NORTH ROBINSON— On Monday night, the Colonel Crawford Board of Education held their May meeting.

At the meeting, Superintendent Todd Martin put the motion on the floor that when June 2 hits and the county health commissioner gives the recommendation to go back to business as usual for the summer and the foreseeable future, that the district follows suit. The motion was passed by all board members.

Also at the meeting, the class of 2021’s valedictorian, Mason McKibben, was honored for all of his accomplishments.

McKibben, the son of Brad and Krista McKibben, finished high school with sixty College Credit Plus hours, a thirty-six super score on the ACT, and a 4.0 GPA. McKibben will be attending the University of Alabama in the fall where he will major in finance and actuary science and piano, and he will be playing the trumpet in the University’s band.

In his time at Colonel Crawford, McKibben was a member of the marching band, academic challenge, LEO Club, National Honor Society, Young Life, concert band, 4-H, piano, ran cross country, and played basketball and baseball.

Adding to his impressive list of achievements, McKibben is also one of this year’s National Merit Scholarship winners.

In the beginning stages of the process to pick the National Merit Scholarship winners, about 1.5 million juniors take the PSAT, and based on the scores, only about one percent of those students qualify as semifinalists. To become a finalist, the semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application in which they provide information about the semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors awards received.

Of the around sixteen thousand finalists, only two thousand and five hundred winners are chosen to receive the two thousand- and five-hundred-dollar scholarship.

The monthly fee schedule was approved for Pre-K and Pre-School classes. For Pre-k classes from Monday through Thursday, it’s 125 dollars, for two-day pre-school it’s 50 dollars, and for four-day pre-school, it’s 90 dollars.

Should the ODE not approve free lunches again for the upcoming school year, the price for Type A lunches for K-5 is 2.90, 6-12 is 2.95, and for adults, it is 3.25. All breakfasts are 1.50.

The next board meeting is on June 21 at 7 p.m.