Wawasee Recognizes Swimmers, Accepts Donations
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jordan Fouts-
Senior Brittany Robinson set a state-record time of 53.41 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly in Indianapolis last month, a feat that earned her recognition on the state Senate floor. She received a certificate from board members early in the meeting, along with sister Breanna Robinson and teammates Sarah Steele, Sarah Rozow, Kendra Miller and Karla Allen.
The board also recognized senior wrestler Dimitri Kaplanis, who competed in Indianapolis last month and finished his season at 39-8.
And the board accepted more than $4,000 in donations, including $1,500 raised by Wawasee Middle School students and staff to cover travel expenses for the family of a middle school student undergoing cancer treatments. Lakeside Auxiliary VFW Post 1342 also donated $500 for the family, and Lakeland Kiwanis Club donated $100.
Women of Today, a Syracuse-based organization that contributes to Wawasee programs like the elementary food distribution program Boomerang Backpacks, also presented a check for $1,200 to be distributed among the schools in the district.
Later in the meeting, Schools Superintendant Tom Edington updated the board on the long-term facility plan in development, state funding of all-day kindergarten, and a status quo contract with teachers.
The plan for facilities is to renovate a school building roof every 15 years and a building every 20 years, and to completely replace a building every 80 years. Edington said a schedule is needed so a future school board isn't faced with having to replace two buildings at the same time.
State lawmakers recently approved an additional $80 million to fund full-day kindergarten, though he noted it only amounts to the state stepping up its contribution toward an extra half-day from one-third of the cost to two-thirds.
The one-third that Wawasee pays is unchanged, but the law also bars schools from charging parents of kindergarteners, who previously covered the other third of the cost.
The state also set bargaining dates for teachers' contracts, though Edington said that won't affect the school and its current master contract with the Wawasee Community Educators Association, which runs through 2014.
“This really is a year we won't be bargaining,” he told the board. “We'll hold tight one more year and keep as many people around as we can.”[[In-content Ad]]
Senior Brittany Robinson set a state-record time of 53.41 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly in Indianapolis last month, a feat that earned her recognition on the state Senate floor. She received a certificate from board members early in the meeting, along with sister Breanna Robinson and teammates Sarah Steele, Sarah Rozow, Kendra Miller and Karla Allen.
The board also recognized senior wrestler Dimitri Kaplanis, who competed in Indianapolis last month and finished his season at 39-8.
And the board accepted more than $4,000 in donations, including $1,500 raised by Wawasee Middle School students and staff to cover travel expenses for the family of a middle school student undergoing cancer treatments. Lakeside Auxiliary VFW Post 1342 also donated $500 for the family, and Lakeland Kiwanis Club donated $100.
Women of Today, a Syracuse-based organization that contributes to Wawasee programs like the elementary food distribution program Boomerang Backpacks, also presented a check for $1,200 to be distributed among the schools in the district.
Later in the meeting, Schools Superintendant Tom Edington updated the board on the long-term facility plan in development, state funding of all-day kindergarten, and a status quo contract with teachers.
The plan for facilities is to renovate a school building roof every 15 years and a building every 20 years, and to completely replace a building every 80 years. Edington said a schedule is needed so a future school board isn't faced with having to replace two buildings at the same time.
State lawmakers recently approved an additional $80 million to fund full-day kindergarten, though he noted it only amounts to the state stepping up its contribution toward an extra half-day from one-third of the cost to two-thirds.
The one-third that Wawasee pays is unchanged, but the law also bars schools from charging parents of kindergarteners, who previously covered the other third of the cost.
The state also set bargaining dates for teachers' contracts, though Edington said that won't affect the school and its current master contract with the Wawasee Community Educators Association, which runs through 2014.
“This really is a year we won't be bargaining,” he told the board. “We'll hold tight one more year and keep as many people around as we can.”[[In-content Ad]]
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