Mountain Grove R-III holds Board meeting

The Open Session for the Mountain Grove R-III School Board started at 5 p.m. on Nov. 19 so the Board could interview the finalists for the Construction Manager at Risk job for our weight room project.
The second round of the 2025-26 MSBA Policy and Procedures updates were discussed and approved.
Mr. Kaden Hernandez, our ESports Sponsor, did a presentation about our ESports team. He discussed the ways the team provides real world skills to the students, the scholarships that are available, the games that are played and the great group of kids that he gets to work with.
The 2024-25 District Audit was approved. The auditor was complimentary to the district. There were no significant findings and no correction plan was assigned to the district.
Emerson Benson, the student advisor, gave the Student Advisor report detailing all of the activities happening around our schools. 
The Belcher MSBA School Board Scholarship was awarded to Aden Estep.  Aden’s name is now sent to the regional level to compete for scholarships opportunities. 
The dates for the next school board election sign-up were given as Dec. 9 at 8 a.m.-Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. 
Mrs. Sarah Sartor, the district’s Curriculum Director, gave a presentation on the district’s EOC, MAP and APR scores. Dr. Erin Swofford had the district’s Special Education Local Compliance Plan approved by the Board, which gets approved this time every year. Program evaluations for the title programs was given by Dr. Swofford and a program evaluation for the K-12 Health/PE Curriculum was given by Mrs. Sartor.
In Closed Session, the resignation was accepted for paraprofessional Cadence Trimmer.
Employment was approved for William Crawford, custodian, and Greg Crawford Construction, Construction Manager At-Risk.
The Board added another person to the approved substitute teacher list.
The Board approved the CMAR for the weight room project.