Pleasant View Board of Education approves substitute pay increase; update provided on COVID-19

The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education this week approved increasing substitute pay from $75 per day to $90 per day.

Superintendent Rebecca Steinhoff provided an update on COVID-19 funding from Grundy County. She projects about $14,000 will be used for an additional two days of nursing staff, nursing supplies, and several other needs related to the virus.

Basketball guidelines were discussed for the seventh and eighth-grade season. It was proposed that each family be allowed to bring six guests. Seating will be set up in pods of six for social distancing.  Basketball games are scheduled versus Pleasant View October 8^th, against Mercer October 9^th, and at Cainsville October 19^th. A tournament at Laredo is scheduled for October 12^th, 13^th, and 15^th.

Steinhoff gave an enrollment update for Pleasant View R-6. Enrollment for kindergarten through eighth grade was 117. Janet Lake’s preschool had 20 students, and the KEYS preschool had 36.

Dates of upcoming events were given. An early out will be September 25^th, mid-terms will be issued September 30^th, and a book fair will be September 23^rd through 30^th. An early out is October 15^th, and there will be no school on October 16^th.

In an executive session, the board hired Kelli Adams as an Early Childhood Special Education paraprofessional.