The Wayne Trace Local School District Board of Education met in regular session at Wayne Trace Jr. Sr. High School on October 8, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

            Pledge of Allegiance was led by Les Hockenberry

            Roll Call

                        Lisa McClure, Perry Sinn, Pat Baumle, Les Hockenberry – All Present

                        Dale Stoller -  Absent

            Correspondence, Recognition of Guests, Hearing of the Public*

None present

Report of the Treasurer

            Handed out Capital Conference admission paperwork.

            Invited all to the Annual NOACSC meeting at Van Wert on 10/18 at 9:00a.m.

            Public Records training is scheduled for 10/18 at 1:00p.m. at Lima.

Dale Stoller arrived at 7:39 pm.

10-01-07

Consent Agenda Items:

On a motion by Pat Baumle one resolution passed by the Board to approve the following consent agenda items:

A.  to approve the minutes of the September 10, 2007 Board Meeting;

B.   to approve the investment report and payment of bills as presented by the treasurer;

C.     to approve fund transfer of $23,743.55 from PI fund to the cafeteria fund to cover the purchase of 2 ovens and the billing system at the High School;

D.     to set October 22, 2007 at 6:30 a.m. at Wayne Trace High School as the date, time, and place of a Special Meeting of the Finance Committee to review the 5-year forecast;

E.      to move the date, time, and place of the regular November 2007 Board meeting from November 12, 2007 to November 15, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at Wayne Trace High School to allow Board members to attend the OSBA Capital Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

“Before we pass the consent resolution, are there any items you would like to move from the consent agenda to the discussion agenda for further discussion and/or for separate voting purposes?”  NONE

Seconded by Lisa McClure

Roll Call Vote

Baumle, McClure, Stoller, Sinn, Hockenberry – All Aye

Motion Passed

Vantage Report – Les Hockenberry informed the board that OGT scores are better than last year and that enrollment was 230 juniors and 233 seniors.

Report of the Building Principals –

Mr. Lautzenhieser presented the circumstances that led to applying for the Cooper Foundation grant.  With cuts in grant programs a very successful intervention program in Math would have to be curtailed and/or eliminated but through the generosity of the Cooper family we are able to continue the programs.  This grant for $6,000 will pay for a tutor 2 days per week to work with the students.

Committee Reports

Mr. Baumle of the Personnel committee presented the Board with a new Superintendent Evaluation form for their approval.

Superintendent’s Report

A.  Congratulations to Brock Williamson for being selected as the Eastern Region Star in   Agribusiness at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts.  Brock competed against other state stars from the Eastern Region which is made up 18 states ranging from Indiana to up the East Coast.  Brock was eligible to compete for this award after being selected as Ohio’s Star in Agribusiness at the State FFA Convention held last spring in Columbus, Ohio.  Brock is also a national finalist in the area of Vegetable Production.  He has been selected as one of the top four in the country and will be competing at the upcoming National FFA Convention in Indianapolis for this honor.

B.     Congratulations to Wayne Trace Grover Hill and Mr. Lautzenheiser on writing and receiving a Math Intervention Grant sponsored by Cooper Farms.  The focus of the Cooper Farms Math Intervention Grant is to provide a benchmarking module to help students achieve success on the Ohio Achievement Math Test.  The grant will also provide a math intervention specialist two days per week to supplement the 21^st Century Grant.

C.   Requested board members to submit calendar suggestions by November 1.

D.      Commended the primary teachers on their taking time to orally read to the students daily.

E.      The FFA Soil judging team made up of first year students Evan Klopfenstein, Bryant Gerber, Christina Kauser and Eric Priest qualified for the State competition.

F.   Virginia McClain and Jennifer Van Matre, from 2Go! Consultants will be presenting a workshop entitled “Test Without Stress” on October 12, 2007.  The primary focus of the teacher in-service will be on OAT/OGT testing, constructed response strategies, and rubrics.

Consent Agenda Items

10-02-07

On a motion by Pat Baumle one resolution passed by the Board to approve the following consent agenda items:

A.     to commend Brock Williamson for being selected as the Eastern Region Star in   Agribusiness at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts;

B.   to commend Wayne Trace Grover Hill and Mr. Lautzenheiser on writing and receiving a Math Intervention Grant sponsored by Cooper Farms;

C.  to commend Cooper Farms for its continual support of the educational process at Wayne Trace Local Schools;

D.  to accept Rich Miller’s resignation as assistant high school football coach effective September 15, 2007; Mr. Miller will be paid for 31 days for this position;

E.   upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, Athletic Director, and High School Principal, to offer a supplemental contract to Chad Goeltzenleuchter for 24 days for the position of assistant high school football coach for the 2007-2008 school year;

F.      to approve Rich Miller as a volunteer assistant high school football coach for the 2007-2008 school year;

G.     upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and High School Principal, to offer Joni Wenninger a one-year supplemental contract as Choral Accompanist for the 2007-2008 school year;

H.     upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, High School Principal, and Athletic Director, to offer Robert Saylor a one-year supplemental contract as the girls 7^th grade basketball coach for the 2007-2008 school year;

I.        to approve the Public Records policy as recommended by NEOLA and to name Rob Wannemacher as Public Records officer for Wayne Trace Local Schools;

J.       to approve the job description for the Superintendent of Schools as recommended by NEOLA;

added:

K.    to approve Lori Heiby’s trip to the National FFA convention in Indianapolis from October 23-26, 2007;

L.      to approve policy 5517.01 “Bullying and Other Forms of Aggressive Behavior.”

M.   to approve the Superintendent Evaluation Form as presented by the Personnel Committee;

N.    to approve Rich Miller as Volunteer Assistant Girls Basketball Coach;

O.    to approve an overnite trip by the Girls Basketball Team to Grandview the 9^th and 10^th of November.

“Before we pass the consent resolution, are there any items you would like to move from the consent agenda to the discussion agenda for further discussion and/or for separate voting purposes?”  NONE

                        Seconded by Lisa McClure

            Roll Call Vote:

                        Baumle, McClure, Stoller, Sinn, Hockenberry – All Aye

                        Motion Passed

10-03-07

On a motion by Pat Baumle a resolution to go into executive session to discuss personnel issues.

Seconded by Les Hockenberry

            Roll Call Vote:

                        Baumle, Hockenberry, McClure, Stoller, Sinn – All Aye

                        Motion Passed.

            New Business

                        NONE

            Adjournment

10-04-07

A motion by Dale Stoller to adjourn the meeting

                        Seconded by Perry Sinn

            Motion passed by acclamation.

The next Board meeting will be held October 22, 2007

  _____________________________________        ____________________________________

   Les Hockenberry , President                          Robert Wannemacher, Treasurer

High School Principal’s Report
October 8, 2007

Kevin E. Wilson, Principal

Homecoming

This year Homecoming week was a very busy week.  In an attempt to get as many students involved (active) as possible the members of the Student Council came up with many different activities.  A few of the activities were athletic while others such as a chess and checkers tournament were created to increase total student participation.  The senior class was the overall winners for this week and will receive pizza as their prize.  A change from last year was that the Student Council members voted not to reveal the King and Queen until the ceremony before the football game.

On Saturday night the Homecoming Dance was held with great student attendance.  I would like to thank Ms. Fisher and the Student Council members for all their hard work in preparing this   fun-filled week and also Mrs. Annette Sinn and the sophomore class for a wonderful evening filled with dancing.

Staff Professional Development

During our last staff meeting we discussed different assessment methods.  The goal is to make sure we give our students a balance of different assessments.  The two assessment methods discussed were Formative and Summative.  As the year goes along our teachers will be working toward achieving this balance in assessment.

Testing

The week of October 22^nd we will be giving the OGT to any junior or senior who has not yet passes one or more sections.  Last week we did receive the results from the summer testing and it  was well worth the time.  We had four students complete this requirement for graduation.  One   of those students was a member of the class of 2007 and will be receiving their diploma because of the summer testing.  Jessica Davis was the staff member who taught during the week of  instruction and did a great job with all the students.

Student Leadership

Wednesday the 10^th of October Mrs. Fisher will be taking a group of student leaders to Defiance for a Leadership Conference.  This event has always been beneficial for our students.  Last month I included in my report an opportunity to take 21 underclass students to Reading, Michigan for a Leadership Retreat.  The dates we were looking at have been filled so we will be looking at some possible spring dates. 

To:  Mr. Gerber, Mr. Baumle, Mr. Hockenberry, Mrs. McClure, Mr. Sinn, Mr. Stoller, and Mr. Wannemacher

From:  Sarah Deatrick 

Date: October, 2007

1- Grandparents’ Day celebrations went well.  We had over 200 adults join us for lunch.

2- We will be meeting with the ScottForesman representative on Tuesday the 9^th to discuss their social studies series.

3- We will have our Halloween Parade on the 31^st at 1:30pm. 

4- The first Market Day month went very well.  We had 110 orders that totaled $4300.  Because we had over 100 customers during our first month, we also earned an additional $100.  We will continue Market Day each month through June.

5- As of 9/29 our students have answered 75,126 Study Island questions.

6- On October 2^nd, our 3^rd Graders took the Fall Reading Ohio Achievement Test.  Results are due November 9^th.

7- We have already had two students reach over 100 AR points this nine weeks.  The new program allows us to access all AR quizzes which is over 100,000.  One student commented that she ran out of books to read last year, and she was excited she would have more options.  The Payne and Paulding libraries are aware of how to access that list.  It is accessible at www.renlearn.com.

Report to the Wayne Trace Board of Education
Monday, October 8, 2007
Wayne Trace Grover Hill Elementary
Alan Lautzenheiser, Principal

1. Students of the Month for September are: Kobe Smith; Claire Sinn; Emily Williams; Noah Hasch; Megan Moore; Gracie Gudakunst; Emil Stoller; Allie Boroff; Luke Miller; Emily Beech; Kelsee Rittenhouse; Alexis Flores; Bailey Poling; Justin Letutour; and Leigha Flores.

2. Professional Development – Carol Swary met with teachers in grades 3-6 recently at WTGH.  The purpose of this meeting was to go over what constitutes AYP and other factors that impact our building and district report card. We also trained staff in the utilization of the Success website to analyze OAT data and develop strategies for implementation in the curriculum of methods to address what the data has shown us about individual pupil performance.

3. The third grade students took the fall Ohio Achievement Test in reading the week of October 1.

 4. The 21^st Century After School Program will begin the week of October 15. The focus of the academic portion of the program will be in the curriculum areas of reading and math. Both sections of the program filled up quickly with students already on the waiting list. We are excited that the 21^st Century Grant was able to be renewed for another five years.

5. We are also excited to receive a Cooper Foods Grant to be used in the area of math intervention. The loss of Ohio Reads and the reduction of Title 1 money has put a real crimp on our intervention opportunities. Last year when we thought the 21^st Century grant would not be renewed, I wrote a Cooper Grant to try to continue an effective intervention program. The Cooper Grant will allow us to continue math intervention at WTGH as well as augmenting the 21^st Century money which is reduced under the new grant.

6. Ray and I have examined the damage from our vandalism incident. Ray’s attempts to clean the material from the side of the building have not been successful.  It will probably require sandblasting. The rental of a sandblaster and materials will likely cost in the neighborhood of $600-$700 dollars.