By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
In stark contrast to last month’s Glasgow Independent School Board of Education meeting that lasted upwards of 2 hours, the Nov. 11 meeting lasted less than 20 minutes and during that brief time the five board members, and Superintendent Chad Muhlenkamp, discussed the creation of a district-wide CPR/AED trainer and declared multiple dilapidated school buses as surplus property to be either sold or discarded.
After the “Inspiring Greatness” recognitions and the approval of the minutes, the first order of business was the creation of a district-wide CPR and AED trainer.
According to Kentucky Revised Statute 158.302, such training is required for high school students and should be included as part of their health or physical education course. However, the statute does not require certification.
Muhlenkamp explained that previously the district has been contracting the Barren River District Health Department when personnel needed to receive certification and paying the health department between $4,000-$9,000 a year for the service. Instead, he suggested utilizing Amanda Mutter at the high school and providing a stipend of $2,500.
This was unanimously approved with board member Barret Lessenberry asking for a list of all of the district’s stipends.
Once that was discussed Muhlenkamp spoke about a handful of school buses that were set to be declared as surplus and were buses not normally driven during school hours.
That, too, was unanimously approved.
In other news, Lessenberry was appointed to the 2025-26 calendar committee. The next Board of Education meeting is set for Dec. 9.
