Litchfield School Board Meeting

The Litchfield School Board has approved of an adaptive bowling activity for special needs students. The inclusive activity will give the students a sense of competition.

Assistant High School Principal/Activities Director Justin Brown says that adaptive PE teacher Tyler Storm will instruct the class as the students will go to the Litchfield Bowling Center and compete electronically with students in other communities. He says it will be added to the school’s Minnesota State High School League activities.

Brown also presented to the Litchfield School Board last night a summary of the winter activities including the numbers of students involved in each activity. He says the pool renovation project which was recently completed at the High School turned out better than he could have imagined.

Business Manager Jesse Johnson told the Board about an issue that has come up with the surface at the tennis courts and the corrective measures that are planned in June to address the problem. Superintendent Susan Burris told the Board that the community survey deadline is approaching this Friday. She says formal proposals on budget reductions will be presented to the Board at the March 9th meeting; and conversations are continuing on the bullying issue. A parent spoke to the Board last night about a bullying issue last year that targeted her family.

Also last night, the Litchfield School Board approved of a resolution accepting donations including $250 from Perennial Bank for the Litchfield High School FFA, and $2,500 from the Litchfield Marching Band Boosters for the Litchfield High School Marching Band to pay for summer drill designer.