On Aug. 20, the Freedom Area School District held a school board meeting. This meeting, although held to discuss a number of topics, was mainly pointed towards the problems with the stadium lights at the football field.
The meeting opened up with President of the Boosters, Mr. Jim Regan, asking the school board what had happened with the lights and what they were planning to do about the damage. A cable powering the field lights had shorted out, and different options were presented to fix the problem. “Whatever we do is a temporary fix,” superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Fuller stated.
The final decision was to have a generator run the lights. It has been a success thus far, providing lights to football and soccer games alike. “We’re not just talking about football. You have band and soccer too.” Mrs.Lori Pail said.
The school board also approved the hiring of Ms. Amanda Smith, the new science teacher at the high school. Other changes at the high school include the hiring of Mrs. Lasko as a long term substitute for Mrs. Russell and Ms. Clear as a long term substitute for Mrs. Barr.
The September meeting talked about the success thus far of the generators, and how the band, football and Lil’ Bulldogs boosters are collecting money to help give back to PUSH Beaver County, the company that supplied the generator.
Also at the meeting, the board approved the hiring of boy’s basketball coach Mr. Gary Cercone for this upcoming season.
The next meeting will be held on Oct. 3 in the middle school library.