As Warsaw Schools continues to look at the future of Claypool Elementary School, incoming Superintendent Dr. Robert Haworth presented the school board with a list of the related issues being studied for CES to open.

Haworth said they are trying to gather as much information as possible for the school board to make a decision on the school. That information includes a survey sent out to find out how many parents want their students to attend Claypool. The surveys are not due until April 28, but only half of the surveys sent out have been returned. About 293 surveys were sent out.

"We need parents, guardians to respond to those surveys if they haven't," Haworth said.

Claypool, along with Silver Lake and Atwood schools, were closed at the end of the 2003-04 school year. The Atwood real estate is set to be auctioned off Saturday at noon, while the design charette for Silver Lake is Saturday from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the school.

At Claypool, Haworth said the information being gathered includes staffing and administration costs, teachers, start-up and operating costs and renovation expenses. Those numbers will be presented at the May 1 special school board meeting.

Gene England, board secretary, suggested the school be named Clay Lake Elementary School.

Haworth also recommended the entire school board tour the Warsaw schools with him at some point and have two half-day strategic planning sessions in June.

In other business, the school board:

• Approved personnel recommendations, including the resignation of Shannon Brown, sixth-grade teacher, Eisenhower elementary; resignation of Peter Hoffman as a social studies teacher, Edgewood Middle School; resignation of Ben Barkey as a science teacher, Edgewood; resignation of Judith Egolf as Family and Consumer Science Department chairperson due to her retirement; resignation of Joel Wihebrink as men's assistant varsity swim and dive coach, Warsaw Community High School; hire of Autumn Gross as women's assistant varsity softball coach; and Chris Martz, WCS data base administrator and Webmaster.

• Heard a report on multi-age classrooms by Harrison Elementary Principal Randy Polston and teachers Cynthia Nash and Ethel Ringle. Nash also was announced as Warsaw's teacher of the year.

• Heard a presentation by Assistant Superintendent Sandra Hess on the miscellaneous textbook adoption. Cost to adopt books for music, art, agriculture, etc. will be $285,081.32. In 2000, the cost was $395,807. Hess will ask the school board approve the textbook adoption at the May meeting.

• Approved four change orders for the WCHS renovation and expansion project at no cost to the school corporation.

• Approved the advertisement for an additional school bus with a handicap lift. Transportation Director Della Swain said the Indiana Department of Transportation gave Warsaw Schools permission to increase its bus fleet.

• Recognized Sisterhood of Temple Bethel for transcribing and binding braille books for Warsaw visually impaired students.

• Recognized Bryce Scott and Jake McAlister, Edgewood Middle School eighth-grade students, for achieving USA Honor Roll status on the AMC 8 mathematics test they took in the fall.

Warsaw School Board members are President Ron Yeiter, Vice President Dan Robinson, Secretary Gene England, Chuck Sauders, Tammy Dalton, Deb Wiggins and Cathy Folk. [[In-content Ad]]