MENTONE - If students at Akron Elementary School collect 5,000 non-perishable food items by Dec. 17, Principal Blaine Conley will have to live up to his end of the bargain.
According to Tippecanoe Valley School Board President Bryan Murphy Monday night, Conley's end of the deal includes serving food in the cafeteria, singing Christmas carols and dressing up in an undetermined costume. One year, after the elementary collected more than their goal, Conley dressed up as Hannah Montana.Murphy told the other board members the school was still a little shy on their goal, so he encouraged them to help the students out.
All the food items collected typically go to Helping Hands food pantry in Mentone, and then is distributed to the less fortunate in the Valley community.
In other business before the Valley School Board during their 9-1/2 minute meeting, the board:
n Approved for four Reading Recovery teachers to attend a conference in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 15-16. The conference is an annual event. The teachers attending will be Marilyn Ruberg, Chrissy Mills, Lucy Gaff and Jenny Shear. Monies to pay for the conference trip will come out of Title I monies.
n Approved the hiring of: Lyle Butt, co-director of transportation; Keith Carlson, director of maintenance; and Colvin Cox, co-director of transportation. The board also accepted the maternity leave for teacher Krystyna Martin.
n Announced upcoming board meetings will be Jan. 19, Burket Educational Center; Feb. 9, Tippecanoe Valley Middle School; and March 9, Tippecanoe Valley High School. All meetings are at 7:30 p.m.
n Approved the master school calendar for 2009-2010. The calendar was presented and reviewed at the November meeting.
n Approved the minutes of Nov. 17 and Dec. 1, claims and payroll.
Valley board members are Murphy, Rod Eaton, Dave O'Brien, Mark Wise and Hal Hoffman. Student representatives are Susana Contreras and Staci Hoffman. The Hoffmans were absent from Monday's meeting.
