The Knoxville School Board met in regular session Monday evening and one of the first matters on the agenda was recognizing the School Board for National School Board Recognition Month.

Knoxville Superintendent Cassi Pearson tells KNIA/KRLS News. “We are so grateful for our school board members, they are elected officials and do this out of the goodness of their heart. They want to make a difference for kids and our community. There is no compensation that they receive for being school board members. They give a lot of time and energy and are really dedicated to making sure that our students, our families, our staff and our community have the best opportunities for high level education.”

Members of the Knoxville School Board are President Cheri Gerdes, Vice President Monica Sullivan and board members David Smith, Larry Scott and Larissa Van Donselaar.

On the agenda for the board to consider was the 2022-2023 KHS graduates, as 122 have been approved for graduation. An Open Science Education Research Project was also approved. The board approved the 2023-2024 preschool calendar where they will start school after Labor Day and get out in May about a week before the rest of the students get off for the summer.

An overnight trip request for the Science Club to Wisconsin and Michigan was approved as was an FFA trip to Honey Creek in Moravia.

Other agenda items included a transfer and hiring of a middle school science teacher.

National School Nurse Day is May 10 and National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8-12. Graduation will be May 21 in the air conditioned comfort of the gymnasium.