So far we've made it through the season without having to use a snow day. The last day of school for staff and students is still (tentatively) set for Friday, May 26, 2023. Contrary to districts around us, we were in session for President's Day. We had to use a non-attendance day for the first time this year for Election Day in November, so being in on President's Day still allows us to be out before Memorial Day.

​Bushnell-Prairie City Board of Education
At their regular meeting in February the Board of Education discussed books in classrooms and how those books are selected. The Board took the following action:

Personnel

• Accepted the resignations of Brandy Allaman and Nathan Harrison.
• Approve the change in status of Carrie Scarbrough from 3rd grade to 1st grade; Carol Jones from Art to Math Interventionist; Emily Jackson from ELA/Science to 5th grade; Tiffany Churchill from 1st grade to 2nd grade; Melissa Gray from 5th grade to 3rd grade; and Alicia Peterson from 4th grade to 5th grade.
• Approved the hiring of Britney Corbin as a 1:1 paraprofessional; Andrea Ferguson at the JH Scholastic Bowl Sponsor; Elizabeth Treadway for Elementary Art; and Brayden Davis for 1st grade.
• Increased the daily per diem rate for substitute teachers from $100 to $115 per day.
• Limited the salary of full-time substitutes to $38,000 per year.

Curriculum
Approved Intro to Business, Business Communication, Business Principles and Management, and Keyboarding as new classes at B-PC High School for the 2023-2024 school year. These courses will be taught by Ms. Duchow.

Board Member Vacancy
Appointed Alan Thompson to fill the vacancy created by Devin Kozicki's resignation.

The Bushnell-Prairie City Board of Education is comprised of 7 members; four of whom reside within Bushnell and/or Prairie City Townships and 3 who reside within the other townships of the district. Board member Devin Kozicki recently moved with her family to Iowa, creating a vacancy on the board. School board policy requires interested parties to submit, to the Board of Education, their interest in serving, whose members will then conduct interviews before appointing someone to fill the term until the next election. The next school board election is scheduled for April 4, 2023. If you are interested in serving on the B-PC Board of Education until the next school board election, please contact Superintendent, Kathy Dinger at [email protected] or Board Secretary, Sonja Settles at [email protected]. It is anticipated that the Board of Education will conduct interviews at their next, regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.