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The Wayne Trace
Local District Board of Education met in regular session on Monday
August 11, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Room of Wayne Trace High
School.
Pledge
of Allegiance was led by Les Hockenberry.
Roll
Call
Mrs. McClure, Mr. Stoller, Mr. Sinn, Mr. Baumle,
Mr. Hockenberry – all present
Correspondence, Recognition of Guests, Hearing of the Public
New Staff were introduced to the Board:
Mrs. Kelley Stouffer – Payne 5th
grade teaching Math, Science and Social Studies
Mr. Zachary Miller – High School English. –
graduate of Bowling Green State Univ.
Mrs. Lisa Elick – High School Business – has
taught post-secondary for many years.
Mr. Robbie Lucas – 5-12 Music and Choral –
graduate of Otterbein College
The Board welcomed all to Wayne Trace and wished
them the best for the coming year.
Report of the Treasurer
08-01-08
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 July 14 and July 21, 2008 Board Meetings;
B. to
approve the investment report and payment of bills as presented by the
treasurer;
C.
to approve the service agreement contract with NOACSC for the
2008/2009 fiscal year
“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?”
Seconded by Lisa McClure.
Roll
Call Vote:
Baumle, McClure, Stoller, Sinn, Hockenberry –
All aye
Motion Passed.
Vantage Report –
Juniors will start a day before the
seniors, Carpentry house has started, Vantage board meeting on October 2
will be at Wayne Trace.
Report of the Building Principals
See attached
Committee Reports
New concession stand is progressing. Old stand
was removed.
Superintendent’s Report
A.
Wayne Trace received a letter of notification from the Center for
School Improvement that we received a Learn and Serve America Grant in
the amount of $10,000. The Learn and Serve projects tie service to
curriculum with student reflection. One of the goals of Learn and Serve
is to create a desire in the students to volunteer in their community
when they become adult age. The Learn and Serve Grant was written by Jo
Ellen Sisson, Susie Johnson, and Carol Swary;
B.
The instructional staff from WTHS, WTGH, and WTPE will be
attending and participating in the Bluffton Technology Fair on October
17, 2008. Teachers from all three campuses will be attending technology
sessions that best meet the needs of their students. Keynote Speaker
John Lester will also interact with the teachers and discuss ways and
means to incorporate Differentiated Learning into their classrooms.
Consent Agenda Items
08-02-08
On a motion by Lisa McClure one
resolution passed by the Board to approve the following consent agenda
items:
A.
to commend Tim Baker and Zach Gerber on an outstanding job in
preparing our bus fleet for state inspection. Tim and Zach were very
dedicated to this process. The State Highway Patrol Officer and the two
DOT inspectors stated that Wayne Trace is one the top school districts
in preparing their buses for state inspection. We appreciate the fact
that Mr. Baker takes a lot of pride in making this process a priority;
B.
to commend the Wayne Trace Maintenance/Custodial staff of Bill
Childs, Jerry Crone, Kenny Speice, Mary Comer, and Ray Speice for their
outstanding work effort in cleaning and preparing our three campuses for
opening day. They take a lot of pride in their jobs and it shows in
each building. Our student helpers, which include Patrick Comer, Dylan
Haney, and Angelo Harris are also commended for their assistance in
cleaning our buildings throughout the summer months;
C.
to commend grounds keeper William Carpenter for his outstanding
effort in keeping the Wayne Trace Jr./Sr. High School grounds mowed and
trimmed. We appreciate the fact that William takes a lot of pride and
care in his work;
D.
to commend WTHS Principal, Mr. Kevin Wilson, for working during
his July vacation in order to interview and fill teaching positions that
became vacant late into the summer. Mr. Wilson’s desire to fill these
positions took priority over his own personal time and interests;
E.
to accept the retirement resignation of Rita Lambert, head cook
at Wayne Trace Grover Hill Elementary effective October 1, 2008;
F.
upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and Jr./Sr. High
School Principal, to offer Lisa Elick a 1-year limited contract as High
School Business Teacher for the 2008-2009 school year with placement on
salary schedule and terms of employment per master contract;
G.
upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, Jr./Sr. High
School Principal, and Athletic Director, to approve Ryan Lambert as a
volunteer coach for Jr. High football and Anita Branch and Terry
Campbell as volunteer coaches for Cross Country for the 2008-2009 school
year;
H.
to approve the Wayne Trace Local School District Goals for the
2008-2009 school year;
I.
to approve all Lab Fees and Workbook Fees submitted by the
building principals for Wayne Trace Payne Elementary, Wayne Trace Grover
Hill Elementary, and Wayne Trace Jr./Sr. High School;
J.
to approve the Wayne Trace Student Code of Conduct that will be
posted in all three buildings and all three Student/Parent Handbooks;
K.
to approve the state resident tuition rate at $4,121.02 and the
out-of-state tuition rate at $7,958.66 for the 2008-2009 school
year for Wayne Trace as established by Ohio Revised Code;
L.
to enter into a contract with Safe Start Driving School to
provide drive education training for students at a cost of $326.00 per
student;
M.
upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and Jr/Sr High
School Principal, to offer Zachary S. Miller a 1 year limited contract
as High School English Teacher for the 2008-2009 school year with
placement on salary schedule and terms of employment per master
contract;
N.
to approve a nine week leave of absence for Nancy Sweeney for
health reasons.
“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 Pat Baumle
Roll
Call Vote:
McClure, Baumle, Stoller, Sinn, Hockenberry –
All Aye
Motion Passed
08-03-08
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
08-04-08
On a motion by Perry Sinn a resolution
to adjourn the meeting
Seconded by Dale Stoller
Roll
Call Vote:
Sinn, Stoller, McClure, Baumle, Hockenberry –
all aye
Motion Passed.
The next Board meeting will be held
September 8, 2008.
Report to the Wayne Trace Board of
Education
Monday, August 11, 2008
Wayne Trace Grover Hill Elementary –
Alan Lautzenheiser, Principal
Summer work is on
schedule and we are looking forward to the return of students to WTGH.
Teachers have been working in their classrooms and as of this report we
have registered 8 new students for this fall.
Two teachers, Mrs.
Davis and Mrs. Beining attended a conference on differentiated
instruction this summer. They are also part of differentiated
instruction training that is taking place locally at the NPAC as a train
the trainer program. They will be the lead individuals for training WTGH
staff on effectively differentiating instruction in the classroom. This
has the effect of meeting individual students learning styles and will
help foster our goals for success. The combining of grade 5 into 1
section with an aide has enabled us to double classroom size in grades
4-6. This will enable teachers to utilize learning stations and labs and
will make the implementation of differentiation more effective.
Opening day
meetings are scheduled with the staff for 10:00 on August 19. Open house
will also take place on this day from 5:30 until 7:00.
We started out the
summer by contacting as many companies as we could locate to take a look
at our pull out stage. Every one of them told us that they weren’t made
anymore and that our options were severely limited. We continued to look
and we have found a representative for the company that built and
installed the original stage. That is the good news. The bad news is
that the company no longer makes the stage in the height that we would
need it. They only make a 24 inch version which would result in
approximately a 6 inch drop from the permanent portion of the stage to
the pull out portion. This would be a safety issue. The other negative
is that the cost to replace it with the lower stage would be $18,500.00.
The representative has offered to send a crew to refurbish our current
stage for a cost of $2800.00. At Brian’s direction, I have contacted the
company to go that route and am in the process of getting that
scheduled.
The WTGH
Parent/Student Handbook is ready for approval by the board. The only
changes from last year’s handbook is some minor language changes to make
sure that WTGH and WTPE were parallel and the inclusion of the handbook
material from NELOA. The book fees for WTGH are also ready for your
approval.
Brian and I will
be meeting with Janet Sinn on August 14 to finalize plans for playground
improvements and tree removal plans.
To: Mr. Gerber,
Mr. Baumle, Mr. Hockenberry, Mrs. McClure, Mr. Sinn, Mr. Stoller, and
Mr. Wannemacher
From: Sarah
Deatrick
Date: August, 2008
Subject: Principal’s Report for
August
1- We would like
to welcome Kelly Stouffer as our new 5th grade teacher. We
are excited to have as part of the WTPE staff. And we are excited to
have a second 5th grade teacher.
2- Cindy Crosby
will be subbing for Mrs. Sweeney while she is on medical leave.
3- After
receiving the scores for the OAT, we will be analyzing the data and
discussing what we need to do to better help the students prepare for
the test. Our teachers and students work very hard, so it is not an
issue of working hard, we just have to figure out what we need to do to
work smarter.
4- Our PTO took
over Market Day for the months of July and August. Thank you to the
PTO!!! We will continue again with each grade level and the office
being responsible for a month.
5- Last school
year, the WTPE students went wild with reading. We had great success
with AR, and our students were excited about what they were reading. We
had so much fun with our students and their successes that we are
building on that with our theme for the year. We are going to adopt
“WTPE is Wild About Reading” as our theme. We are going to be doing
some fun activities so the students can share their excitement about the
books they are reading.
6- We have built
into the schedule a time for Study Island for 5th and 6th
grade. We will be using that time to utilize Study Island and also have
that time available for additional OAT practice and intervention time.
7- In April we
will begin our Saturday OAT Booster classes.
8- As usual, Bill
Childs and Jerry Crone have this building shining. It looks fantastic!
Jerry has added some painting touches that have really added some great
color and accents. Our helper this year has been Angelo Harris. He has
done a great job!
9- Our Open House
will be on Tuesday, August 19th from 5-6:30pm.
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