After sending Geneva High School students home for remote learning Thursday and Friday last week, District 304 officials announced the students would return on Monday for in-person five-days-a-week learning.

Batavia High School Building Trades students are assisting in building two of the 10 total building that are part of the Boardwalk Shops in downtown Batavia.

Two Geneva High School students told the District 304 school board that their fellow students did not wear masks properly – and the superintendent dismissed their concerns as “second-hand information.”

Since Scott Ney became Director of Operations for Geneva District 304 on Aug. 14, 2012, more than 70 employees who worked under him resigned or retired, several of them saying they and others left because of the abusive way he treated them and other employees under his leadership.

After public comment during Monday’s Geneva District 304 meeting – that included asking why the district’s COVID dashboard page did not include students on quarantine – Superintendent Kent Mutchler said he would not do it unless the school board specifically directed him to do so.

High school students will remain in hybrid model for remainder of the year.

The Geneva District 304 school board Monday unanimously approved a nearly $21.1 million capital improvement plan for upgrades and improvements to all nine of its school buildings, the administration office and the bus facility on Keslinger Road.

Officials are planning for what the new school year will look like following summer break.