South Pike officials are looking to sell some old equipment and exploring the installation of newer equipment at Eva Gordon Elementary School.
District Maintenance Director Mike Scott told school board members that the old lights and poles from the football field should be sold rather than reused for a new softball field at Eva Gordon.
“We talked about using these at Eva Gordon, but they’re just beat-up junk,” Scott said. “Entergy can put up better equipment for cheaper.”
Scott said the owners of Richard Community Center are interested in the old lighting equipment, but the district has to put the equipment up for bid.
When the district is ready to build a softball field at the site, it will need significant preparation, he said.
“People from the community are riding four-wheelers out there and tearing it up,” Scott said. “We need to put up a fence.”
Charges have been filed over the matter, but as of the meeting day on Sept. 9, “the city has not pursued them yet,” Scott said.
In other business, the board:
• Approved a contract with Dale | Bailey architecture firm for any projects the district might pursue using federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief program funds.
• Accepted an agreement with Head Start agency Mississippi Action for Progress.
• Contracted for ethics code training with Brookhaven attorney Nate Armistad.
• Approved a contract with Jordan Rivers, a USDA food sponsor program, for an after-school feeding program.
• Approved a contract with Instructure for state testing support.
• Accepted the resignation of assistant teacher De’Mondtraney Lee.
• Noted the retirement of teacher Carolyn Holbrook.
• Hired assistant teacher Sheletha Dillon; cafeteria workers Sylvia Warren and Shirley Thigpen; janitor Flozell Johnson; substitute custodian Travaius Marshall; substitute bus driver Karen Brumfield; and substitute cafeteria worker Rosetta Brooks.
