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LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County School Board unanimously approved free athletic event passes for a number of county residents at Thursday’s regular meeting.
Mifflin County residents aged 65 and over, active-duty military personnel, veterans and all Mifflin County students were proposed for the passes at the outset of the meeting.
But it was a different story when it came time to vote on an amendment that would have allowed free passes for all parents of student athletes and band members.
When it came to the vote, the free pass amendment failed by a 5-4 margin. But with rewording, it came back at the end of the meeting and gained the board’s approval.
Board member Terry Styers made a motion at the end of the meeting to re-word the amendment and vote on it again. This time, the motion passed by a unanimous vote.
The reworded amendment states that every student participating in an athletic event for which admission is charged, including marching band members, will receive two free passes for parents or guardians to use at home events of the sport in which they are participating.
“It’s not an exact science. People will try to abuse it. My intent is to give parents a break,” he said. “It needed to be sports specific, include the parents of band members, and be a maximum of two passes. Once rosters are established, that’s what the athletic office can work off of.”
In other board news, Superintendent Vance Varner brought up the latest on the potential new athletic fields at Mifflin County High School and the former Highland Park Elementary site adjacent to the high school and junior high.
“This week, Mrs. (Melinda) Kenepp, Mr. (Thomas) White and I met with Todd Smith of ELA and started the process. He wanted an update for Derry Township, and we discussed what they said. We have another follow-up call with ELA,” Varner said. “We have some renderings. We started the process and still have money left over that the school board approved for site analysis. I met with John Pannizo and Joel Diamond this week, and they will start fundraising. We set up a buildings and grounds meeting for Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. to get them on board. People in the community are ready to step up, which is nice.”
The possible co-op with Belleville Mennonite School took another step to a potential reality. Chief of Operations Paul Maidens talked about the developing situation.
“As Mr. (Noah) Wise brought up the motion last week about a possible co-op with BMS, athletic director Miss (Tish) Maclay reached out to BMS staff to set up a meeting with their AD to gauge their interest in a co-op,” Maidens said.
Varner advised Wise and the board to discuss the BMS situation with Maclay at a future meeting.
“I recommend that we find out if they want to participate and invite Miss Maclay to walk us through the process,” Varner said. “We will discuss it, and I will ask her to come in at the Committee of the Whole meeting.”
The board also took the following action:
• Approved the minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held June 16 and the regular …….
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LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County School Board unanimously approved free athletic event passes for a number of county residents at Thursday’s regular meeting.
Mifflin County residents aged 65 and over, active-duty military personnel, veterans and all Mifflin County students were proposed for the passes at the outset of the meeting.
But it was a different story when it came time to vote on an amendment that would have allowed free passes for all parents of student athletes and band members.
When it came to the vote, the free pass amendment failed by a 5-4 margin. But with rewording, it came back at the end of the meeting and gained the board’s approval.
Board…….
LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County School Board unanimously approved free athletic event passes for a number of county residents at Thursday’s regular meeting.
Mifflin County residents aged 65 and over, active-duty military personnel, veterans and all Mifflin County students were proposed for the passes at the outset of the meeting.
But it was a different story when it came time to vote on an amendment that would have allowed free passes for all parents of student athletes and band members.
When it came to the vote, the free pass amendment failed by a 5-4 margin. But with rewording, it came back at the end of the meeting and gained the board’s approval.
Board…….