The Hoyleton Grade School Board of Education met Thursday night and Superintendent Elaine Hemker says the school year has started out great.  During the meeting, they got an update on the work on the buzzer and monitoring system for the main building and annexes, as it has been completed.  This was done with money from a safety and security grant.  She also presented the Tentative Budget and it will be available to the public for viewing for 30 days, which means the next meeting will be on September 23^rd at 7 o’clock with a public hearing scheduled at 6:50 PM.  She talked about the budget.  Considering we had quite a drop of general state aid, they are holding their own, especially for being such a small school.  And the auditors believe that also.  They still in deficit spending, but a reduction plan is not needed, as they still have some money in the reserves.  Joe Kirby had been hired to coach girls’ softball, but he was unable to stay on due to personal reasons, so the Board rescinded that motion and hired Robby Smith as the new softball coach.  They also approved maternity leave this fall for 1^st and 2^nd grade teacher Angie Redeker.  Hemker said there are 2 new benches in the playground area that are made from recycled bottle caps.  The school had been collecting these for a couple of years and they took them to a company to be melted down and made into the benches.  They each weigh about 400 pounds, so that is a lot of bottle caps collected.  The book fair will be September 3^rd through the 5^th and there will be activities that week as well.  The Board also got an update on the feasibility study, and that is that Dr. Nick Osborne is still compiling information on what the school should do in the future, whether that is stay open or close and send students to Nashville Grade School.  Hemker explained the process if a decision has been reached to consolidate, as an example.  If the Board would accept the decision, then it has to go to the Regional Office of Education and their Board and there are 45 or 60 day waiting periods that community members have the option to question or file a petition against that decision.  This would cause a further delay in the process.  She says there are always little snags and unexpected circumstances along the way that might prolong it, so they are just going to take it step by step.  The report is due in mid-September and a meeting for both communities will be set up.