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Retirees from Shawnee Public Schools were honored with a reception before the Shawnee Board of Education regular meeting on May 14, and they also received a clock. Shown, from left, are Debra Watson, Beth Mills, Angela Lindsay, Terri Mastin, Dana Boyer, Mary Cash, Laura Brandherm, Randy Lauderdale and Ray Shaffer. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Retirees from Shawnee Public Schools were honored with a reception before the Shawnee Board of Education regular meeting on May 14, and they also received a clock. Shown, from left, are Debra Watson, Beth Mills, Angela Lindsay, Terri Mastin, Dana Boyer, Mary Cash, Laura Brandherm, Randy Lauderdale and Ray Shaffer. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

The Shawnee Public Schools Board of Education held a special session before its regular meeting on May 14.

Beginning at 5:15 pm, the Board approved a lease-purchase agreement with RCB Bank and a new electronic scoreboard for Jim Thorpe Stadium.

Jordan Smith, from Stephen L. Smith Corp., spoke about the lease-purchase agreement. He recommended that the Board pay off the lease-purchase agreements from…