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What do your kids want to be when they grow up?
A software program designed to help students answer that question was among the topics discussed at the regular meeting of the Hancock School Board Monday.
The program is called Career Cruising and a presentation about it was given to the board by Counselor Karyn Ruohonen-Rudak.
Students answer a series of questions and they are given a few suggestions to help guide them in preparation for a possible career.
The program was made possible through a grant last year from the Hancock Public Schools Foundation.
Each student will be given a login and password so they can participate.
Hancock Schools have a lot of work that needs to be done and it’s going to be expensive.
That’s according to Maintenance Manager Robert Brunet who said many of these situations were caused by bad decision making in the past along the district not having the money due to the school’s deficit.
Brunet said the cost of all of the work combined is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Some of the big ticket items include bringing the Ansul system and gas lines at Barkell Elementary up to compliance and repairing the intrusion alarm system at the school.
No immediate action was taken by the board at the meeting.
Enrollment at Hancock Schools has dropped five students since the Spring 2015 count and 13 from last year.
School Superintendent Monica Healy said the decline was not unexpected and the school was following up with the families of the students who left the district.
In other business, the board congratulated Principals Kipp Beaudoin and Dan Vaara of the Middle and High School and Barkell Elementary School respectively as part of Principal Appreciation month.
The cost of school lunches are going up. The board voted to raise the price of a regular lunch by 15 cents starting December 1st.
