February 14, 2017 at 3:33 a.m.
Rhodes to charge for credits
Fort Recovery School Board
Rhodes to charge for credits
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FORT RECOVERY — For the first time next year, the College Credit Plus program is going to come with a price tag.
Superintendent Justin Firks told Fort Recovery School Board at its meeting Monday that Rhodes State College plans to start charging the school district for courses being taught for college credit.
Also Monday, Firks floated the possibility of starting the school day earlier, middle school principal Tony Stahl discussed two programs and the board approved funding for senior Isaac Burkhardt’s Eagle Scout project.
Firks told board members Ginny Fortkamp, Aaron Guggenbiller, Jose Faller, Mitch Ervin and Mike Grube that Rhodes has informed him that starting next year there will be a charge of $41.50 per credit hour for college courses. Up to this point, there has been no charge.
“That’s going to be a significant increase that was not planned in our budget,” said Firks.
College Credit Plus is a program that allows students to take courses at FRHS and receive college credit. Seventy-two students earned a total of 306 credit hours during the 2015-16 school year.
Based on those numbers the program would have cost $12,699 that year.
More than 100 FRHS students are enrolled in college courses through Rhodes this year.
Firks also brought up the possibility of shifting the school day, noting that Fort Recovery has the latest start times in the county. FRHS starts at 8:15 a.m., followed by the elementary/middle school at 8:21 a.m. He suggested that moving up the high school start time to 8 a.m., and the end of the day to 3 p.m., could have some positive side effects, such as making it easier to attract bus drivers. He asked board members to think about the idea and get feedback from the community.
Board members appro-ved $6,000 for Burkhardt’s Eagle Scout project to create a lunch area/outdoor classroom. In the last two months he has doubled his fundraising — he has now brought in $4,000 in donations — and asked the board if it would be willing to cover the rest of the $10,000 project that calls for pavers along the walls of the building to create a seating area, as well as new landscaping and fencing.
With funding now in place, he hopes to have the work complete by April 1.
Stahl told board members he is working on broadening the middle school’s response to intervention program. The goal of the program is to identify students who need extra attention and address their academic and/or behavioral needs.
He is attending a training session today at Mercer County Educational Service Center and will do so again in March as part of that effort.
“This is something that Tracy and the elementary do really, really well,” Stahl said. “At the middle school level, we are looking at a way to not only build upon what the elementary does but to make ours a little more effective and hopefully support our students a little bit better than what we currently do.”
He also told board members there continues to be a focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), even going beyond those specific subjects. County schools have been looking at ways to fold STEM principles — critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity — into all classes.
In other business, the board:
•Learned FRHS student Athena Evers is a national merit scholar semifinalist.
•Hired Christa Fullenkamp as a van driver pending completion of certification. Also accepted the resignation of Brady Kahlig as freshman boys basketball coach and then approved his hiring as seventh grade boys basketball coach.
•Approved increasing bus/van driver pay for extracurricular activities to $12 per hour with a minimum trip of 12 hours. The increase will go into effect Aug. 1
•Learned from elementary school principal Tracy Hein-Evers that Fort Recovery Education Association will donate one book to the school library and public library for every student that checks out at least 100 books from Fort Recovery Public Library.
•Heard a reminder that kindergarten screenings will be March 7 and 8 at the elementary school. Parents should register their children at http://www.fortrecoveryschools.org by Feb. 24. Forty-seven students have signed up thus far. For additional information, call Sara Moorman at (419) 375-2768.
Also, freshman information night will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 27 in the FRHS commons.
•Learned from Overman that the school raised $1,100 for United Heroes League, an organization that provides athletic equipment to children whose parents are members of the military, during its military appreciation night at a boys basketball game.
He also told the board that, with the help of a nearly $1,200 donation from Fort Recovery Community Foundation, the school has purchased four mannequins and six automated external defibrillators for instruction of CPR. The Ohio General Assembly passed a measure last year requiring that all high school students receive CPR training.
•Accepted donations total of $2,400, including two anonymous donations for a total of $2,250 for cafeteria lunches.
•Heard from Firks that summer inservice has been set for July 31 through Aug. 2.
All Rights Reserved
FORT RECOVERY — For the first time next year, the College Credit Plus program is going to come with a price tag.
Superintendent Justin Firks told Fort Recovery School Board at its meeting Monday that Rhodes State College plans to start charging the school district for courses being taught for college credit.
Also Monday, Firks floated the possibility of starting the school day earlier, middle school principal Tony Stahl discussed two programs and the board approved funding for senior Isaac Burkhardt’s Eagle Scout project.
Firks told board members Ginny Fortkamp, Aaron Guggenbiller, Jose Faller, Mitch Ervin and Mike Grube that Rhodes has informed him that starting next year there will be a charge of $41.50 per credit hour for college courses. Up to this point, there has been no charge.
“That’s going to be a significant increase that was not planned in our budget,” said Firks.
College Credit Plus is a program that allows students to take courses at FRHS and receive college credit. Seventy-two students earned a total of 306 credit hours during the 2015-16 school year.
Based on those numbers the program would have cost $12,699 that year.
More than 100 FRHS students are enrolled in college courses through Rhodes this year.
Firks also brought up the possibility of shifting the school day, noting that Fort Recovery has the latest start times in the county. FRHS starts at 8:15 a.m., followed by the elementary/middle school at 8:21 a.m. He suggested that moving up the high school start time to 8 a.m., and the end of the day to 3 p.m., could have some positive side effects, such as making it easier to attract bus drivers. He asked board members to think about the idea and get feedback from the community.
Board members appro-ved $6,000 for Burkhardt’s Eagle Scout project to create a lunch area/outdoor classroom. In the last two months he has doubled his fundraising — he has now brought in $4,000 in donations — and asked the board if it would be willing to cover the rest of the $10,000 project that calls for pavers along the walls of the building to create a seating area, as well as new landscaping and fencing.
With funding now in place, he hopes to have the work complete by April 1.
Stahl told board members he is working on broadening the middle school’s response to intervention program. The goal of the program is to identify students who need extra attention and address their academic and/or behavioral needs.
He is attending a training session today at Mercer County Educational Service Center and will do so again in March as part of that effort.
“This is something that Tracy and the elementary do really, really well,” Stahl said. “At the middle school level, we are looking at a way to not only build upon what the elementary does but to make ours a little more effective and hopefully support our students a little bit better than what we currently do.”
He also told board members there continues to be a focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), even going beyond those specific subjects. County schools have been looking at ways to fold STEM principles — critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity — into all classes.
In other business, the board:
•Learned FRHS student Athena Evers is a national merit scholar semifinalist.
•Hired Christa Fullenkamp as a van driver pending completion of certification. Also accepted the resignation of Brady Kahlig as freshman boys basketball coach and then approved his hiring as seventh grade boys basketball coach.
•Approved increasing bus/van driver pay for extracurricular activities to $12 per hour with a minimum trip of 12 hours. The increase will go into effect Aug. 1
•Learned from elementary school principal Tracy Hein-Evers that Fort Recovery Education Association will donate one book to the school library and public library for every student that checks out at least 100 books from Fort Recovery Public Library.
•Heard a reminder that kindergarten screenings will be March 7 and 8 at the elementary school. Parents should register their children at http://www.fortrecoveryschools.org by Feb. 24. Forty-seven students have signed up thus far. For additional information, call Sara Moorman at (419) 375-2768.
Also, freshman information night will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 27 in the FRHS commons.
•Learned from Overman that the school raised $1,100 for United Heroes League, an organization that provides athletic equipment to children whose parents are members of the military, during its military appreciation night at a boys basketball game.
He also told the board that, with the help of a nearly $1,200 donation from Fort Recovery Community Foundation, the school has purchased four mannequins and six automated external defibrillators for instruction of CPR. The Ohio General Assembly passed a measure last year requiring that all high school students receive CPR training.
•Accepted donations total of $2,400, including two anonymous donations for a total of $2,250 for cafeteria lunches.
•Heard from Firks that summer inservice has been set for July 31 through Aug. 2.
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