July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Auxiliary gym meeting set (04/24/07)
Jay School Board
By By JENNIFER TARTER-
Plans for an estimated $4.6 million gym/multipurpose facility at Jay County High School will be unveiled at a Public Law 1028 bond hearing in May.
Jay School Board members approved a resolution Monday setting the hearing for May 21 at 6 p.m. at the corporation administrative offices, 404 E. Arch St., Portland.
Jay School Corporation superintendent Tim Long said Monday that the project will be outlined and the financial plans will also be discussed at the hearing, which will be followed by the board's regular monthly meeting.
Long said that he envisions the facility as a single level building, between 32,000 and 42,000-square-feet that can be used for multiple activities including sporting events and practices, physical education classes, drama and band functions, and public events such as craft shows.
Also Monday, board members voted to allocate $25,000 to the JCHS band to purchase equipment. Band officials requested $50,000 but Long said that the board can revisit the request and consider donating an additional $25,000 later this year.
Board member Frank Vormohr mentioned that this is the first time he remembers the band requesting funds. Long said that band officials plan to replace several large instruments that are not purchased by students.
In other business, the board heard Long discuss the corporation's plans for full-day kindergarten.
Long said the state legislature should make a decision on full-day kindergarten by April 29.
He added that 252 students have registered for kindergarten for the 2007-08 school year and it is estimated that three more staff members will have to be added if the corporation offers full-day kindergarten.
"Kindergarten is the most important grade. Students get their first taste of school. If they get a bad taste in their mouths then its carried with them," Long said.
He added that he will plan a special meeting for parents if full-day kindergarten is approved.
"We want to let people know as soon as possible," Long said.
Also, board members voted to enter into a cooperative along with more than 20 area public school corporations to purchase natural gas. Joining the East Central Indiana Natural Gas Co-op is expected to save the school corporation thousands of dollars on natural gas each year.
Jay School Corporation business manager Brad DeRome told the board that the corporation spent $301,000 on natural gas in 2006, an increase of almost 100 percent from the $174,000 spent in 2000.
The corporation will pay $1,000 to join the group.
Long said that he heard a school corporation in New Castle saved approximately $40,000 in two years as part of the co-op.
Also at Monday's meeting, the board voted to offer English/language arts and math summer school classes at the middle school. Summer school has not been offered to middle school students. The six-week classes will begin on June 4 and end on July 13. He added that the creation of these classes is contingent on the required number of students signing up for classes.
Plans for summer school at the elementary schools and high school will remain the same as previous years, Long said.
In other business, board members:
•Voted to pay K.R. Montgomery & Associated of Anderson up to $12,990 for design services at East Elementary and JCHS. The company will submit design plans and drawings of their ideas to create classrooms at East Elementary and design the interior of the existing gym at JCHS. The company will look at the color, lighting and banner placement of the gym.
•Heard Long reported that the walls of the new technology center at JCHS will be going up in less than a month.
•Unanimously approved a lease agreement with West Jay Community Center to use the gymnasium at the center for basketball practice for West Jay Middle School students on Monday through Thursday afternoons and for evening basketball games for Redkey and Westlawn Elementary students. The corporation will pay the center $2,400 a year and an additional $20 for every evening the gym is used by students.
•Will meet on May 2 at 6 p.m. to discuss health insurance and teacher contracts. DeRome told the board Monday that insurance rates increased 14 percent and he is currently seeking insurance quotes.
•Named corporation payroll coordinator Violet Current as the authorized agent for the Public Employee's Retirement Fund.
•Congratulated East Jay Middle School seventh grader Heng Hong on his being named the middle school winner of the Indiana Department of Education's 2007 K-12 English as a Second Language Conference Art Contest held in March in Indianapolis. Hong was present at the meeting with his parents Vantha and Wesley Watson. For a photo of Hong with his winning drawing, see page 3.
•Voted to pay $3,850 to Neola, Inc. of Stow, Ohio to place a web link on the corporation's website to a copy of the board's policies. The board will pay the company an additional $1,925 a year to keep the web page updated. The site will allow the public, board members and staff access to an updated version of the policies and allows them to quickly search for a policy. Field trip permission forms and other forms can also be printed from the website, Long told the board.
•Heard a report from Kathy Littler from the gifted and talented broad-based planning committee on its program at General Shanks Elementary. She told the board that the committee discussed changing period lengths to have more instructional time with the students for the 2007-08 school year.
•Heard a report on several student handbook changes - including new language on cell phones and physical education dress code at the middle and high schools. These changes will be forwarded to the board to be reviewed and will be discussed at its May 21 meeting.
•Approved the hiring of Melissa L. Goodman as a part-time food service employee at Redkey Elementary, Rebecca Jessup as a volunteer at Westlawn Elementary, Ted Habegger and Dennis Dwiggins as driver education instructors at JCHS and Rachel Stultz as a special education instructional assistant at East Elementary.
•Accepted the retirement of food service employees Judith Newsome and Janice Hampshire and custodian Michael Wendel. All three of these employees had more than 15 years of service with the school corporation.
•Granted a leave request for school bus driver Nancy Valentine.
•Approved ECA recommendations for Larry Stultz as a volunteer boys' track coach at WJMS.
•Accepted ECA resignations for Warren Lowe, Sharon Davis and Kelley Fraze and resignations from teachers James Aich, Lisa Zehringer and LeNae Abnet.
•Approved a conflict of interest disclosure statement for Brad DeRome to approve the hire of his wife Lisa DeRome as a substitute nurse.
•Granted field trip requests for students in the ag mechanics class to travel to Northwestern College in Lima, Ohio on April 26; students from the pre-vocational club to visit Newport Aquarium in Newport, Ky. on April 2; and foreign language club members to travel to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio on May 19.
•Approved bus requests from the Jay Community Center to allow the girls and boys clubs to travel to Bearcreek Farms on April 27 and 28; Jay County Historical Society to take the Portland High School 1947 alumni on a bus tour of Jay County on June 16; Jay County Girl Scouts to Bearcreek Farms on April 19; preschoolers of Zion Early Learning Center on a trip on May 16; and Jackson Township Parochial School to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on April 27.[[In-content Ad]]A shuffling of school administrators will leave Jeremy Gulley as Jay County High School principal and Wood Barwick as the corporation's assistant superintendent.
Jay School Corporation superintendent Tim Long made the recommendation at Monday's Jay School Board meeting, which was unanimously approved by school board members. The changes are effective July 1.
Gulley is currently JCHS assistant principal/dean of students and Barwick is JCHS principal.
East Jay Middle School assistant principal Sean McConnell was also named the assistant principal at JCHS.
Following the administrative changes, Barwick's salary will be $82,500, Gulley will be paid $73,000 and McConnell's salary will be $65,000.
Jay School Board members approved a resolution Monday setting the hearing for May 21 at 6 p.m. at the corporation administrative offices, 404 E. Arch St., Portland.
Jay School Corporation superintendent Tim Long said Monday that the project will be outlined and the financial plans will also be discussed at the hearing, which will be followed by the board's regular monthly meeting.
Long said that he envisions the facility as a single level building, between 32,000 and 42,000-square-feet that can be used for multiple activities including sporting events and practices, physical education classes, drama and band functions, and public events such as craft shows.
Also Monday, board members voted to allocate $25,000 to the JCHS band to purchase equipment. Band officials requested $50,000 but Long said that the board can revisit the request and consider donating an additional $25,000 later this year.
Board member Frank Vormohr mentioned that this is the first time he remembers the band requesting funds. Long said that band officials plan to replace several large instruments that are not purchased by students.
In other business, the board heard Long discuss the corporation's plans for full-day kindergarten.
Long said the state legislature should make a decision on full-day kindergarten by April 29.
He added that 252 students have registered for kindergarten for the 2007-08 school year and it is estimated that three more staff members will have to be added if the corporation offers full-day kindergarten.
"Kindergarten is the most important grade. Students get their first taste of school. If they get a bad taste in their mouths then its carried with them," Long said.
He added that he will plan a special meeting for parents if full-day kindergarten is approved.
"We want to let people know as soon as possible," Long said.
Also, board members voted to enter into a cooperative along with more than 20 area public school corporations to purchase natural gas. Joining the East Central Indiana Natural Gas Co-op is expected to save the school corporation thousands of dollars on natural gas each year.
Jay School Corporation business manager Brad DeRome told the board that the corporation spent $301,000 on natural gas in 2006, an increase of almost 100 percent from the $174,000 spent in 2000.
The corporation will pay $1,000 to join the group.
Long said that he heard a school corporation in New Castle saved approximately $40,000 in two years as part of the co-op.
Also at Monday's meeting, the board voted to offer English/language arts and math summer school classes at the middle school. Summer school has not been offered to middle school students. The six-week classes will begin on June 4 and end on July 13. He added that the creation of these classes is contingent on the required number of students signing up for classes.
Plans for summer school at the elementary schools and high school will remain the same as previous years, Long said.
In other business, board members:
•Voted to pay K.R. Montgomery & Associated of Anderson up to $12,990 for design services at East Elementary and JCHS. The company will submit design plans and drawings of their ideas to create classrooms at East Elementary and design the interior of the existing gym at JCHS. The company will look at the color, lighting and banner placement of the gym.
•Heard Long reported that the walls of the new technology center at JCHS will be going up in less than a month.
•Unanimously approved a lease agreement with West Jay Community Center to use the gymnasium at the center for basketball practice for West Jay Middle School students on Monday through Thursday afternoons and for evening basketball games for Redkey and Westlawn Elementary students. The corporation will pay the center $2,400 a year and an additional $20 for every evening the gym is used by students.
•Will meet on May 2 at 6 p.m. to discuss health insurance and teacher contracts. DeRome told the board Monday that insurance rates increased 14 percent and he is currently seeking insurance quotes.
•Named corporation payroll coordinator Violet Current as the authorized agent for the Public Employee's Retirement Fund.
•Congratulated East Jay Middle School seventh grader Heng Hong on his being named the middle school winner of the Indiana Department of Education's 2007 K-12 English as a Second Language Conference Art Contest held in March in Indianapolis. Hong was present at the meeting with his parents Vantha and Wesley Watson. For a photo of Hong with his winning drawing, see page 3.
•Voted to pay $3,850 to Neola, Inc. of Stow, Ohio to place a web link on the corporation's website to a copy of the board's policies. The board will pay the company an additional $1,925 a year to keep the web page updated. The site will allow the public, board members and staff access to an updated version of the policies and allows them to quickly search for a policy. Field trip permission forms and other forms can also be printed from the website, Long told the board.
•Heard a report from Kathy Littler from the gifted and talented broad-based planning committee on its program at General Shanks Elementary. She told the board that the committee discussed changing period lengths to have more instructional time with the students for the 2007-08 school year.
•Heard a report on several student handbook changes - including new language on cell phones and physical education dress code at the middle and high schools. These changes will be forwarded to the board to be reviewed and will be discussed at its May 21 meeting.
•Approved the hiring of Melissa L. Goodman as a part-time food service employee at Redkey Elementary, Rebecca Jessup as a volunteer at Westlawn Elementary, Ted Habegger and Dennis Dwiggins as driver education instructors at JCHS and Rachel Stultz as a special education instructional assistant at East Elementary.
•Accepted the retirement of food service employees Judith Newsome and Janice Hampshire and custodian Michael Wendel. All three of these employees had more than 15 years of service with the school corporation.
•Granted a leave request for school bus driver Nancy Valentine.
•Approved ECA recommendations for Larry Stultz as a volunteer boys' track coach at WJMS.
•Accepted ECA resignations for Warren Lowe, Sharon Davis and Kelley Fraze and resignations from teachers James Aich, Lisa Zehringer and LeNae Abnet.
•Approved a conflict of interest disclosure statement for Brad DeRome to approve the hire of his wife Lisa DeRome as a substitute nurse.
•Granted field trip requests for students in the ag mechanics class to travel to Northwestern College in Lima, Ohio on April 26; students from the pre-vocational club to visit Newport Aquarium in Newport, Ky. on April 2; and foreign language club members to travel to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio on May 19.
•Approved bus requests from the Jay Community Center to allow the girls and boys clubs to travel to Bearcreek Farms on April 27 and 28; Jay County Historical Society to take the Portland High School 1947 alumni on a bus tour of Jay County on June 16; Jay County Girl Scouts to Bearcreek Farms on April 19; preschoolers of Zion Early Learning Center on a trip on May 16; and Jackson Township Parochial School to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on April 27.[[In-content Ad]]A shuffling of school administrators will leave Jeremy Gulley as Jay County High School principal and Wood Barwick as the corporation's assistant superintendent.
Jay School Corporation superintendent Tim Long made the recommendation at Monday's Jay School Board meeting, which was unanimously approved by school board members. The changes are effective July 1.
Gulley is currently JCHS assistant principal/dean of students and Barwick is JCHS principal.
East Jay Middle School assistant principal Sean McConnell was also named the assistant principal at JCHS.
Following the administrative changes, Barwick's salary will be $82,500, Gulley will be paid $73,000 and McConnell's salary will be $65,000.
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