Fort schools earn Blue Ribbon awards (10/11/06)

FORT RECOVERY - State and national honors keep coming in for Fort Recovery High School.

Ohio recognized FRHS at a ceremony today in Columbus conducted by the board on Schools of Distinction, and in November the school will be honored in Washington, D.C., as a Blue Ribbon School nationally.

This is the second year in a row that FRHS has been recognized by the Schools of Distinction program.

Fort school board members accepted the retirement resignation of longtime elementary school principal Nancy Knapke at Tuesday night's meeting. Her retirement is effective Dec. 1.

In other action, the board:

•Learned that a celebration concluding the "Fit at the Fort" program, which has involved students and staff over the past few weeks, will be held at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at the gymnasium of the elementary and middle school. Students and staff members have been wearing pedometers to measure how far they have walked.

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• Approved a memorandum of understanding making minor modifications in the teachers contract with the Fort Recovery Education Association.

• Approved swimming as a high school sport for boys and girls and approved bowling as a high school sport for boys.

• Accepted Jill Hull as volunteer swimming coach.

• Set the next meeting of the District Input Team for Jan. 22.

• Learned that career day at Fort Recovery High School will be held on Nov. 20.

• Approved supplemental contracts for Jennifer Grieshop, Jan Hickerson, Brenda Kaup, and Kathy Schwieterman as continuous improvement plan unit coordinators.[[In-content Ad]]