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School board to review teaching plan

PORTALES — The Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education will review its continuous education plan in the wake of the cancellation of in-person instruction for the remainder of the school year.

The 1 p.m. Monday meeting will be held in a virtual format due to mass gathering bans associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, but will be streamed at the “webcasts” link at portalesschools.com or at:

livestream.com/accounts/25937490

Agenda items include:

• About two dozen budget adjustments including but not limited to capital improvements, operations, technology equipment and food service.

• Policy manual revisions on transportation employee requirements.

• A contract with Woodard Cowen & Company for auditing services. The contract covers three years, and includes an annual option for renewal.

• Considering of a $200 donation from Ada Smith to pay outstanding lunch balances at Brown Early Childhood Center and James Elementary.