(KLZA)-- The Falls City Board of Education awarded a bid for a roofing project at North Elementary School when they met Monday evening. 

Boone Brothers Roofing of Omaha was awarded the bid in an amount of $379,750.  

The District 56 Project Committee met in late October to review projects which will allow for the collection of bids and further review by the committee prior to the committee prioritizing projects in early 2022.  The HVAC improvements at the high school and replacement of the artificial turf at Jug Brown Stadium are key projects to be considered. 

In other business the Board approved the resignation effective at the end of the current school year for Damian Causgrove after three years with the Falls City School District as a High School Math teacher. 

The Board approved having a Girls Wrestling Program for the 2021-22 school year.

The Board also learned from Superintendent Tim Heckenlively that there will be a 5.84 percent increase in premiums next year for medical and dental insurance plans.  Nearly every Nebraska school district utilizes the Educators Health Alliance for their employees.  

The average increase over the past 10 years has been 4.4 percent.  The benefit changes for the 2022-23 contract year includes an increase in the deductible and out of pocket maximum for the $3,600 deductible HSA plan.

The Board also approved the School District Audit Report presented by Julie Bauman, CPA.  

It was also noted that the Emergency Connectivity Fund grant awarded to District 56 in the amount of $86,700 will supplement the districts 2021-22 instructional technology purchase allowing for the full funding of $75,900 in student Chromebooks and $10,800 towards the partial funding of teacher Apple laptops.  That will leave approximately $12-thousand for the school district to cover.