The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 March 1986 — Page 5

JOHN GLENN SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES The Board of Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation met on February 25, 1986 in the library of the Walkerton Elementary School. The meeting convened at 7:30 p.m. with all members of the Board present. The superintendent and nine observers were also present at the meeting. Following a motion by Mr. Stull, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the February 11, 1986 meeting. Following a motion by Mr. Peddycord, seconded by Mrs. Beem, the Board voted unanimously to approve claims numbered 276 through 355. NEW BUSINESS A. Boary Policy: Following a motion by Mr. Ludwig, seconded by Mrs. Beem, the Board voted unanimously to adopt a new board policy entitled, “BP-6270 — Homework”. A copy of this policy will be provided to the Independent-News to be published with the minutes of the meeting. The Board encourages all parents of the school community to carefully review the policy and to use it to assist their children in school work. (Policy At End Os Minutes) B. Energy Study Technical Assistance Grant Reports: Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mr. Stull, the Board voted unanimously to accept the Energy Study Technical Assistance Grant Reports as prepared by Appropriate Technology Associates of South Bend. The superintendent explained that these reports provide a capsule picture of energy consumption at John Glenn High School, North Liberty School, and Walkerton Elementary School. Further use of the reports will include assessment of future energy conservation measures and assistance in plannming any facility changes. On or about April 30. 1986, the Corporation expects to receive approval to apply for up to SIOO,OOO of federal matching funds for performing future energy conservation measures at these three buildings. C. Walkerton Elementary School P.T.A. Playground Equipment Donation: Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted unanimously to accept the donation of a piece of wooden playground equipment valued at approximately $6,000 from the P.T.A. to be installed at Walkerton Elementary School. Mrs. Josie Snell and Mrs. Donna Kearney, representing the Walkerton Elementary School P.T.A., explained the procedures used to raise the funds for this donation. Members of the Board expressed their gratitude to the P.T.A. and all those individuals who played a part in raising the funds. D. Installation Contract for Walkerton Elementary School Playground Equipment: Following a

JOHN GLENN GIRLS BASKETBALL 1985-86 FINAL STATISTICS Name G FG FGA Pct. FT FTA Pct. TP Avg. TO Off. Def. Reb. A S Northam 19 128 317 40.3 87 150.58.0 343 18.0 64 29 59 88 53 22 McKesson 19 70 191 36.6 49 82 59.7 189 9.9 92 30 65 95 112 49 Price 19 55 153 35.9 47 78 60.2 157 8.2 43 51 83 134 12 39 Rupd 18 21 80 26.2 8 18 44.4 50 2.7 31 22 24 46 11 28 Osborn 19 12 40 30.0 8 22 36.4 26 1.3 20 31 44 75 II 12 Salyer 18 12 46 26.1 2 9 22.2 26 1.4 25 18 26 44 12 18 Singleton 18 10 31 32.2 5 13 38.5 25 1.3 15 12 28 40 7 8 O’Blenis 13 6 19 31.5 3 13 23.0 15 1.1 15 0 77 1 8 Fisher 3 3 7 42.9 0 0 0.0 6 2.0 4 3 2 5 2 2 Clemons 17 2 14 14.3 2 10 20.0 6 .3 20 9 9 18 7 12 Boise 12 1 11 9.1 3 5 60.0 5 .4 6 6 10 16 0 4 Rhodes 30400100 0001100 TEAM 19 318 914 34.7 214 441 48.5 848 44.6 336 211 353 564 228 203 Opponents 19 347 945 36.7 233 439 53.0 919 48.3 370 176 383 659 197 155 KEY: G, games; FG, field goals; FGA, field goal attempts; Pct., percentage; FT, free throws; FTA, free throw attempts; Pct., percentage; TP, total points; Avg., average points per game; TO, turnovers; Off., offensive rebounds; Def., defensive rebounds; Reb., total rebounds; A, assists; S, steals.

motion by Mr. Stull, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted unanimously to award the contract for installation of the playground equipment at Walkerton Elementary School to Mr. James Drake for the sum of $950.00 plus a possible $25.00 per hour for breaking up hardpan below the depth of 18 inches, if necessary, to create acceptable drainage. Other quotes were received from Cisney Construction, $1,770, and Allsop Construction, $1,560. NEW BUSINESS A. 1986 Driver Education Fees: Following a motion by Mr. Stull, seconded by Mr. Peddycord, the Board voted unanimously to set the 1986 Driver Education fees at $75.00 for Corporation residents and $150.00 for non-residents. B. Conference Requests: Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted unanimously to approve the following conference requests: 1. Bruce Fleming, John Glenn High School, “G/T Curriculum Writing at Walkerton Elementary School”, February 20,1986. 2. Marilyn Lightfoot, Walkerton Elementary School, “Early Childhood Conference”, Indianapolis, March 16-17, 1986. 3. Richard Kickbush, John Glenn High School, “Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Conference”, Indianapolis, March 23-25, 1986. C. Conference Reports: The Board accepted the following written conference reports from staff members: 1. Andrew Stegmiller, Urey Middle School, “Hoosier Association of Science Teachers Conference”. 2. Glen Petry, Urey Middle School, NCA Visitation Team at Brownsburg Junior High. 3. Marilyn Lightfoot and Judy New, Walkerton Elementary School, Symposium on Gifted Education. D. Appointment: Mr. Reese, principal at Urey Middle School, explained that Mrs. Paula Diller, who was appointed as temporary aide to fill the maternity leave for Mrs. Cindy Rude, is unable to accept this position. Therefore, he recommends that Mrs. Josie Snell be appointed. Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler. seconded by Mrs. Manuel, the Board voted unanimously to appoint Mrs. Josie Snell as temporary aide at Urey Middle School for the remainder of this school year. E. Resignation: Following a motion by Mr. Stull, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted five (Mr. Hostetler, Mr. Ludwig, Mr. Millar. Mr. Peddycord and Mr. Stull) to two (Mrs. Beem and Mrs. Manuel) to accept the resignation of Mrs. Pamela Pearish as John Glenn High School head cheerleading sponsor. Mrs. Beem and Mrs. Manuel stated that their negative votes were only cast to recognize the excellent job that Mrs. Pearish has done in this position and that they wished that she would remain as head cheerleading sponsor.

F. Indiana Assessment of Educational Progress, Dr. H. Dean Evans. State Superintendent: The Board received copies of the State Superintendent’s yearly assessment of educational progress in Indiana. The superintendent stated that there will be additional materials forthcoming from the State Board concerning new methods of evaluating educational progress throughout the state. G. Financial Statement — January. 1986: The superintendent submitted copies of the January financial statement to the Board. He explained that the format is different because this report is generated by the new computer system. He also explained that other parts of the format will be changed as the central office staff becomes more familiar with operation of this system. H. School Lunch Report — August. 1985 through January, 1986: The superintendent submitted copies and compared the January 1985 with the January 1986 School Lunch reports. Calculations demonstrate that the school lunch fund was approximately $13,000 in the red as of January, 1985. As of the receipt of matching funds for December and January of this year, the school lunch report status of the fund has been realized. The superintendent also stated that he expected that changes that have been made in the operation of the school lunch program will result in a continued reduction of the deficit amount. Board members also asked that Corporation Treasurer, Mrs. Beem, clarify the meaning of the percent of students served column on both the January 1985 and January 1986 report. Dr. Smith stated that he would bring that information to the next board meeting. I. Others: 1. Following a motion by Mrs. Manuel, seconded by Mrs. Beem. the Board voted unanimously to grant the request of Mrs. Penny Bell to pay cash transfer tuition for her children, Angel, a sixth grader, and Anthony, a fourth grader at North Liberty School. 2. Following a motion by Mrs. Manuel, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted unanimously to grant the request of Mrs. Judy McGovern. Urey Middle School cook, for an unpaid leave of absence April 21 through 25, 1986. 3. she superintendent related information to the Board concerning the incident which occured last Wednesday, February 19, when the special education bus #lB caught fire. At this time no settlement has been reached with the insurance company and the Corporation van is being used in place of the special education unit. 4. Mr. Stull requested that a representative of Sollitt Construction Company be asked to appear at the next Board meeting to update the Board on plans for the science department renovation at John Glenn High School. 5. Mrs. Beem stated that she wished to recognize that at the recent Walkerton Elementary School Science Fair, judges Linda

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Parker of John Glenn High School and Andrew Stegmiller of Urey Middle School volunteered a considerable amount of time and did an excellent job. NEXT MEETING DATE The Board will meet in executive session on March 1, 1986 at 8:00 a.m. in the library of John Glenn High School for the purpose of discussing personnel. The Board will meet in regular session on March 11, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the library of John Glenn High School. ADJOURNMENT Following a motion by Mr. Peddycord, seconded by Mr. Ludwig, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn at 8:55 p.m. BP-6270 — HOMEWORK Homework is an out-of-school assignment that contributes to the educational process of the student. It should be an extension of classwork and should be related to the objectives of the curriculum presently studied. Homework may include additional practice exercises, reading of material on a specified subject, in-depth extension of classroom activities, or independent project work related to the subject. Homework should fulfill the following purposes or objectives: 1. to review and reinforce classroom learning by providing practice with an application of knowledge gained; 2. to teach students responsibility, neatness and organizational skills; 3. to promote wise and orderly use of time. Due to the importance of homework, teachers frequently allow

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some class time for assignments in the classroom or study halls. In addition, pupil abilities differ. Therefore, not every student will have the same amount of homework each evening. The amount of homework is dependent upon each student’s daily schedule and curriculum. It will also vary according to the age, cognitive style, and the physical needs of the student. Students are expected to complete homework assignments in all areas of learning. Extra curricular activities are an important part of the educational process. These activities demand a part of the student's day at particular times of the year. The development of good daily study habits will provide a feeling of security from being “overwhelmed". Since all homework should be evaluated and the results shared with the students, the teacher should develop a clearly understood procedure for grading assignments. Parent interest and concern in regard to completing assignments will help install a positive attitude about the importance of homework and proper study habits. Parents should encourage and support their child’s effort. They should be available for questions, but remember . . . homework is the child’s responsibility, not the parent’s. Homework is one vehicle that can assist schools in imphasizing the partnership needed between home and school in the educational process of their children. “Learn a new language and get a new soul.' Czech proverb

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