New school board approves $700,000-plus in expenditures

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The reconstituted Jefferson County School Board recently got right to work after three new members were seated, approving more than $700,000 in expenditures right off the bat. Among the several action items that the board approved on Tuesday, Nov. 22, were the refurbishing of the new gym floor, replacement of a chiller at the high school and the purchase of 300 Chromebook laptops. The actions followed in short order after members Willie Ann Dickey, Brenda