Wawasee High School Goes Through Administrative Changes
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Kathy Cone-
Last month the board acted on reassigning Principal Don Harmon. One recommendation was to move him to 8th grade science teacher at Wawasee Middle School.
Harmon was then replaced by Assistant Principal Mike Schmidt, whose position became public July 1. Harmon is currently working with the Eco Challenge program, but there is no word on where he will be working this fall.
Tuesday evening the school board voted in Geoffrey A. Walmer as the new assistant. Walmer comes to Wawasee from Goshen Middle School, where he was dean of 7th grade students.
Superintendent Tom Edington quipped, “He’s another from Goshen, where we’re stealing, umm I mean taking, all of our administrators.”
Recently hired Wawasee Middle School principal Susan Mishler also came via Goshen schools.
Walmer is a Warsaw High School alumni of the class of 2002. He received his bachelor of science degree in mathematics education from Grace College, and a master of science in education from Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2012.
Two energy related items were discussed, one the announcement that all five Wawasee schools have been awarded the Energy Star designation. Mike Lindsey of Performance Services Indianapolis presented his consolidated energy conservation report for the period March 2012 to February of this year.
The company, a design-build engineering and construction company specializing in eco-friendly, energy saving systems for schools and the workplace, was contracted to help the corporation save money. Implementing equipment repairs and upgrades and behavioral changes, the corporation saved $161,222 in that time period. The contract promised a savings of at least $44,000, so they exceeded that by $117,192.
Of the amount saved, $88,352 was electrical savings and $77,870 was from gas. Superintendent Edington reminded the board, “The bonus is that we have less maintenance calls.”
Lindsey attributed the savings to the corporation’s spending “a lot of time and money and investment to make your schools more energy efficient.”
A problem with the air conditioning system at North Webster Elementary will take $148,494 to fix. The board declared an emergency at the school, allowing the immediate purchase of a chiller. They hope to have the equipment installed by the start of the school year.
In other business, the board approved consulting contracts with Phil Metcalf who works on school improvement, and Alan Tehan of Precision Automotive, who will help with the new Marine Mechanics program.
The board accepted a $500 donation from Biomet Orthopedics for the ECO Challenge program.
Financial administrator Jim Evans announced that the mileage reimbursement amount would remain as is.
The first day of school for teachers will be Aug. 12.
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Last month the board acted on reassigning Principal Don Harmon. One recommendation was to move him to 8th grade science teacher at Wawasee Middle School.
Harmon was then replaced by Assistant Principal Mike Schmidt, whose position became public July 1. Harmon is currently working with the Eco Challenge program, but there is no word on where he will be working this fall.
Tuesday evening the school board voted in Geoffrey A. Walmer as the new assistant. Walmer comes to Wawasee from Goshen Middle School, where he was dean of 7th grade students.
Superintendent Tom Edington quipped, “He’s another from Goshen, where we’re stealing, umm I mean taking, all of our administrators.”
Recently hired Wawasee Middle School principal Susan Mishler also came via Goshen schools.
Walmer is a Warsaw High School alumni of the class of 2002. He received his bachelor of science degree in mathematics education from Grace College, and a master of science in education from Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2012.
Two energy related items were discussed, one the announcement that all five Wawasee schools have been awarded the Energy Star designation. Mike Lindsey of Performance Services Indianapolis presented his consolidated energy conservation report for the period March 2012 to February of this year.
The company, a design-build engineering and construction company specializing in eco-friendly, energy saving systems for schools and the workplace, was contracted to help the corporation save money. Implementing equipment repairs and upgrades and behavioral changes, the corporation saved $161,222 in that time period. The contract promised a savings of at least $44,000, so they exceeded that by $117,192.
Of the amount saved, $88,352 was electrical savings and $77,870 was from gas. Superintendent Edington reminded the board, “The bonus is that we have less maintenance calls.”
Lindsey attributed the savings to the corporation’s spending “a lot of time and money and investment to make your schools more energy efficient.”
A problem with the air conditioning system at North Webster Elementary will take $148,494 to fix. The board declared an emergency at the school, allowing the immediate purchase of a chiller. They hope to have the equipment installed by the start of the school year.
In other business, the board approved consulting contracts with Phil Metcalf who works on school improvement, and Alan Tehan of Precision Automotive, who will help with the new Marine Mechanics program.
The board accepted a $500 donation from Biomet Orthopedics for the ECO Challenge program.
Financial administrator Jim Evans announced that the mileage reimbursement amount would remain as is.
The first day of school for teachers will be Aug. 12.
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