By Jolene Farley
The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board approved changes to the school handbooks Monday at a regular meeting.
"This is an on-going process," said Superintendent Dave Deragisch. "Every year about this time, the handbooks need to be approved."
Deragisch suggested a change in the policy for deficiency list. Deragisch said the way he was interpreting the policy and the way it was enforced weren't the same.
He also asked the board to approve a two-week period at the end of each semester for students to turn in missing homework assignments.
"Ninety-five percent of the students who fail, it's because of homework," said Deragisch.
Points would be deducted for tardiness on work turned in during the two-week grace period.
"We want to make sure we still reward the person who has it done when it's supposed to be done," said board member Gary Esselink.
Board Chair Alan Harnack proposed adding a ban on look-alikes to the tobacco, alcohol and drug policies.
"I think if you don't have look-alikes, what's to stop a student from showing up with something under their lip," he said.
In other business
The board approved Curt Doorneweerd for head volleyball coach. Doorneweerd has a coaching license and also works as a plumber for DRG, Lester, Iowa. Greg Leenderts will be assistant coach and Nicole Fey will be junior high volleyball coach. Cheerleading adviser will be Alicia Roozenboom.
Deragisch submitted a request for health and safety funds to cover the cost of handicap accessible doors for the elementary school and for the south doors by the gym at the high school.
The board accepted bids from Hills-Beaver Creek Co-op Farm Service for LP at 58.5 cents per gallon and from Rock County Coop Oil for fuel oil to be billed at 10 cents per gallon under the daily price at the time of purchase.