Budget reflects conservative approach while maintaining, improving programs, superintendent says Written By: Erik Kaufman | ×
Mitchell Board of Education (Republic file photo)
The Mitchell Board of Education on Monday approved the 2021-22 K-14 budget for the Mitchell School District, paving the way to further enhance the quality of education in the district, according to school leaders.
Joe Graves, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, said the budgeting process is long but vital to bringing the best possible educational experience to students and faculty at the school. This year s budget should help continue that tradition. It means that our fiscal house remains in order, Graves told the Mitchell Republic following the meeting. We ve been proactively planning ahead for things like the (new) high school because it s a very difficult project. We ve been conservative in our budgeting and accounting and it s gone very well. We ve managed to expand o
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Social distancing, masks to be required Written By: Erik Kaufman | ×
A couple make their way across the floor during grand march as part of a Mitchell High School prom at the Corn Palace. (Republic file photo)
Live dancing. A crowd of people in the audience looking on as graduates receive their diplomas.
Those were two scenarios that did not happen in 2020 at Mitchell High School, thanks to the outbreak of COVID-19, which sidelined events of all types big and small as the year-long pandemic turned life upside down for millions across the country and globe.
But they will happen again this spring at the Corn Palace, when prom and graduation return to closer facsimiles of their traditional formats, with both events returning as live in-person events.
Vaccines to be offered at district buildings through Lewis Drug Written By: Erik Kaufman | ×
A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken Jan. 11. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)
The long-awaited start of getting vaccines to teachers will begin this week when Lewis Drug is expected to administer the shots to school employees starting Thursday, the Mitchell Board of Education heard at its most recent meeting Monday.
Joe Graves, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, said during his monthly superintendent’s report that Lewis Drug recently contacted the district with the plan.