Bloomfield, MO - The Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Bloomfield High School 2022 graduating class has been announced.
The BHS 2022 Salutatorian is Austin Pratt.
Austin is the son of Lana and Zachariah Pratt.
He has obtained a 3.97 out of 4.0 GPA during his high school career.
His activities include Sr. Beta Club, Scholar Bowl, FCCLA, and Band.
His future plans are to attend college where he will pursue a major in Computer Science and become an independent video game developer.
The BHS 2022 Valedictorian is Hayleigh Poe.
Hayleigh is the daughter of Roy and Jessica Poe.
She accumulated a 3.99 out of 4.0 GPA while in high school.
Her activities include Sr. Beta Club, Scholar Bowl, FCCLA, Future Business Leaders of America, Student Council, Yearbook, and Band.
Her future plans are to attend Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau and major in English Education, in hopes of becoming an English teacher. Hayleigh would also like to pursue writing fiction novels.
Bloomfield, MO - Bloomfield Reorganized School District XIV held their April meeting on Monday evening.
Board Secretary Justin Bell, was on hand to swear in the two new board members, David Clary and Brooke Smith.
The Board also elected officers. President is Brad Warner, Vice President is Cecil Haley, Treasurer is Bill Robinson, and Secretary is Justin Bell.
The Board approved the minutes of the Board Meeting of March 14, 2022.
The Board set the Budget Workshop Date and the May Board meeting for Noon on May 11th. Budget Workshop usually takes about two hours and the Board meeting will follow.
There was some discussion on the Agriculture Shop expansion. Around 1,800 square feet will be added and they will possibly put that out for bid in August. They are still working on the details. Also there was discussion of the Bus Garage. They hope to get 9 buses at a time in the garage. Currently they have 10 buses in operation.
Toni Hill, Superintendent, stated that there were two summer projects on the agenda. Workroom remodels for all three buildings and will be paid for by a Teacher Retention Grant and the Central Office will have some updates as well.
The superintendent gave her report on a few budget bills in the legislature and HB 1552 as well. They then entered into Executive Session to discuss employment matters.
Bernie, MO - The Bernie Board of Education met in regular session Monday night February 14th.
The Board approved changes made to the current 2021/22 school calendar and approved Calendar A for the 2022/2023 school year.
Program evaluations on Co-Curricular Activities, Discipline and A+ were approved.
The A+ Assurance statement was re-adopted thereby allowing Bernie students who qualify to obtain 2 years of tuition at a Community College or Tech school.
The Board approved the financial statement and paying the monthly bills.
During executive session:
The Board awarded Principal contracts to Tommie Ellenburg and Brad Botsch through the school year 2023/2024.
Bloomfield, MO - The Bloomfield High School celebrated Senior Night on Thursday, February 10, 2022.
Connor Scott is the son of Brooks and Danielle Scott
He is a member of the Basketball Team, Future Farmers of America and Cross Country Team.
His favorite high school memory is running in the state cross country meet.
His future plans are to go to lineman school and move to Florida.
Bloomfield, MO - The Bloomfield High School celebrated Senior Night on Thursday, February 10, 2022.
Jeffrey Jarrell is the son of Jeff and Jaime Jarrell.
He is a member of the varsity basketball team and golf team.
His favorite memory of high school is going to state in golf every year.
His future plans after graduating high school is to go to work.
