Logan school board approves levy question

The Logan Municipal Schools board of trustees last week unanimously approved a resolution for a November ballot question that would renew the district’s two-mill property tax levy.

“The proceeds from this continuing property tax provide revenue for repairing and maintaining district buildings and grounds, as well as student technology and student activity vehicles,” district superintendent Dennis Roch wrote in an email.

Two school board positions also will be up for election in November, as well.

The board also approved a salary schedule for the 2021-2020 school year that provides at least a 1.5% pay increase for all staff.

Roch said the resolution also raises starting salaries of several non-certified staff positions to comply with the state’s minimum-wage increase.

The board approved two related items: an increase to the pay rate for substitutes and an increase to most of the extra duty stipends for coaches and organizational advisers.

The board approved a school calendar for 2021-2022. Classes would begin Aug. 16 and end May 18, with graduation on May 21, 2022.

Roch said the calendar was designed by a committee of teachers and non-teaching staff.

In response to a question, Roch said no prom or homecoming dance will be held at Logan this year because the Public Education Department “recommends holding only the most essential school events which must also comply with public health orders.”

Roch said Logan is planning a graduation ceremony on May 29 this year, though the event’s design remains contingent on the county’s COVID-19 risk assessment two weeks before the event.