The purchase of two new busses, hiring winter sports coaches and approving the substitute teaching list all topped action items during a mid-October meeting of the Haxtun School Board. Members also continued discussion regarding graduation requirements.

In previous meetings, administration and board members discussed changing the passing grade for high school students from a D, as it is now, to a C. This, Principal Dustin Seger said, would raise the bar on academic standards and require a necessary level of exceptional learning for students.

However, since last month’s meeting, an...