(Le Mars) — Monday evening during the Le Mars Community Board of Education discussion focused on the new scoreboard as part of the new football stadium renovation upgrade project. The school board was going back and forth reviewing the benefits and disadvantages of a video scoreboard compared to a combination of a traditional scoreboard with a video screen attachment. Ten different bids were submitted by four different companies. After much discussion, the school board approved a plan submitted by Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota that includes both a scoreboard and a video screen board. The accepted bid was at $176,917. The dimensions of the scoreboard and video component would measure 13 feet two inches by 24 feet. In other action taken by the school board, they approved the addition of five people to serve on the Le Mars Community School District’s Foundation Board. The five include: Debra Ahlers, Eddie Webb, Terri Martin, Kay Michaelson, and Dr. Greg Jeneary. The school board approved the contract for Megan Ahrens as the Middle School study hall supervisor for five and a half hours a day at $15.22 per hour.
