Warsaw School Board Names New High School Assistant Principal
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Among the items on the Warsaw School Board agenda Monday night were the Title I grant application, the 2012 budget calendar and approval of a new assistant principal at the high school.
The purpose of the federal Title I funding application is to help ensure that students in Title I schools receive supplemental instruction and support during the school year to improve academic success.
Schools submit the application to receive Title I funds as allocated by the Department of Education.
Director of Instructional Support Services Wendy Wildman Long said it is a funding allocation to Warsaw Schools because of the amount of free and/or reduced lunch students in the school district. Funding is determined by Per Pupil Expenditure.
Long said WCS is expanding its Title I schools from three to five. Those five schools are Leesburg, Harrison, Lincoln, Jefferson and Claypool elementaries.
The total allocated to WCS is $892,554.51.
Chief Financial Officer Kevin Scott reported on the budget timeline for the 2012 budget.
A budget study session is at 6 p.m. Aug. 15. At the regular school board meeting Aug. 22, Scott will request permission from the school board to advertise publication of Notice to Taxpayers for the 2012 budget.
The first legal notice will be published Aug. 26, 10 days prior to the hearing. The second publication of the legal notice will be Sept. 2.
A special board meeting will be Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. for a public hearing on the 2012 budget. During this meeting, the public and the school board will hear a presentation on the budget and have the opportunity to ask questions.
At the regular school board meeting Sept. 19 at 7 p.m., the board will be asked to officially adopt the 2012 budget.
According to Scott, the total for all funds for the 2011 proposed budget the school corporation advertised is $68,663,717.
In the personnel recommendations, Amanda Scroggs was approved as the new assistant principal at Warsaw Community High School. Scroggs replaces Dave Anson, who was named the athletic director previously.
Scroggs was an English teacher and graduation coach at WCHS.
Along with Principal Troy Akers, Scroggs joins assistant principals Jennifer Shepherd, Steve Ferber and Terry Roe.
Scroggs told the board she is happy to be the assistant principal for the sophomore class.
“It’s a dream come true,” Scroggs said. “Thank you.”
Amy Hobbs also was named the new assistant director of special services, replacing Tony England.
Hobbs is a 19-year veteran in WCS.
Hobbs thanked everyone for the opportunity.
The personnel recommendations also included salary increases for Ronna Kawsky, director of career and technical education; Della Swain, director of transportation; Marci Franks, director of food services; Elaine Bultemeier, chief technology officer; and Scott.
In his superintendent’s report, Dr. Craig Hintz reported the theme for the 2011-12 school year is “Thriving in our Learning Community.”
By early August, it is expected that the landscaping issues at Leesburg and Madison elementaries and the correction to the outside basketball court at Leesburg will be resolved, he reported.
On Aug. 8-10, Hintz will accompany nearly 70 teachers to the Professional Learning Communities at Work conference in Lincolnshire, Ill.
Registration for the 2011-12 school year is Aug. 1-3 at each school location, with the first day of school for Warsaw being Aug. 15. However, parents can begin registering their students online starting today.
Parents can pay for their students’ meals and textbooks online, but there is a fee for the opportunity. The school corporation does not receive that money, the credit card company charges that fee for the privilege.
The vast majority of parents have selected the full-day kindergarten option for the upcoming school year, Hintz said. Right now, it is anticipated that WCS will offer only one section of half-day kindergarten, which will be at Washington Elementary School. Hintz said he will know more after registration is complete.
The school board approved the annual agreement with Kosciusko Community Hospital to provide athletic training services for $15,000.
Under quotes greater than $15,000, the school board approved the awarding of the following bids: Apple, iPads for the mini-grant at Claypool, $21,107.95; Kerlin Bus Sales, bus replacement of five buses, $489,175; RK Sports Seating Inc., pre-manufactured press box for varsity soccer including concrete and electrical, $39,461; and Plasco ID, student attendance and event tracking hardware, software and maintenance, $26,776.
The total for the four bid awards is $576,519.95.
The board approved for Amy Sivley, director of the Gateway Center, WCS’s alternative learning center, to attend a Crisis Prevention and Intervention Train the Trainer conference in Las Vegas, Nev., from July 26-29. The training is not offered in Indiana.
The cost of Sivley’s trip is $2,609.11 and will be funded with the Special Education Stimulus funds.
The class trains participants to teach others how to safely perform restraint holds on physically disruptive students. In the past, the training was offered to teachers using Tony England as the instructor. Sivley will assume England’s role.
Warsaw school board members are Dan Robinson, Matt Dick, Dan Metzger, Jennifer Tandy, Kent Adams, Delores Hearn and Deb Wiggins. Wiggins was absent Monday.
