School district still looking for coaching positions

ODESSA-Fall Athletic Director Larry Weber reported that the school still has open coaching positions at the school noard meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

Various open coaching positions include high school basketball assistant, junior high basketball, high school baseball and junior high baseball.

Weber said he completed the football and volleyball schedules for both junior high and high school.

He said the high school basketball schedule is complete.

Weber said they would make changes to accommodate the current shortage of officials.

The cheer squad now has six participants, with Kelsey Scrupps as their cheer advisor.

Superintendent John Bruce said he has been working on finishing the end-of-the-year reports and filling out grant applications for the current year.

Bruce has been participating in training for school district safety, Danielson evaluation and Washington school finance.

Principal Jamie Nelson said that the current enrollment is 224 students.

The high school science department held fall engineering competitions to construct a table tennis apparatus.

The overall winning teams were seniors Melloney Deife and Hayden Schuh.

There will be an upcoming open house on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 6 p.m.

Kimberly Ryan will be hosting a family financial aid planning night with Kris Hader from Ritzville’s Leffel Otis and Warwick branch on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m.

Chris Crossley acknowledged the junior class and the junior high for high science scores on recent state tests.

Facilities manager Justin Parr said Avista replaced light bulbs at the football field and is researching LED options.

The new school bus is currently being built and is scheduled to arrive in December.

Parr reported that Raymond Pope resigned as a bus driver.

The next school board meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m.