School Board looking at $11.7 million budget

Board Secretary Greg Wheaton abstained on both, citing conflict of interest since he is a school district employee who reports to the superintendent.

The Superintendent is the Chief Executive Officer of the district. Band Director Ed Marquette said Nayman performed this song February 9 in concert with the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) All-State Band. “I look forward to working with the board, faculty and staff and the community to continue to productively move the district forward in their pursuit of academic excellence”.

This is following last week’s A.L.I.C.E Training and Hannibal’s middle school and high school.

Supt. Craig Olson said, “We have done a great job in Hayward to discourage (violence in school)”.

Only four of the seven members of the Board of Education were present Monday night and they raised no questions about the proposal.

The UIP also shows graduation and completion statics, which have improved over the years.

Lane said last week there is precedent for granting attendance waivers due to “extenuating circumstances”.

While that’s a positive trend, social emotional survey data is showing a slight decrease in attendance rates, about 1 percent each year, at secondary schools.

Reyes said the students at West and Wright proposed staggering buses to reduce crowds and alleviate conflicts at the south transfer point.

At Lyn Knoll, one of the popular innovations involved letting students have physical education every day of the week, something not common in many schools.

He joked, “They still call me to ask, ‘Where are these pipes buried?'”

The Thompson School District hired consultants McPherson and Jacobson to help with a nationwide search to replace Scheer, who is retiring June 30.

The board recognized outstanding achievements of the winter sports teams and student-athletes, and then accepted donations totaling almost $14,000 from the Galion Booster Club, Christ United Methodist Church Mission Fund, the Arthur J. Freese Charitable Trust and the Walter R. Hessenauer Trust for various areas of district operations.

“I think we can agree that this trend of cost is borderline not sustainable”, said Mazzocchi. “We have teachers that leave us to go to other districts to make more money, and we have a tough time bringing in teachers and retaining good teachers”.

A parent talking about school security upgrades.

Carrie suggested putting out a survey to find out what students see as incentives.

“Getting it in February and trying to pass it in six weeks, to me, is a little overwhelming”, Connors said.

“We’re going to double that class in size”, Campbell said.

Church, residents discussed how to address school officials today at a school board meeting.

The high school will change from serving students grades 8 through 12 to 9 through 12.

By having most students attend their home school, school officials say they can more effectively balance school enrollments.

“My opponent has been on the school board for three years”.

Yocum pointed out that engagement to her is being welcome somewhere, because someone knows her name. “I’m sorry this was not done in a professional, just way”.

“Probably the number one item that we have in the community coming from the community is that they do not trust the district. they probably trust the district, they don’t trust the board and the administration”, candidate David Jordan said.