JEFFERSONVILLE —
After the votes came in, board member Becka Christensen looked like she just got an early Christmas present.
The Greater Clark County Schools Board of Trustees unanimously approved the interlocal agreement with Jeffersonville to sell the Franklin Square property to the city, a project Christensen was heavily involved with.
According to the agreement, the city will begin renovating the property to house a Clark County Museum and art facility.
The city purchased the property — formerly part the old Jeffersonville High School — for $45,000, which the city can pay in total through three years.
Christensen said she’s glad to see a building that was a big part of the community have the chance to become revitalized.
“This is what we can do in our communities and this is what we want,” Christensen said. “I will always thank Dr. Stephen Daeschner, [superintendent], Marty Bell [chief operating officer] and the board for giving me the opportunity to get something done for this building that sat for 40 years vacant.”
Bell said the former school will still serve an educational purpose in the future.
“It’s going to be used for the benefit of the community and the benefit of the youth, which is the most important part of the deal we were trying to put together,” Bell said.
In other business at the meeting, the board unanimously approved a renewal for the district’s worker’s compensation insurance, which included a few changes.
Bell said the district’s agent of record, Maverick Insurance, suggested a change in provider for the worker’s compensation insurance. The change raises the excess insurance coverage from $250,000 to $300,000, which would save the district about $10,000.
Bell said in the last three years, Greater Clark hasn’t paid a claim for more than $150,000. By increasing the excess insurance amount, they could save about $30,000 in fixed costs.
The board also heard a plea from Donna Spence, a member of Maple Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization, to keep Daeschner as the superintendent of the district.
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