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Following the recommendation of School Superintendent Roger Foegen, the Bangor School Board approved part of a proposal by Mathy Construction Company to pave and/or repave a bus lot and road adjacent to the elementary school.

The original proposal defined five areas to be worked on and had a price tag of $100,000.

“That was a figure we were a little shocked by,” Foegen said.

Foegen told the board at its April 28 meeting that he would like to leave part of the existing road “as is” and not do a grassy area Mathy had slated for paving. The tab for the three remaining areas would be $43,725. The superintendent said that the board would need to move quickly on the matter since the prices Mathy quoted were only good for 30 days and were likely to go up after that. After discussion, the board voted unanimously to approve Foegen’s recommendation.

In another construction-related matter, the board decided to hold off action on matching the north wall of the old elementary school to the color of the new addition — either by replacing the wall or by painting it a similar color — until further information is available.

“Right now, we don’t know whether that paint will look good or not two, three or four years down the road,” Foegen said.

In other matters, Julie Meyers and Thomas Arentz were sworn in for a new term of office and Scott Riley was designated the new CESA Board member; Riley replaced Curt Pierce who retired earlier in the month. Rod Hundt remains board president, Dave Vetrano was named vice president, Arentz remains the clerk and Marcie Berger remains the treasurer.

Elementary school principal Lois Meinking informed the board that Bangor was not on the Department of Public Instruction’s recently released list of schools slated for 4K start-up grants, but that the door had not been completely closed as the school district has been allowed to present its case to DPI. Word on the final outcome will probably come in the next week or two. In a previous meeting Foegen had stated that the practical effect of not getting a grant this year would likely be the postponement of buying a new bus for a year.

In other business, the board approved a new physical education curriculum prepared by Ryan Berndt, Brooke Dahl and Jordan Laufenberg, as well as a new business education curriculum.

Finally, Foegen informed that board that, due to cold and rainy weather this spring, the school may have to schedule some sports makeup dates on Wednesdays if any further games are postponed.