EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district seeks more money to build Elkhorn Elementary School’s safe room. Superintendent Dan Hoehn received the Board of Education’s approval to request $110,552 in federal and state funding, to go with the $748,000 the district has already been awarded. The funds would be a 75/25 federal-local match, with $82,914 coming from federal funding, as Hoehn stated in the district’s Dec. 8 application letter to the State Emergency Management Agency, or SEMA. Funds would come through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, an initiative overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. FEMA distributes funding to state emergency offices like SEMA. Pursuing additional funds is “a great thing,” Hoehn told the board. Getting the extra funding would “only cost us $27,000,” he said, referring to the district’s matching funds. “It’s just going to allow us to do more things on that room,” Hoehn said. “Or, if the bids come in higher, we may … still just be able…