July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Greenhouse gets green light (10/28/03)
Board approves completion of construction
With the unanimous approval of the Jay School Board Monday evening, the Jay County High School’s Greenhouse Project has been given full approval to complete construction.
The project has a total of $76,314.13 on hand, and the entire project has been estimated at around $193,398.
With the pledges, grants and fund-raising money, the Greenhouse Project has raised an estimated total of $200,064.12.
The Jay School Corporation is pledging a portable classroom, which will be located next to the greenhouse at the site just southwest of the high school. The classroom will cost approximately $32,500.
The project is also dependent on three grants that will total $70,000. Two Area 18 Grants — one for a new program and another for equipment funds — will provide $30,000 and $35,000, respectively. The Portland Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant.
There is also a total of $21,250 in other pledges, including labor and additional equipment.
“I continue to be amazed at all the high tech stuff,” board president Duane Starr said about the project. “This isn’t going to be your grandpa’s greenhouse, this thing is going to be state-of-the-art.”
The fund-raising goal was originally set at $80,000 that would have just built a greenhouse on the school grounds. Now, because of the surge in donations and individuals who have volunteered labor and supplies, the plans have expanded. The site will have a greenhouse, classroom, specialized watering systems, computers, intercoms, environmental controls and an aqua-culture lab.
Jay Schools Supt. Barbara Downing said the money from the Area 18 grants will come in over the next couple months, and not in one lump sum.
JCHS agriculture instructor Bob Lyons told board members he wanted to make sure the building was completed before Christmas time. The only holdup would be extremely cold weather. Lyons said that if grant money and pledges were slow to come in, they would put off buying equipment to ensure the building was completed in time.
In other business Monday, the board:
•Voted 6-0 to give the corporation permission to advertise for bids on school buses. The corporation is looking to purchase 16 conventional school buses, one special needs bus and a possibly a larger higher capacity bus/extra curricular bus.
•Approved the Teacher Retirement Fund resolution, that permits teachers who have been a part of the TRF for five years to choose to made additional voluntary contributions to their annuity savings accounts on a pre-tax basis.
•Accepted donations of $600 from Sprint for red ribbon week activities and $541 from Altrusa for first grade reading books.
•Heard Downing announced that the school has been awarded three grants: Title IV, Part A Grant for $20,721 to partially fund gifted/talented teacher; Indiana GT Grant, $17,268 for gifted/talented costs; and a Safe Havens Grant for $14,115, to fund after-school activities for schools in the western part of the county.
•Unanimously accepted the resignation of James Cox, custodian, East Jay Middle School.
•Hired the following individuals: Jennifer Rathbun, sixth grade teacher, General Shanks Elementary; Jim Cox, special education teacher, EJMS; William Lawhorn, custodian, EJMS; Sarah Harris, transportation instructional assistant; Rotch Shope, custodian, JCHS; Curtis Chapman, custodian, JCHS; Teresa Gibbs, pre-school instructional assistant.
•Approved the following recommendations: Linda Heitkamp, yearbook sponsor, Bloomfield; Ron Homan, boys basketball coach, Bloomfield; Valerie Laux, student council sponsor, Bloomfield; Shelly May, Just Say No Sponsor, Bloomfield; Kelly Hemmelgarn, Just Say No Sponsor, Bloomfield; Edward Wellman, girls basketball coach, Bloomfield; Linda Wellman, volunteer girls basketball coach, Bloomfield.
Kenneth Daniels, boys basketball coach, East Elementary; Kristina Caupp, volunteer girls basketball coach, East; Jack Houck, boys basketball coach, General Shanks; Michelle Michael, parent volunteer, Pennville Elementary; Marla Coleman, parent volunteer, Pennville; Donnie Friddle, boys basketball coach, Redkey Elementary; Julie Barlow, girls basketball coach, Redkey; Lavonne Hendee, parent volunteer, Redkey; Teresa Gibbs, girls basketball coach, Westlawn Elementary; Robert C. Ford, boys basketball coach, Westlawn.
Katherine Nelson, cheer coach, Westlawn; Steve Abbett, newspaper sponsor, EJMS; Ed Geesaman, eighth grade girls basketball coach, EJMS; Greg Garringer, wrestling coach, EJMS; Tom Leonhard, assistant wrestling coach, EJMS; Connie Lyons, seventh grade girls basketball coach, EJMS; Andrea Weekley, eighth grade girls basketball, WJMS; Amy Hanna, sixth grade girls basketball coach, WJMS; Rodney Craig, eighth grade boys basketball coach, WJMS.
Thomas Crouch, seventh grade boys basketball coach, WJMS; Nathan Smith, sixth grade boys basketball coach, WJMS; Dan Orr, Earthwatch Sponsor, JCHS; Randy Mann, assistant wrestling coach, JCHS; Eric LeMaster, assistant wrestling coach, JCHS; Rick Wellman, freshman girls basketball coach, JCHS; Andrew Isch, freshman boys basketball coach, JCHS; Becky Wellman, volunteer girls basketball coach, JCHS; Chris Myers, volunteer wrestling coach, JCHS; Craig Campbell, substitute dean of students, JCHS.
•Granted the following leave requests: Sally LeMaster, medical leave, General Shanks, Sept. 4 through Oct. 12; Linda Burkhardt, Westlawn Elementary, medical leave from Sept. 24 until Oct. 13; Shirley Rogers, physical education teacher, medical leave from Sept. 30 until around Nov. 14; Tommy Phillips, WJMS teacher, continuation of military leave, Sept. 29 until Nov. 24; Jeremy Gulley, JCHS dean of students, military leave from Oct. 25 until Nov. 8 and Jan. 2 until Oct. 31.
•Approved the first cycle driver’s education contracts for Ted Habegger and Dennis Dwiggins.
•Unanimously approved the following field trip requests: JCHS FFA Club, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, to Louisville, Ky. for National FFA Convention; JCHS Life Skills Students, Nov. 7-8, Randolph County Farm; JCHS Poultry Judging Team, Nov. 18-22, Louisville, Ky. for a National Judging Contest; JCHS German Club, Dec. 8, Chicago, Ill., to visit German Village and Christmas Market; G.O.A.L. students, April 14 and 15, Dearborn, Mich., to the Henry Ford Museum; EJMS Band and Choir, last student day of 2003-04 school year, Kings Island Amusement Park; JCHS Patriot Band, May 29, Orlando, Fla., to Disney World Magic Music Days Parade; JCHS Patriot Band, Aug. 2-4, Oxford, Ohio, Miami University for annual band camp.
•Granted the use of school corporation bus to: Jay County Girl Scouts, Indianapolis, Conseco Field House, Disney on Ice performance, Dec, 6; Jay County Girls Scouts, Daleville, Girl Scout Service Center, council-wide cookie sales kick off program.[[In-content Ad]]
The project has a total of $76,314.13 on hand, and the entire project has been estimated at around $193,398.
With the pledges, grants and fund-raising money, the Greenhouse Project has raised an estimated total of $200,064.12.
The Jay School Corporation is pledging a portable classroom, which will be located next to the greenhouse at the site just southwest of the high school. The classroom will cost approximately $32,500.
The project is also dependent on three grants that will total $70,000. Two Area 18 Grants — one for a new program and another for equipment funds — will provide $30,000 and $35,000, respectively. The Portland Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant.
There is also a total of $21,250 in other pledges, including labor and additional equipment.
“I continue to be amazed at all the high tech stuff,” board president Duane Starr said about the project. “This isn’t going to be your grandpa’s greenhouse, this thing is going to be state-of-the-art.”
The fund-raising goal was originally set at $80,000 that would have just built a greenhouse on the school grounds. Now, because of the surge in donations and individuals who have volunteered labor and supplies, the plans have expanded. The site will have a greenhouse, classroom, specialized watering systems, computers, intercoms, environmental controls and an aqua-culture lab.
Jay Schools Supt. Barbara Downing said the money from the Area 18 grants will come in over the next couple months, and not in one lump sum.
JCHS agriculture instructor Bob Lyons told board members he wanted to make sure the building was completed before Christmas time. The only holdup would be extremely cold weather. Lyons said that if grant money and pledges were slow to come in, they would put off buying equipment to ensure the building was completed in time.
In other business Monday, the board:
•Voted 6-0 to give the corporation permission to advertise for bids on school buses. The corporation is looking to purchase 16 conventional school buses, one special needs bus and a possibly a larger higher capacity bus/extra curricular bus.
•Approved the Teacher Retirement Fund resolution, that permits teachers who have been a part of the TRF for five years to choose to made additional voluntary contributions to their annuity savings accounts on a pre-tax basis.
•Accepted donations of $600 from Sprint for red ribbon week activities and $541 from Altrusa for first grade reading books.
•Heard Downing announced that the school has been awarded three grants: Title IV, Part A Grant for $20,721 to partially fund gifted/talented teacher; Indiana GT Grant, $17,268 for gifted/talented costs; and a Safe Havens Grant for $14,115, to fund after-school activities for schools in the western part of the county.
•Unanimously accepted the resignation of James Cox, custodian, East Jay Middle School.
•Hired the following individuals: Jennifer Rathbun, sixth grade teacher, General Shanks Elementary; Jim Cox, special education teacher, EJMS; William Lawhorn, custodian, EJMS; Sarah Harris, transportation instructional assistant; Rotch Shope, custodian, JCHS; Curtis Chapman, custodian, JCHS; Teresa Gibbs, pre-school instructional assistant.
•Approved the following recommendations: Linda Heitkamp, yearbook sponsor, Bloomfield; Ron Homan, boys basketball coach, Bloomfield; Valerie Laux, student council sponsor, Bloomfield; Shelly May, Just Say No Sponsor, Bloomfield; Kelly Hemmelgarn, Just Say No Sponsor, Bloomfield; Edward Wellman, girls basketball coach, Bloomfield; Linda Wellman, volunteer girls basketball coach, Bloomfield.
Kenneth Daniels, boys basketball coach, East Elementary; Kristina Caupp, volunteer girls basketball coach, East; Jack Houck, boys basketball coach, General Shanks; Michelle Michael, parent volunteer, Pennville Elementary; Marla Coleman, parent volunteer, Pennville; Donnie Friddle, boys basketball coach, Redkey Elementary; Julie Barlow, girls basketball coach, Redkey; Lavonne Hendee, parent volunteer, Redkey; Teresa Gibbs, girls basketball coach, Westlawn Elementary; Robert C. Ford, boys basketball coach, Westlawn.
Katherine Nelson, cheer coach, Westlawn; Steve Abbett, newspaper sponsor, EJMS; Ed Geesaman, eighth grade girls basketball coach, EJMS; Greg Garringer, wrestling coach, EJMS; Tom Leonhard, assistant wrestling coach, EJMS; Connie Lyons, seventh grade girls basketball coach, EJMS; Andrea Weekley, eighth grade girls basketball, WJMS; Amy Hanna, sixth grade girls basketball coach, WJMS; Rodney Craig, eighth grade boys basketball coach, WJMS.
Thomas Crouch, seventh grade boys basketball coach, WJMS; Nathan Smith, sixth grade boys basketball coach, WJMS; Dan Orr, Earthwatch Sponsor, JCHS; Randy Mann, assistant wrestling coach, JCHS; Eric LeMaster, assistant wrestling coach, JCHS; Rick Wellman, freshman girls basketball coach, JCHS; Andrew Isch, freshman boys basketball coach, JCHS; Becky Wellman, volunteer girls basketball coach, JCHS; Chris Myers, volunteer wrestling coach, JCHS; Craig Campbell, substitute dean of students, JCHS.
•Granted the following leave requests: Sally LeMaster, medical leave, General Shanks, Sept. 4 through Oct. 12; Linda Burkhardt, Westlawn Elementary, medical leave from Sept. 24 until Oct. 13; Shirley Rogers, physical education teacher, medical leave from Sept. 30 until around Nov. 14; Tommy Phillips, WJMS teacher, continuation of military leave, Sept. 29 until Nov. 24; Jeremy Gulley, JCHS dean of students, military leave from Oct. 25 until Nov. 8 and Jan. 2 until Oct. 31.
•Approved the first cycle driver’s education contracts for Ted Habegger and Dennis Dwiggins.
•Unanimously approved the following field trip requests: JCHS FFA Club, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, to Louisville, Ky. for National FFA Convention; JCHS Life Skills Students, Nov. 7-8, Randolph County Farm; JCHS Poultry Judging Team, Nov. 18-22, Louisville, Ky. for a National Judging Contest; JCHS German Club, Dec. 8, Chicago, Ill., to visit German Village and Christmas Market; G.O.A.L. students, April 14 and 15, Dearborn, Mich., to the Henry Ford Museum; EJMS Band and Choir, last student day of 2003-04 school year, Kings Island Amusement Park; JCHS Patriot Band, May 29, Orlando, Fla., to Disney World Magic Music Days Parade; JCHS Patriot Band, Aug. 2-4, Oxford, Ohio, Miami University for annual band camp.
•Granted the use of school corporation bus to: Jay County Girl Scouts, Indianapolis, Conseco Field House, Disney on Ice performance, Dec, 6; Jay County Girls Scouts, Daleville, Girl Scout Service Center, council-wide cookie sales kick off program.[[In-content Ad]]
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