The Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees met last night and authorized College Administration to work with BLDD Architects to revise the specifications, proceed with the construction documents and re-bidding process for the proposed new Nashville Education Center.  The Board also voted to reject all bids for construction of Phase II of the Veterans Tribute Project as the bids were over-budget. The Board approved a resolution to accept the bid of $61,806 to Bruce Unterbrink Construction of Greenville for the Trenton Education Center Corridor Addition.  The Board also approved a resolution for an election to be held April 7, 2015 through the auspices of the office of the County Clerk, for three positions on the Board of Trustees for terms of six years.  In personnel action, the Board approved the hiring of Toby Dothager of Vandalia as the new Work Based Learning Coordinator for the Automotive Technology Program and Christopher Shaw of Carlyle as the new Network Support Specialist.  Fran Windler of New Minden was re-classified as a full-time Recruitment Specialist and they re-classified Suzanne Christ of Carlyle from Coordinator to Director of Institutional Advancement, while the Board hired Allison Rhodes as Temporary, Full-time Office Technology Instructor at the Greenville Federal Correctional Institute.  They learned that the school’s application for the Fiscal Year 2015 Bridging the Gap Grant was approved in the amount of $8,925.00.  The purpose of this grant is to assist community colleges with secondary to postsecondary curriculum alignment efforts, focused on the New Illinois Learning Standards incorporating the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Math.  Another rationale is the development of Summer Bridge programs designed to reduce remediation in math and /or English, emphasizing the connection between the high school and college curriculum.  Kaskaskia College’s grant program will support a 2015 Math Summer Bridge program for qualifying rising seniors and graduating seniors at Centralia High School.  The grant will fund a summer course of study, pre and post assessment testing, cost of textbooks, faculty stipends for planning meetings and curriculum development, and salaries for the summer professor and paraprofessional tutor.  Students will participate in the grant-funded program at no cost.  The College feels that success with this Math Summer Bridge Program will offer a model that the College can follow with other district high schools in the future.