WCS OKs Trans. Director, Edgewood Asst. Principal
August 23, 2017 at 5:02 p.m.
By Michael [email protected]
Doug Light, who is retiring from the Warsaw Police Department, was unanimously approved as the new transportation director at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
Light replaces Cheryl Cook, who left for another position two months ago.
He spent 22 years working for the WPD, most recently as a school resource officer and DARE officer. Light’s retirement with WPD?is effective Sept. 2.
Light shared elementary and middle school duties with officer Roy Navarro.
Light said part of the reason he took the transportation director job was because of his faith in Navarro.
"I'm extremely excited to begin this new chapter in my life,” said Light in a news release. “I look forward to working with the WCS administration team and building relationships with the men and women in the transportation department. Students’ education begins with transportation and we want to provide a safe and professional experience for our students."
Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert said the WCS adminstration is working with WPD to maintain the DARE’s program level of quality and impact.
Also approved by the school board was Jason?Culver as the assistant principal at Edgewood Middle School.
Culver began his tenure at WCS working at Edgewood Middle School as a seventh- and eighth-grade physical education and health teacher. In addition, he coached the seventh-grade boys basketball team, the seventh- and eighth-grade boys track team and worked as the boys junior varsity basketball coach for Warsaw Community High School.
After Edgewood, he moved to Leesburg Elementary School to be the physical education teacher there.
“We are very excited to have Mr. Culver rejoining our staff at Edgewood Middle School,” said Hoffert. “His experience with leadership and elementary and secondary settings is a great addition to the Edgewood staff.”
In other business, Chief Analytics Officer Shelly Wilfong presented data from Advanced Placement exams and SAT tests.
Wilfong said the numbers of students taking Advanced Placement tests are going up, and so are the scores.
She said that’s significant since traditionally the more people who take a test, the lower the average.
Wilfong said she didn’t know if WCS changing the grading system would result in less students taking advanced tests.
In 2017, WCS scored higher on average than the rest of the state on SAT scores. WCS’s student average score was 1084 with 61 percent participation, compared to 1077 with 54 percent participation for the state.
Wilfong pointed out that even with higher participation, WCS still gets higher-than-average scores.
Doug Light, who is retiring from the Warsaw Police Department, was unanimously approved as the new transportation director at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
Light replaces Cheryl Cook, who left for another position two months ago.
He spent 22 years working for the WPD, most recently as a school resource officer and DARE officer. Light’s retirement with WPD?is effective Sept. 2.
Light shared elementary and middle school duties with officer Roy Navarro.
Light said part of the reason he took the transportation director job was because of his faith in Navarro.
"I'm extremely excited to begin this new chapter in my life,” said Light in a news release. “I look forward to working with the WCS administration team and building relationships with the men and women in the transportation department. Students’ education begins with transportation and we want to provide a safe and professional experience for our students."
Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert said the WCS adminstration is working with WPD to maintain the DARE’s program level of quality and impact.
Also approved by the school board was Jason?Culver as the assistant principal at Edgewood Middle School.
Culver began his tenure at WCS working at Edgewood Middle School as a seventh- and eighth-grade physical education and health teacher. In addition, he coached the seventh-grade boys basketball team, the seventh- and eighth-grade boys track team and worked as the boys junior varsity basketball coach for Warsaw Community High School.
After Edgewood, he moved to Leesburg Elementary School to be the physical education teacher there.
“We are very excited to have Mr. Culver rejoining our staff at Edgewood Middle School,” said Hoffert. “His experience with leadership and elementary and secondary settings is a great addition to the Edgewood staff.”
In other business, Chief Analytics Officer Shelly Wilfong presented data from Advanced Placement exams and SAT tests.
Wilfong said the numbers of students taking Advanced Placement tests are going up, and so are the scores.
She said that’s significant since traditionally the more people who take a test, the lower the average.
Wilfong said she didn’t know if WCS changing the grading system would result in less students taking advanced tests.
In 2017, WCS scored higher on average than the rest of the state on SAT scores. WCS’s student average score was 1084 with 61 percent participation, compared to 1077 with 54 percent participation for the state.
Wilfong pointed out that even with higher participation, WCS still gets higher-than-average scores.
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