SYRACUSE - The Wawasee Community School Corp. board held their April meeting a week later this month because of scheduling with spring break.
Superintendent Dr. Mark Stock presented the board with several donations the school has received. The Milford PTO donated a portable sound system valued at $5,758.40, and a set of Ellison Die Cut letters, along with storage rack, valued at $570. The Milford PTO also made a $500 donation to the school library for the purchase of books.Stock also announced that the Milford School Chess Team took first place at the Regional Chess Tournament, held March 8 in Goshen. This enabled the team to move on to state competition in Terre Haute. The team is made up of seventh- and eighth-grade students, and is coached by Richard Roose.
The board approved the granting of an easement for the installation and maintenance of gas mains to Northern Indiana Public Service Co. As described in the easement document, the land in question is "a strip of land situated in section 6, township 34 North, Range 7 east, of the second principal meridian, in the county of Kosciusko." The easement will cross Ash Street and run roughly parallel to North Street. This crosses Vega Field, near the old high school track. In total, the easement will be 12,974 square feet.
In personnel matters, the board accepted the resignations of the following individuals: Kari Flanigan, school psychologist intern, effective the end of the school year; Melissa Blackmer, guidance counselor, Wawasee High School, effective school end; Erin Smith, temporary Reading Recovery paraprofessional, North Webster, effective March 20; Karen Conley, food service, at Wawasee High School, effective March 23; Mary Kay Johnson, custodian, Wawasee High School, effective March 30; Judy Clayton, Title 1 paraprofessional, Syracuse School, effective April 20.
The board approved the employment of the following individual: Judy Wheat, temporary Title 1 parent involvement paraprofessional, at North Webster, beginning April 9.
The following individuals have submitted their requests for retirement with the school district: Sharon Boles, food service at Wawasee, effective end of school year; Joyce Moore, paraprofessional at North Webster, effective May 11; Virginia Wyland, administrative assistant, Wawasee Community School Corp. office, effective June 30; Annette Mock, second-grade teacher, North Webster, effective end of school year; Phil Mock, fifth-grade teacher, Syracuse School, effective end of school year.
In other business:
* Changes in the student handbook were approved.
* During various summer work projects around school property, there will be periods of no water and no electric service. However, these will be brief and will not interfere with scheduled summer classes.
* According to Stock, the school corporation has had some difficulty complying with the No Child Left Behind Program. How this will ultimately impact the school is not know at this time.
