(KLZA)-- The Falls City Board of Education approved three faculty resignations when they met Monday evening.

The Board accepted the resignations of Speech-Language Pathologist Sherry Maddox who had been with the Falls City Schools for 12 years and Speech-Language Pathologist Kris Vrtiska who has been with District 56 for seven years. The Board also accepted a resignation from Taylor Kearney who has served six years with the district as an elementary teacher, Title I teacher and volleyball coach.

Faculty contracts were approved for the 2022-23 school year for Chelsey Sullivan to teach 6th Grade; Ethan Sullivan as Assistant High School Principal and Meghan Robeson as Academic Assessment Coordinator.

In other action the Board approved the purchase of a new Blue Bird School Bus from Nebraska Central Equipment at a cost of $114,296; approved the High School rood replacement bid in an amount of $239,997 to Schwickert's / Tecta America. An insurance claim is expected to cover $152 thousand of that cost leaving a balance just shy of $90 thousand.

The 2022-23 school year calendar was also approved. The first day of classes for the next school year will be August 18 with the final day of the year on May 25, 2023.