Some Powell High School students could soon be rolling in dough. That is, if a proposed class is added to the course selections at the school.

Principal Tim Wormald has asked Park County School District 1 Board of Trustees to approve an advanced baking course. There are also requested additions of Exploration of Health Care Occupations, Health Occupations Comprehensive and Robotics 5. The additions are in response to a Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment the district conducted last year to determine its eligibility for a Perkins grant to prepare students for highly skilled, highly paid industries that are in high demand.

While Wormald acknowledged the demand for bakers isn’t extremely high, it was requested by many students who, he said, have the passion and personality for the endeavor. The baking class would be a followup to culinary arts classes, part of the hospitality, restaurant and beverage pathway under the Perkins funding.

The matter of the additional courses will be on the agenda when the district meets at 6 p.m. today (Tuesday) via Zoom and Facebook livestream.

Also listed for the district’s consideration are the annual audit; resignations of Cassandra Arends, a para-educator at Parkside Elementary, and Katelyn Showalter, a special education para-educator temp at Southside Elementary; and the hirings of Maranda Martinez, a special education para-educator to fill the space made when SheraLee Lynn resigned at Southside, Melanie Matthews, a job coach and para-educator to replace Tasha Gast, who resigned, and Ricque Plenert, a special education para-educator to replace Showalter at Southside.

The district will also consider extending the COVID Family First Leave Act provisions for paid leave for employees who are quarantined or test positive for the virus through the end of June.

Also on tap are a list of donations including a bench at Powell High School in memorial of Jarred Oliver from Janice Mixon, a cash donation from Elite West Realty, cash donations from Charles and Gail Brence and Leah Brence to PHS FFA, masks from Marilyn Nelson to Westside Elementary and cocoa and candy cane gift packets to all staff members from Pathfinder Federal Credit Union.