(KLZA)-- The Mound City Board of Education met last week. The Board approved the 2016-17 salary schedule.  The schedule remains the same as the current 2015-16 schedule. Any changes will likely be voted on in April along with extra duty assignments. 

Board members approved a contract for Karra Yocum to be the kindergarten teacher for the 2016-17 school year. Probationary contracts were approved unanimously for 9 teachers in the Mound City District. 

Principal Korey Miles congratulated the Class I State Champion Girls Basketball Team on their performance at the Final Four and noted how proud he was of the community as a whole for the overwhelming support of the team.

Superintendent Ken Eaton updated the Board on the progress on the new multipurpose room that is under construction.