SOUTH POINT — The Easter Bunny can deliver all the eggs he wants, but he will not be jumping out of an airplane to do it, the South Point Board of Education agreed Monday night.

Cross Community Church is renting the former South Point football field March 31 for its community Easter egg hunt and wanted to have someone parachute onto the field during the event. The Federal Aviation Administration requires the board to sign off on the idea because it is the school district’s property.

“I think that’s really pushing the limits, personally, by allowing someone to jump out of an airplane onto your property,” board member Les York said.

Superintendent Ken Cook agreed the request was problematic, “because of the liability issues with it. Somebody could get hurt and it’s subject to come back on us.”

Cook said while these activities usually are without incident, there have been frivolous lawsuits in other parts of the country that have been successfully argued in court. Cook said he does not want to take the chance that if this proposed stunt goes awry, the school district could be held liable.

In other matters, the board accepted the resignation of Randy Smith as a teacher; Smith asked to stay on as athletic director and cross country track and field coach. The board took no action on that request.

The board also gave two-year contracts to Burlington Elementary Principal Melissa Bentley, South Point High School Assistant Principal Jayshree Shah and South Point Middle School Assistant Principal Sarah Nichols.

York’s request to give administrators the same $500 bonus non-certified employees received died for lack of a second. When they signed their new contract, members of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) got a $500 bonus. Teachers were offered the bonus but declined it. York also proposed four employees who were left out of a recent pay raise round get the quarter-an-hour pay hike. It also died for lack of a second.

Cook said the board got no takers when bids were opened Monday for the former board office. The board agreed in February to offer the double wide modular building for sale; it must be moved off the property by the entity that purchases it. Cook said he will advertise the building again in the near future.