The USD 480 school district will see insurance on the rise next school year.  The USD 480 school board met Monday night and approved property, liability, and worker's comp insurance coverage.  Employers Mutual won the bid with a premium of $673,532  which will be a 3.9% increase from the past school year. 

The district has made an adjustment to lunch prices.  The school lunches will be $2.70 for K-8 and $2.80 for high school.  K-6 and 7-12 had been the price cut off. 

The district will purchase seven new copiers from Southern Office Supply.  It is standard for the district to replace a copy machine after 2 million copies.  The copiers cost $89,258. 

The board head a report from J.E. Dunn regarding the construction of new schools.  Everything is on schedule for Prairie View Elementary in south Liberal and Eisenhower Middle School in north to open in the fall.