480 Board Makes Plans with ALICE for Training

The USD 480 school board is being proactive when it comes to being prepared for unwelcome intruders. The board voted to go into a contract with ALICE for how to prepare staff and students if an armed intruder or active shooter is in a school. The contract costs 10 thousand dollars and allows the district updated training through ALICE until July of 2019. Each school has a crisis team.

The district is preparing to tear down MacArthur Elementary and replace it with a new building. The project will begin at the end of the school year in May and will begin with asbestos abatement. Myriad Restoration got the low bid at $94,500.00

The board approved the purchase of furniture for libraries at Eisenhower Middle School for $95,623.20 and Prairie View Elementary School for $35,578.64 from national furniture provider Hale Manufacturing.

The district approved purchase for art furniture for art rooms in both middle schools. The price tag is $12,802.75.00 from Southern Office Supply.