The regular meeting was held this evening in the Superintendent's Office. All Board members were present except Mike Cook. Also present was Superintendent Rich Bereschik, Asst. Superintendent & Garfield School Principal Lisa Ferguson, Treasurer Colleen Wickham and Wellsville Teacher Assoc. Representative Darlene Allison.
For the Financial Report Mrs. Wickham reported for September the balance on hand was $2.7 million with $711,818 in receipts, $630,649 in expenditures and $4,049 earned in interest.
Board President Tom Brophey reported that state funding issues are pretty much playing the wait and see game pending the outcome on the casino issue in next month's General Election. Brophey advised that the Ohio School Board Assoc. monthly news letter states that education funding will be depending heavily on the casino issue being passed. Board member Ed Bauer stated that funding is already in jeopardy depending on an upcoming vote on the Governor's race track video slot machines. Education funding was heavily factored in the Governor's budget with revenue from the slot machines. Failure of either issue could mean serious problems with education funding.
In the Good News Report Lisa Ferguson advised that the Title I program for Parenting Skill is going very well. This programs teaches parents how to better prepare their children for school. It concentrates a lot on reading and math skills.
Ferguson also reported that the Grandparents Lunches are proving extremely popular and going very well. Last week lunches were held for kindergarten students. This week will be for First Grade, next week for Second Grade and the last week in October will be for the Third graders.
Bereschik reported that they are back on installing fences. Sometime around the Thanksgiving break, phones will be installed in all classrooms in Garfield for security purposes. All door locks are being brought up to be in compliance with state standards and they are looking into installing camera systems into the intercom systems. Last month Garfield was put into lock down when an outsider was witnessed flashing a weapon near the school. The incident fortunately turned out to have nothing to do with the school but it was an warning of what could have been.
Several motions were approved under New Business. Changes already made in afternoon school bus stops were formally adopted. The resignation of Asst. Football Coach Jim Cheeks was accepted retroactive to Sept. 28. 2009. Approval was given to hold the April 24, 2010 WHS Prom at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville. Proms in recent years have been held at Mountaineer but with the expansion of their casino over there the gambling resort does no longer want to host the dances. Arden Montgomery was approved as Testing Coordinator for the district for up to 180 hours maximum. Additional hours may be added at the discretion of the Superintendent. Eight people was approved as Intervention Tutors through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. There will be two at Garfield, two at the high school and four at Daw Middle. Joe Soldano was given the nod to return as a Volunteer Baseball Coach for next spring pending receipt of the necessary paperwork. Additional substitutes were voted in for four classified positions and nine certified positions.
Workbook and supply fees were formally approved for the 2009-2010 school year. All fees posted are for high school subjects plus the annual Senior Fee which is $60. There were no fees listed for grades K through Grade 8.
Sarah Douglas was approved for the short hour position for cafeteria lunch prep, server and crossing guard effective October 13, 2009. Beth Cline was approved for the short hour lunch prep & server at Daw Middle School also effective October 13.
A field trip for the 7th Grade Language Arts classes to travel to Pittsburgh's Byham Theatre on December 11, 2009 was approved. The students from those classes will be going to see a production of the classic "A Christmas Carol".
In closing member Ed Bauer extended his thanks to the Teacher Assoc. for their assistance in setting up the intervention tutoring program. Mrs. Meek noted that Wellsville is hosting the 8th Grade ITCL Volleyball Tournament this year. That begins Saturday, October 17, with Jackson-Milton taking on Sebring at 10 A.M. The Wellsville ladies don't play until Monday, October 19, at 6:45.
They were going so fast I missed what Mrs. Dash had to say but Brophey said everyone else stole his thunder and asked for a motion to adjourn. Next meeting is scheduled in the Superintendent's Office on Monday, November 16 at 6:30 P.M.
ole nib
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Sorry you missed my comments Nib. I will try to talk slower next time. My main comment was about the Lady Tiger volleyball team entering sectional tournament play at Lisbon on October 19 at 7:00 P.M. They will playing East Canton. If they advance, and I am sure they will, they will play the winner of the Youngstown Christian/Lordstown match on October 21 at 7:30 P.M. All the sectional and district tournament matches are at Lisbon High School which is a change for Wellsville now that we are in the Northeast District.Good Luck Lady Tigers !
K - Thanks for the clarification. It was all my fault missing your comments. I was getting flustered trying to keep notes & the speed of how the meeting was going. Do they have Adult Education classes for short hand?
By the way, what is a "short hour" position? It's a new term for me.
nib
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