Wawasee Pushes Back Elementary Start Time
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The Wawasee School Corp. will keep its music program the same.
Sort of.
During the monthly school board meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Mark Stock said all of the details are not worked out yet but the music program would have no staffing changes.
The board adopted a pilot program that would reduce the elementary school day to 8:25 a.m. to 3:05 p.m., despite resistance by Marion Acton, school board secretary, who felt the time was not right to approve the new elementary school schedule.
When the plan was proposed originally it included a reduction in the music program. After residents and teachers alike spoke in defense of the music program, the school board made a change and this new proposal is the result.
Jeffrey Wells, school board vice president, warned the board to be careful and not "micromanage" too much. His concern was that the board would try to handle too much of the work that was the responsibility of the administration, who he believes is better suited to the task.
Board president Carol Swartzendruber said she has full confidence in the administration and made the motion to accept the pilot program. The final vote was 3-1 in favor of accepting.
In other business, Stock, said he has been out in the community service clubs to get more input on the facility options. Stock said the response has been positive so far.
The board discussed plans to send a special survey mailing to everyone in the school district to get as much input as possible. The mailing was proposed to be sent with another bulk mailing in late July, but the board decided to send the survey by itself sometime in mid-July. The reason for the special mailing is to give the school board more time to evaluate all of the surveys before the school year begins again.
Stock and Swartzendruber honored four teachers who are retiring this year.
Stock said the teachers' combined experience totals more than 80 years.
Two of the teachers were present for the meeting. Elementary school teacher, Jo Butler, had more than 29 years of experience, and Ann Lohman, music teacher, had taught for 15 years.
Pat Kent, special education teacher, and Ann Haffner, elementary school teacher, were not able to be at the meeting. Kent taught for 14 years and Haffner for 26 years.
Stock said the event was "bittersweet" and the teachers would be missed. [[In-content Ad]]
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The Wawasee School Corp. will keep its music program the same.
Sort of.
During the monthly school board meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Mark Stock said all of the details are not worked out yet but the music program would have no staffing changes.
The board adopted a pilot program that would reduce the elementary school day to 8:25 a.m. to 3:05 p.m., despite resistance by Marion Acton, school board secretary, who felt the time was not right to approve the new elementary school schedule.
When the plan was proposed originally it included a reduction in the music program. After residents and teachers alike spoke in defense of the music program, the school board made a change and this new proposal is the result.
Jeffrey Wells, school board vice president, warned the board to be careful and not "micromanage" too much. His concern was that the board would try to handle too much of the work that was the responsibility of the administration, who he believes is better suited to the task.
Board president Carol Swartzendruber said she has full confidence in the administration and made the motion to accept the pilot program. The final vote was 3-1 in favor of accepting.
In other business, Stock, said he has been out in the community service clubs to get more input on the facility options. Stock said the response has been positive so far.
The board discussed plans to send a special survey mailing to everyone in the school district to get as much input as possible. The mailing was proposed to be sent with another bulk mailing in late July, but the board decided to send the survey by itself sometime in mid-July. The reason for the special mailing is to give the school board more time to evaluate all of the surveys before the school year begins again.
Stock and Swartzendruber honored four teachers who are retiring this year.
Stock said the teachers' combined experience totals more than 80 years.
Two of the teachers were present for the meeting. Elementary school teacher, Jo Butler, had more than 29 years of experience, and Ann Lohman, music teacher, had taught for 15 years.
Pat Kent, special education teacher, and Ann Haffner, elementary school teacher, were not able to be at the meeting. Kent taught for 14 years and Haffner for 26 years.
Stock said the event was "bittersweet" and the teachers would be missed. [[In-content Ad]]