As Valley Upgrades 1:1 Tablets, Old Ones Offered To Students
April 18, 2017 at 5:45 p.m.
By Carol Anders-
Notices of the stipulations will go home with students within the next few days and then be posted on all the schools’ websites.
Orders will be taken until May 19, and then the devices will be collected by the company where they were purchased for sale on the open market.
According to school officials, each device cost $675 initially and will be offered for purchase at $70. Payment must accompany the order to reserve a unit.
The devices will be collected at the end of the school year when all class finals have been completed, and be ready for pick up the week of June 5 or sooner. The school’s technology department will take off any information stored in each device and then install a Microsoft Word program.
The units will not have any warranties or be supported after the sale by school personnel.
Stipulations in the original agreement with the company provide for 20 percent of the proceeds be forwarded to the company where they were purchased. Conversely, 80 percent of the proceeds for devices sold on the open market will be given to the schools.
Referring to local tax support, Superintendent Brett Boggs said, “It’s only fair for patrons to purchase them since they paid for them in the first place.”
TVHS Farm to Fork Program received a grant of $2,000 from the Kosciusko REMC Operation RoundUp Fund to purchase calves. Students and their sponsors constructed facilities to raise calves for the first time several months ago. The first four calves purchased have now been processed and the meat will be used in the school’s cafeterias.
According to Assistant Superintendent Blaine Conley, plans are to purchase five younger calves so that students in the agricultural classes can learn the entire process for raising cattle.
The school board members voted 5-0 to accept the grant during its Monday meeting.
A second grant approved unanimously by the board will allow TVHS to add biomedical classes for the 2017-18 school year. The grant from Project Lead the Way for $28,237 will cover training, supplies and implementation into the curriculum.
The grant prepared by Aaron Leedy, Shauna Magid and Jon Hutton took three months to complete. Hutton said, “We currently have 22 students signed up for the class and are planning to add the second biomedical class for the 2018-2019 school year.”
The grant and the funds from the Warsaw Area Career Center program will cover 100 percent of the materials and training costs for the startup.
The board members received proposed changes including deletions and additions to the handbooks used at every level in the school corporation. Highlighting the changes for the high school was Assistant Principal Jon Hutton. Hutton said there were changes for instructions for substitute teachers, emergency procedures and reporting abuse and neglect.
The revised athletic handbook spells out the policy for students who are home schooled. Clarifications in the staff handbook cover the areas of clear reporting policies, duty stations for monitoring students between classes, consistent lesson plans and homework/latework due dates. There are also minor changes in the student handbook being proposed.
Speaking for the TVMS handbooks was Principal Scott Backus. Wording in the athletic handbook speaks to cut policy, use of electronic devises in locker rooms, concussion policy and homeschooled policy for participation.
The classified staff handbook would include guidelines for the use of paraprofessional staff as substitutes and discipline.
The staff handbook proposed changes speaks to dress code, child abuse hotline, teacher evaluations, lesson plans and homework policy.
There is also new wording concerning bottled water and backpack use in the classrooms, dress code, prohibitions of taking pictures or videos at school, and damage to laptops.
Mentone Elementary Principal Randy Dahms said revisions were in the Mentone and Akron handbooks.
He spoke to food items being brought into the school being restricted to store bought and ingredients listed due to student allergies. Further additions precluded the wearing of electronic watches and use of other technology. He said students will not be allowed to text their parents directly and must go through the school nurse for any reporting to parents of illness.
The board will vote on the proposed handbooks at its May 8 meeting. The May meeting will be held at Akron Elementary.
The board accepted the retirements of Kimura Eisner, Mentone Elementary; Brenda Vanlangingham, Mentone Elementary; Doug Heinold, TVHS; and Debbie Hileman , Akron Elementary. The retirements will be effective after the end of the current school year.
Notices of the stipulations will go home with students within the next few days and then be posted on all the schools’ websites.
Orders will be taken until May 19, and then the devices will be collected by the company where they were purchased for sale on the open market.
According to school officials, each device cost $675 initially and will be offered for purchase at $70. Payment must accompany the order to reserve a unit.
The devices will be collected at the end of the school year when all class finals have been completed, and be ready for pick up the week of June 5 or sooner. The school’s technology department will take off any information stored in each device and then install a Microsoft Word program.
The units will not have any warranties or be supported after the sale by school personnel.
Stipulations in the original agreement with the company provide for 20 percent of the proceeds be forwarded to the company where they were purchased. Conversely, 80 percent of the proceeds for devices sold on the open market will be given to the schools.
Referring to local tax support, Superintendent Brett Boggs said, “It’s only fair for patrons to purchase them since they paid for them in the first place.”
TVHS Farm to Fork Program received a grant of $2,000 from the Kosciusko REMC Operation RoundUp Fund to purchase calves. Students and their sponsors constructed facilities to raise calves for the first time several months ago. The first four calves purchased have now been processed and the meat will be used in the school’s cafeterias.
According to Assistant Superintendent Blaine Conley, plans are to purchase five younger calves so that students in the agricultural classes can learn the entire process for raising cattle.
The school board members voted 5-0 to accept the grant during its Monday meeting.
A second grant approved unanimously by the board will allow TVHS to add biomedical classes for the 2017-18 school year. The grant from Project Lead the Way for $28,237 will cover training, supplies and implementation into the curriculum.
The grant prepared by Aaron Leedy, Shauna Magid and Jon Hutton took three months to complete. Hutton said, “We currently have 22 students signed up for the class and are planning to add the second biomedical class for the 2018-2019 school year.”
The grant and the funds from the Warsaw Area Career Center program will cover 100 percent of the materials and training costs for the startup.
The board members received proposed changes including deletions and additions to the handbooks used at every level in the school corporation. Highlighting the changes for the high school was Assistant Principal Jon Hutton. Hutton said there were changes for instructions for substitute teachers, emergency procedures and reporting abuse and neglect.
The revised athletic handbook spells out the policy for students who are home schooled. Clarifications in the staff handbook cover the areas of clear reporting policies, duty stations for monitoring students between classes, consistent lesson plans and homework/latework due dates. There are also minor changes in the student handbook being proposed.
Speaking for the TVMS handbooks was Principal Scott Backus. Wording in the athletic handbook speaks to cut policy, use of electronic devises in locker rooms, concussion policy and homeschooled policy for participation.
The classified staff handbook would include guidelines for the use of paraprofessional staff as substitutes and discipline.
The staff handbook proposed changes speaks to dress code, child abuse hotline, teacher evaluations, lesson plans and homework policy.
There is also new wording concerning bottled water and backpack use in the classrooms, dress code, prohibitions of taking pictures or videos at school, and damage to laptops.
Mentone Elementary Principal Randy Dahms said revisions were in the Mentone and Akron handbooks.
He spoke to food items being brought into the school being restricted to store bought and ingredients listed due to student allergies. Further additions precluded the wearing of electronic watches and use of other technology. He said students will not be allowed to text their parents directly and must go through the school nurse for any reporting to parents of illness.
The board will vote on the proposed handbooks at its May 8 meeting. The May meeting will be held at Akron Elementary.
The board accepted the retirements of Kimura Eisner, Mentone Elementary; Brenda Vanlangingham, Mentone Elementary; Doug Heinold, TVHS; and Debbie Hileman , Akron Elementary. The retirements will be effective after the end of the current school year.
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