NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester Junior-Senior High School has been named an Indiana "Best Buy" High School.
Not only is the school on the Best Buy list, it also made the honor roll, an honor which was bestowed on only 31 of the 136 public schools that made the list for 2007."It's like saying we are doing the most we can with the students we have and the money we have," said Manchester Junior-Senior High School Principal Nancy Alspaugh. "It's a good thing. It shows we are making the most of what we have to work with."
The Indiana Chamber determines Best Buy schools by evaluating ISTEP+ Pass rates, graduation rates, SAT participation rates and average composite scores, and the advanced placement passing scores.
By using that information, a total school performance index is developed for each of the 350 public schools in the state. Each school's index is then compared to its expenditures per student to determine the Best Buy schools.
Once the Best Buy schools are determined, the schools' at-risk student/poverty rate is compared with the index to determine the "honor roll" schools.
To view the report about Indiana's Best Buy schools, visit www.indianachamber.com/bestbuys
In other business, the board:
n Accepted an anonymous gift of $2,000 given to the MJSHS theater and vocal music departments.
n Approved professional leave requests for Rhonda Snover, Susan Klingler and Kay Sponseller to attend the Indiana Association for the GIfted Conference Feb. 11-12 in Indianapolis, and for Bill Reichhart to attend the Formula for Success Feb 11-12 in Indianapolis.
n Approved the employment of Susan Klingler as high ability coordinator for Manchester Community Schools.
n Accepted the resignations of Jim Myer as junior class sponsor and student council sponsor at MJSHS, and Elizabeth Shively as media assistant at MJSHS.
n Approved a revision to the already-approved 2008-09 school calendar. Parent-teacher conference days were moved from the week of Oct. 20 to Oct. 8-10 in order to give students more time to work on grades if necessary. Also, fall break was moved to Oct. 31 to coincide with other Wabash County schools.
n Approved an early graduation request for a student who already has all the credits necessary to graduate. The student will graduate without attending the final trimester of classes in order to deal with a family issue.
