( KMZA )-The Nemaha Central Board of Education has approved allowing Nemaha Valley High School band students to attend the Alamo Bowl in December 2013, and received a request for a donation to help with the trip.

The board was told this week the group has raised about $8,000 of the $25,000 estimated cost of the trip through various fund raisers. Requested by the group was permission for the trip, $1,600 to be used for transportation expenses, and to open an invitation to B&B High School students. 

About 45 students and parent chaperones will be attending from Nemaha Valley. It was pointed out that the charter bus is for 55 passengers. 

Following discussion, the board advised the group to make a request to the Nemaha Valley Schools Education Foundation for a donation. The board voted to  approve the trip for Nemaha Valley High School students. 

In other business, Superintendent Darrel Kohlman said he and board members  Jason Hammes and Gary Niehues met December 3 with representatives from Prairie Hills USD 113  regarding the land transfer requests from Bern area patrons. Kohlman said the property agreed upon for the transfer request was narrowed down to the area from “O” Road and west to the current USD 115 boundary line and from 176th Road north to the state line. 

The assessed valuation of the property is about $2 million. 

 Kohlman said he has a letter and affidavit that will be mailed to all the property owners in the designated area. Property owners interested in having their land transferred from USD 113 to USD 115 will be asked to return the notarized affidavit.