PRESTONSBURG – The Floyd County Board of Education held its final regular meeting of the year at Prestonsburg High School on Monday, and board members had no trouble going through a lengthy agenda and approving all consent items without any major discussion.

During the meeting, a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Department of Education for the “Race to the Top” initiative was approved by the board, and Supt. Henry Webb said that the state could be getting anywhere from $60 million to $175 million in funding for education improvement.

By entering into the agreement with the Kentucky Department of Education, Floyd County Schools will be eligible to receive some of the funds if the district’s grant application is accepted.

Other items approved by the board included commercial carriers for numerous school trips, the creation of a supplemental educational services position at May Valley Elementary, the approval of a Dataseam Initiative Grant application for the replacement of E-Macs with I-Macs, a price increase for yearbooks, the rejection of bids for school bus DOC and CCV systems and cleaning machines for diesel filters, a practicum agreement between Eastern Kentucky University’s Department of Psychology and Floyd County Schools, the housing of the Catholic HEART Work Camp at Betsy Layne Elementary for one week in July of next year and a facility request made by Eric C. Conn for the use of Betsy Layne Elementary Gym for a memorial tribute service in honor of Dr. Don Bevins, the local television and radio personality who died last week.

During the recognition portion of the meeting, the board honored the Prestonsburg Police Department and the Prestonsburg Fire Department for helping direct traffic at the local schools, and honored the football team from Prestonsburg High School for its recent success.

The next meeting of the Floyd County Board of Education is scheduled to take place at May Valley Elementary on Jan. 25.