Earlier this week during the buildings and grounds meeting, Assistant to the Superintendent Kenneth Newman requested that the board consider converting to an electronic transcript service that would make it easier for the high school guidance counselors to fulfill the onslaught of requests for transcripts that accompany college applications.

"The electronic system will save the counselors a lot of time," Newman said. "Now they process the request, collect the data and mail them out. These have to be done right away."Newman said the electronic system allows the students to log in with a user name and password and request the transcripts. The counselor will just have to approve the request and the transcript is sent automatically."Some of the colleges will only accept electronic copies now," Newman said.The board of education approved the request Thursday evening.The service will cost the school $2,310 per year and current students can request unlimited transcripts at no additional charge. Alumni will also be allowed to use the system at a cost of $3 per transcript.Old millThe board also agreed to exonerate unpaid taxes on an old mill located in Eldred Township. Monday evening, Eldred Supervisor Mary Anne Clausen appeared before the committee to request that the board consider the request to forgo the taxes on the property."The mill is in deplorable condition," Clausen said. "It is in danger of falling down, and it is very close to an adjoining property."The mill has been a thorn in the side of the township for a while.Previous Eldred solicitor Mike Kaspszyk spent a considerable amount of time locating the current owner of the property after his search revealed that the property had been in bankruptcy and foreclosed on by a bank that later went into bankruptcy as well.The property is now owned by an attorney from out of state who had agreed to sign the property over to the township if it is successful in having the outstanding taxes forgiven."The owner said he would give the township the property as long as we did not intend to profit from it," Clausen said. "It is a small, unusual-shaped property and the Buckwha runs through it. We need to take that mill down, and it will be used as green space."The board's agreement was conditional on the township taking possession of the property and that other taxing bodies also exonerate the tax bill.According to Clausen, the outstanding taxes on the property are approximately $75,000. The yearly tax rate was estimated to be $3,000 to $5,000 per year.