Bedford school board to meet tonight

Summertime school-related maintenance will be a focus tonight at a Bedford County School Board meeting.

The board will consider granting permission for the division to seek bids to paint the roof of Big Island Elementary School and purchase tires. School board members also are scheduled to vote on bid requests for buying two mobile classrooms for Thaxton Elementary School; painting services at Moneta and Huddleston elementary schools; and the purchase of bleacher upgrades for Jefferson Forest, Liberty and Staunton River high schools.

The board is scheduled to hold a 6 p.m. closed meeting and a 7 p.m. regular meeting todayat the Bedford Science and Technology Center.

Also at the regular meeting, the board is scheduled to:

- consider shifting about $240,000 in funds to the instruction category of its 2008-09 budget. The supplemental appropriations were requested because of unexpected revenues from sources such as federal grants, reimbursed tuition from Central Virginia Community College and parents paying for out-of-district students to attend virtual school.

- vote whether to approve using about $210,000 in School Improvement Funds from the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The funds would be split between Bedford Elementary and primary schools to hire reading and math coaches.

To see the board’s full agenda and related documents online, go to http://www.bedford.k12.va.us, click ‘BoardDocs,’ and select a meeting on the left side to view agenda details.

For more information, citizens may contact Ryan Edwards, spokesman for Bedford County public schools, at redwards@ bedford.k12.va.us.