• Parents will see a 10 percent increase in the price of orange juice and milk this next school year. The new prices were set during the school board meeting on Monday night. High school student will have a 25 cent increase in the price of breakfast, but lunch prices will remain the same as will activity ticket prices.
• Superintendent Laura Schuster reported on the construction projects. The street project was scheduled to get under way last week, however the construction company has not yet mobilized to start work. The project is still scheduled to be completed by August 15.
• It was reported that the hot water heater at the elementary school will need to be replace.
• "It was leaking," Schuster said. "Now there is no hot water for cleaning over there."
• A bid from Johnson Controls for a new hot water heater was accepted. The cost will amount to a little over $8,000, labor included.
• The Groton School District was approached with a possible way to save energy and money.
• "We were approached by a company from down south, called Power Plus Energy," Schuster said. "There is State grant money available were we could change out the light bulbs at both schools and replace the fluorescent light bulbs with new LED bulbs."
• There is currently over 1500 light fixtures in the two school buildings. Each fixture has two light bulbs and each light bulb costs about $30. The old gym in the high school would also have to have the fixtures replaced as they no longer make the ones currently in use. It was recommended by the company to replace the gym fixtures with dome style fixtures like what is currently used in the arena. This would also add to the cost. The LED bulbs have a life span four times longer than the fluorescent bulbs. It would also allow for the placement of dimmer switches to be installed in some classrooms.
• The way the grant works is more like a no-interest loan, the school would receive money to do all or part of the replacement. They would then send in the amount of money they saved each month on the utility bill to the state until paid off.
• It is possible that the grant would also cover the replacement of a new boiler at

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