WHITEHALL — The Whitehall school board approved a $10,325 contract with local electrical company Windemuller to install a new middle school gym lighting system during its regular meeting Monday.
The approval was made 5-0; Shannon McGoran and Jimmy TenBrink were absent from the meeting.
Superintendent CJ Van Wieren said the middle school gym's lighting system was significantly out of date, leading to the move to seek a replacement.
The district received its audit report from Brickley DeLong's Brenda Jacobs. Jacobs said she went more in-depth with the finance committee, but reported a clean audit. Due to the current federal government shutdown, the Office of Management and Budget has not yet completed its revised audit requirements, so the audit will not technically be finalized until it does, but the draft report will be submitted.
The Whitehall FFA chapter, which just launched last November, gave a presentation of its activities over the previous school year. The chapter is being supervised by Montague FFA alum Nick Verbanic, who said the new group will be touring other area chapters later this year to generate ideas for its own activities.
Van Wieren stated during the superintendent's report that the White Lake Robotics
program has generated a record number of participants, with over 100 this fall, which is exciting for all involved. He added that each school building is decorating a hay bale in a friendly fall competition to see who can show the most spirit of the season.