On Monday, Nov. 1, the Monroe school board:
Approved a resolution to issue up to $9.2 million in refinancing bonds. The resolution will allow Robert W. Baird and Company of Milwaukee to issue bonds within the next two months, whenever the district could receive the best interest rate, said Ron Olson, district business administrator.
Olson said the district expects to save $800,000 over the next eight years by issuing bonds. The cost for a bond issue is included in the amount of savings, Olson added.
The almost $11.5 million in debt to be refinanced is a result of money borrowed in 2001 for school construction.
Hired Julie Frie as director of business services; Rich Zentner as high school maintenance supervisor; Dan Rufenacht as Northside Elementary School custodian; and Faviola de Carmen Martinez-Duarte as an exceptional needs assistant at the high school. De Carmen Martinez-Duarte was hired with money received from the English Learning Language grant. He and Rufenacht were hired on a part-time basis.
Heard a report about the Passport to Reality event, which was held Oct. 14 at the high school. The event, sponsored by the Green County United Prevention Professionals for Youth, helped students from Monroe and other area district use real-life examples to encourage positive behavior. The students learned about the consequences of such things as drinking and driving; and unprotected sex.
Approved a resolution to issue up to $9.2 million in refinancing bonds. The resolution will allow Robert W. Baird and Company of Milwaukee to issue bonds within the next two months, whenever the district could receive the best interest rate, said Ron Olson, district business administrator.
Olson said the district expects to save $800,000 over the next eight years by issuing bonds. The cost for a bond issue is included in the amount of savings, Olson added.
The almost $11.5 million in debt to be refinanced is a result of money borrowed in 2001 for school construction.
Hired Julie Frie as director of business services; Rich Zentner as high school maintenance supervisor; Dan Rufenacht as Northside Elementary School custodian; and Faviola de Carmen Martinez-Duarte as an exceptional needs assistant at the high school. De Carmen Martinez-Duarte was hired with money received from the English Learning Language grant. He and Rufenacht were hired on a part-time basis.
Heard a report about the Passport to Reality event, which was held Oct. 14 at the high school. The event, sponsored by the Green County United Prevention Professionals for Youth, helped students from Monroe and other area district use real-life examples to encourage positive behavior. The students learned about the consequences of such things as drinking and driving; and unprotected sex.