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PIERCETON - Each year, local school boards reorganize.
Monday, the Whitko Community School Corp. Board of School Trustees did that and selected board member Dave Tranter for its board president for the next year.
E. Marie Trump will serve as vice president and Michael Braddock is the new board secretary.
Regular meeting dates and times will be kept the same for the next year as they have been - 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month.
The school board also adopted the corporation bylaws and policies and authorized the board president to appoint board members as representatives to any necessary committees or organizations.
Mileage rate will be kept at 30 cents per mile for approved school business travel, the same as before.
For the 2003-04 school year, the board salary rate will remain at $2,000 per year.
Whitko's tuition factor was approved at $12 per day for students in grades one through 12 and $6 per day for half-day kindergarten students included in the 2003-04 average daily membership count. Students approved for transfer after the ADM count date will be pro-rated based upon the number of days enrolled and the Form 515 expenditures. Tuition is charged for students who are approved for enrollment in the Whitko Community Schools who do not have legal settlement in the school district.
Also, the school board appointed Philip Menzie as the school corporation treasurer and Tony Huff as deputy treasurer; appointed Menzie as purchasing agent; John W. Whiteleather Jr. as board attorney with a standard retainer fee of $1,000; and E. Marie Trump as legislative liaison to the Indiana School Boards Association.
Members of the Whitko School Board are E. Marie Trump, Hal Trump, Pete Mitchell, Michael Braddock and Dave Tranter.
Dates and times for their next meetings include: 7 p.m. July 21, special meeting to review proposed 2004 budget with regular meeting at 7:30 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18, regular meeting; 6 p.m., Aug. 28, special meeting to adopt 2004 budget; and regular meetings at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15.
