Jackson – The Amador County Unified School District board of trustee will hear about some recent donations to the district’s schools, including a gift of 39 flat screen computer monitors, and other hardware, from the Jackson Rancheria Casino, Hotel & Conference Center. The School Board meets Wednesday and will see the donation slips from some recent gifts. The Jackson Rancheria gave a gift of computers and hardware to the Pine Grove Elementary School. An August 28th acknowledgement form listed the gifts, which included 15 new Dell flat screen computer monitors, along with 22 used flat screen monitors, 20 keyboards and 20 speakers. Pine Grove Elementary Principal Thomas Reed sent a letter of thanks August 28th to the Jackson Rancheria. Reed said he and the entire staff sent thanks. Reed said: “During these difficult financial times, keeping up with the necessary repairs, replacements and upgrades needed in our computer lab and classrooms has been impossible.” Reed said the Rancheria’s “donation will make it possible for students to access reading and math programs that” the school uses extensively at its site right from their classrooms. The Amador Community Foundation gave the gift of science to Jackson Junior High School, with an August 26th donation of $500 earmarked for the school’s science department. Jackson Junior High Principal Janet Pabst said “the eighth grade science program has been enhanced this year with the addition of a Dewar tank for storing liquid nitrogen.” She said purchase of the new tank was made possible by a “grant from the Amador Community Foundation.” She said the tank will give students the opportunity to “observe interesting and exciting phenomena to help build their understanding of the matter and energy relationship.” Plymouth State Preschool reported August 26th that Donald Scott Morford had pledged to donate carpet and installation to the school. Dorothy Putnam-Smith said in a letter prepared to be sent after installation said the school’s “children and staff will enjoy” the donation for years to come. Putnam-Smith said the school’s carpets were “not currently scheduled to be replaced,” so Morford’s “donation will upgrade the quality of … Plymouth Preschool tremendously.” The agenda this week also includes a request to surplus 41 computer monitors in the Argonaut High School business department. The reason for the request is that the monitors are “outdated and taking up classroom space.” The meeting also includes a 7 p.m. public hearing, for trustees to consider adopting a resolution of “sufficiency of instructional materials.” Story by Jim Reece. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it