One of the two Kewanee school buses damaged in an accident in January should be back in service soon.
But the other bus was damaged so badly that it might be totaled.
Supt. Rebecca Baney reported on the buses at Monday’s Kewanee School Board meeting.
Baney said the buses are being repaired at a facility in Morton. One of them should be back in Kewanee by May 7, she said.
The other one was in bad enough shape that it may have to be totaled, Baney said.
She said that bus was due to be traded in on another bus. If it’s totaled, the district could put the insurance payment down on the bus purchase.
Also Monday:
— The board passed resolutions saluting students on their accomplishments in extracurricular activities.
Honored were:
The group interpretation team, which were IHSA sectional champions;
All-State Cast winners in group interpretation Aloria Button, Alex Button, Marcos Torres and Dalton Swearingen;
FFA Top 5 proficiency award winners Emmalee Kilstrom, Gunnar Carmichael and Remy Hicks;
Central Junior High state wrestlers Cruz Cortez, Jayden Logston and Wyatt Smith;
Best of Day honorees at an Illinois Elementary School Association solo and ensemble contest Emmanuel Contreras (clarinet) and Hayden Vancil (snare drum)
— Baney reported that a chorus competition held in the new auditorium at KHS was a success. One of the visiting chorus teachers “raved about the acoustics” in the room.
— Kewanee High School Principal Amanda Tidwell reported that 25 students had expressed interest in participating in a chess team at the school.
