The Knoxville Community School Board met in regular session Monday. The board approved the hiring of Evangelynn Wells as a high school art teacher, Matt Ritchhart as an assistant football coach, and Carter Nelsen as an assistant baseball coach. They also approved an agreement for enrollment of nonresident students with Winterset Community Schools.
The school board approved the 2022-2023 Knoxville Community School District calendar, setting the start of the next school year on Thursday, August 25th, 2022, and ending on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. The board also approved an additional $46,975.50 in preschool funding for increased enrollment, and approved a letter of engagement for Ahlers Cooney for GO Bonds.
They approved a cost increase for four lights in the West Elementary School parking lot. The board also approved project quotes for new scoreboards and shot clocks in the high school and new middle school gyms, a new batting cage in the middle school gym and athletic storage system in the high school gym.