The Nashville High School Board of Education met last night and they heard from Principal Brian Pasero about the recent parent – teacher conferences.  He said they went well, as they had more letters sent out at 424 than last year’s 394.  There were 207 conferences scheduled, up from last year’s 196.  The comments from the survey were positive about it also.  The Board approved of a couple of field trips.  The Biology II class will go to Saint Louis University in a month and the Future Business Leaders of America will go to the Leadership Conference in Springfield on April 1^st through the 2^nd.  They also approved of the videotaping policy they discussed last month.  Cameras monitor the students at school and on buses.  To keep these recordings of the students from being viewed by the public, this policy will make them private property of the school.  The Board approved of allowing the Optimist Club to use the football and practice fields this spring.  They also approved of the next school year district calendar.  Important dates include the first day for students as August 15^th and the last day as May 17, 2017, unless there are snow days used.  Superintendent Ernie Fowler says he worked with the feeder schools to get the calendars 99 percent coordinated, so there isn’t much of a difference between any school.  After closed session, they approved of some personnel moves, such as the resignation of Kim Kell as school nurse, effective at the end of the school year.  They will begin advertising for the opening this month.  Dan Blazier was hired as a junior varsity baseball coach as a paid employee.  There were some volunteer coaches hired as well with Bryce Harre and Craig Dalman for baseball, while Charlie Hatch and Jessica Spenner were hired as assistant track coaches.  Also, a couple teachers have some of their pay come through grants, which won’t be known for 2016-2017 until later this year, so they were scheduled for reduction in work force.  Tim Kuhn will become a part-time teacher at one-third and Bethany McQuiston would become a part-time teacher at two-thirds.  Once the grants come through, they become full-time employees again, something that happens with their positions every year.