cost of transportation of students. Election results of the May 15th School Board election: Begg.in 645 Case 1121 Rohleder 824 Romer 820 Wingert 1068* Total votes 2412 7 Member Board Yes 1892 No i, 474