Wellsville Board of Education

Monday - November 16: The regular monthly meeting of the BOE was held in the Superintendent's Office. Present was Board President Tom Brophey, Board Members Ed Bauer, Karen Dash & Mike Cook, District Treasurer Coleen Wickham, Superintendent Rich Bereschik, Asst. Superintendent Lisa Ferguson and WTA Rep. Darlene Allison. Board Member-elect Bill Miller was also in attendance.

For the financial report Mrs. Wickham stated the October expenditures were $690,619 and October receipts were $680,785 leaving a balance of $2.7 million. Interest income for the month was $4,431.

Mike Cook reported that the contract for the CC Career & Technical Center classified employees has been settled. He also advised there are 32 WHS students enrolled at the career center.

For the Good News report Lisa Ferguson told the Board that there were over 360 grandparents that attended the Grandparent's Luncheons in October. There were 27 parents or family members participating in the Parenting Skills for the reading topic. Veteran's Day Luncheon had 27 vets attending.

Mr. Bereschik added that the Y-Teens & Leo Club members donated books for their "Make a Difference Day" project. The Y-Teens also had a fund raiser earning $318 which was donated to the cure for cancer cause.

The Thriller half time show at the Southern Local football game in September included around 500 students and was the biggest draw in WHS history. Gate receipts for the evening were around $18,000. The average is around $6,000 to $8,000.

Motion detectors have been installed on all locked exit doors bringing the buildings within code for fire safety standards. With the detectors installed the doors automatically unlock for anyone exiting the building. Also new cameras have been installed on entry doors that have remarkable clarity.

At long last the sale of the McDonald building appears to have been finalized. All documents have been signed by the lawyers and all that is needed is getting the paperwork processed for it to be a done deal.

Vaccinations for the H1N1 swine flu will be given by members of the CC Health Dept. on Tuesday, November 17. They will be starting at 10 A.M. at the Middle School and have all three schools completed by the end of the day. Each student in the district was given a permission slip to be signed by parents. The injections are being provided free of charge. The new One Call notification system was used to remind everyone.

Under New Business there were several motions passed by vote of the Board. Attorney Andy Beech was retained as legal counsel for the district. Four additional substitute teachers were approved pending receipt of all necessary paperwork. Jennifer Gooch's resignation as one of the fall/winter play advisors was approved. Matt Jordan will assume those duties. John Russell & Sarah McCune were approved as assistant softball coaches. Lonnie Fields was named Boys Middle School track coach. Randy Thrasher will be the the Varsity Boy's Track head coach. John Henry Martin will be the Boy's Asst. Track coach. Cissy Wilson will be Head Coach for girl's Varsity Track and Brenda Thompson will be her assistant. Dave "Bug" Thompson will be the girl's Middle School track coach. Robbie Long & Charles Fisher were approved for volunteer assistant wrestling coaches.

A field trip to Lincoln Park Performing Arts was approved for Garfield grade 3 & special needs classes for December 17. Grades 4, 5 & 6 were given the nod for a November 20 trip to Pittsburgh to see the Rockettes. A list of volunteers for Garfield PTO & Ohio Reads was also approved. Tom Brophey abstained from this vote. He was on the list for one of the readers.

There were five students from Mr. Meek's government class in attendance. All Board members thanked them for their presence and wished them luck in their senior year. Pictured above Mrs. Dash, Mr. Miller and Mr. Brophey were congratulated on their election victories. Brophey reported that he & Mrs. Dash had attended the Ohio School Board Assoc. conference in Columbus last week. He stated in his 16 years as a BOE member he has never seen so much new information as was passed on last week.

In closing Mr. Bereschik extended his deepest sympathy on behalf of the district, the Board & himself to the Beth Cline family. Mrs. Cline was an active PTO member and an eager helper for the district. Her passing is a great loss to all who knew her..

Next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 16 at 6:30 P.M. in the Superintendent's Office.

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