By Lexi MooreHills-Beaver Creek School Board Member Matt Larson submitted his intent to resign at Monday night’s meeting.Larson’s tenure on the Board will come to an end on June 1. He and his family will be moving to Lake Madison on May 31."I have nothing but the best memories of Hills-Beaver Creek and being a part of the board of education," Larson read from his letter of resignation. "I appreciate the quality of education and the experience that Luke and Haley have had at H-BC."Before accepting his resignation, board members discussed the dedication and commitment Larson had shown during his time on the H-BC board."In his short tenure the locker room was built, an operating levy was passed and he attended countless safety meetings," said Superintendent David Deragisch. "He has been very dedicated. I enjoyed having you on (the board)."H-BC Elementary School Secretary Connie Olson’s resignation was also accepted by the board. Olson’s employment with the school district will end at the close of business on June 30.The board discussed the possibility of rehiring Olson as a half-time employee in the fall.In other school news:üH-BC Elementary officials have changed the doors used for dismissing students.Students who walk or ride their bikes home from school will be dismissed from door No. 1 on the north side of the building. Students who ride the bus will be dismissed from door No. 3 on the south side of the building.The change was made to avoid having non-bused students running between buses during dismissal. "We haven’t had any large problems, we just wanted to take a pro-active approach to avoid future problems," said Todd Holthaus, elementary principal.The new dismissal program was started Wednesday, April 20.üH-BC Elementary received a grant for $500 from Sioux Valley Energy’s Operation Roundup program. The money will be used to augment the summer Book of the Week club. üDeragisch said he was very pleased with the results of the mock accident at H-BC Wednesday, April 20."It is very worthwhile. It is both a good experience and learning tool for our students," Deragisch said. "I don’t think there was a dry eye from the audience during the finale in the lunchroom."He thanked the Roste Funeral Home, Erwin DeBoer and Erwin’s Towing for spending so much of their time and effort on the planning and execution of the accident. He also thanked the workers with the Rock County ambulance and sheriff’s departments.üH-BC seniors participated in their annual community service project on Friday by picking up trash in the Hills area. Students at the elementary school cleaned the ditches in Beaver Creek. The projects corresponded with Earth Day.üThe Board spent time discussing various education funding bills currently being authored in committees in the Minnesota House and Senate.Several of the bills, if passed, would mark a change in education funding in Minnesota. State officials have frozen education finances during the past three legislative sessions.Gary Esselink, H-BC’s legislative reporter, said the information coming out of the Capitol is positive."It seems there is a good realization by both houses that they can’t keep freezing funds."Upcoming dates:May is the busiest month of the school year and the school calendar is filled with important upcoming dates. Board members highlighted several during their meeting.üFifth-grade students will graduate from DARE at 2:15 p.m. on Friday, April 29, in the elementary gymnasium. üH-BC Elementary Media Center is sponsoring a book fair from May 4 through May 11.üHigh school music concert is on May 5 and the elementary concert is on May 10, both beginning at 7 p.m.üAnnual pancake supper will be Wednesday, May 11. This year there will be a pancake eating contest. All proceeds go to the H-BC-E-E track teams.üThe Rock County Intergenerational Bee’s first round is Thursday, May 12, at the Tuff Home and Village and the final round will be on Thursday, May 19, at the Luverne Senior Center.üBaccalaureate will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 22.üGraduation will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 27.