POMEROY — Transfer of the Salem Center School property to the Meigs County Commissioners for use by the County Highway Department has been approved by the Meigs Local Board of Education.

The Board unanimously agreed at its recent meeting to the transfer of the three-acre plot which has not been used for school purposes since the construction of the new elementary school.

Superintendent William Buckley reported that the Meigs County Highway Department wants to use the property as an outpost for storage of cinders and salt which will make it easier to take care of the roads in that area. Salem Center is miles from the highway garage at Rock Springs where everything is stored now.

The Board felt it would be advantageous to the school system to have a storage outpost in that section of the county since school buses travel those roads to pick up students.

Jo Dunn, Meigs High School junior class advisor, met with the board to discuss plans for the 2009 junior-senior prom. She said plans are to hold the prom on The Ruble Sternwheeler on May 2. The boat will travel downriver, returning to the levy about 11 a.m. after which there will be an after-prom party in the gym at the high school until 2:30 a.m. She said there is some discussion about having an after-after prom event at the high school. If held it will be a lock-in until breakfast is served, Dunn said. The Board had no objections to the prom plan.

Approval was given to the payment of an invoice for $3,093.75 to Varsity Spirit Fashions for MHS cheerleading uniforms from the Meigs High School Cheerleaders Fund.

Acknowledgment was made of a mini-grant from AEP Teacher Vision in the amount of $500 to be used for the specific purpose of the MHS student field trip to Costa Rica. It was requested by Lauren Hardgrove, science teacher.

Personnel matters handled included the acceptance of the resignation for retirement purposes of David Longsworth as an electronics teacher at MHS effective June 1; the hiring of Ron Hill on a supplemental contract as high school assistance varsity track coach, Rebekah Yost as a substitute cook; and John Sipple as a substitute teacher.

Attending the meeting were Superintendent Buckley, Mark E. Rhonemus, treasurer/CFO, and Board members, Roger Abbott, Ron Logan, Barbara Musser, Larry Tucker, and Scott Walton.