The Independent-News, Volume 112, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 November 1986 — Page 3

JOHN GLENN SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES The Board of Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation met in regular session on November 18, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the library of Urey Middle School. Mrs. Beem, Mrs. Craft. Mr. Hochstetler, Mr. Millar and Mr. Miller were present at the beginning of the meeting. Mrs. Manuel arrived at 7:35 p.m. The superintendent and seven observers were also present. Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler. seconded by Mrs. Bcem, the Board voted five to zero to approve the minutes of the November 4, 1986 meeting as presented. Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mr. Miller, the Board voted six to zero to approve claims numbered 1.874 through 1.976 as presented. OLD BUSINESS A. Resolution — North Central School Employees’ Insurance Trust: Dr. Smith submitted a report to the Board detailing investigations into joining a medical insurance trust. Four major insurance companies have submitted bids to the potential trust which would consist of employees from the following school corporations: New Prairie. Union-North, Triton, Argos and John Glenn. The Rochester School Corporation may also join the trust at a later date. The first year net savings to school employees and the school corporation would be approxmiately $4,000 or 2.5% of medical costs. The insurance advisory committee consisting of Rodger Smith. Carol Beem and John Hostrawser have recommended to the Teachers Association and the Board that the corporation take this action both for the immediate savings to be realized and the potential of long-term savings. The Insurance trust commitment is for three years. Following a motion by Mrs. Manuel, seconded by Mrs. Bcem. the Board voted six to zero to take such actions as necessary' to join the North Central School Employees Insurance Trust. A copy of this Resolution is attached to and a part of these minutes. Following a motion by Mrs.

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Manuel, seconded by Mrs. Craft, the Board voted six to zero to adopt an amendment to the North Central School Employees Insurance Trust document to allow the Rochester Community School Corporation to join the insurance trust on or before December 31, 1987 if all specified stipulations are met. B. Walkerton Elementary School Project: Members of the Board consulted with Mr. George Ointon and Mr. Edward Soots of R. W. Cinton & Associates regarding the program for the addition and renovation to the Walkerton Elementary School. The architects presented data gathered in interviews with the adminstration and teaching staff at Walkerton Elementary School. According to the project schedule the Corporation architects, construction managers and financial consultants will assist the Board in conducting a public hearing on this project to be held on November 25 at Walkerton Elementary School. At the December 16 Board meeting the architects and construction managers will have preliminary sketches and cost estimates to present to the Board. Dr. Smith noted that the Board’s primary concern right now is with the Walkerton Elementary School addition/renovation phase of the overall project. Since the option of providing central service facilities to include a bus garage and an office are contingent upon the overall budget figures, no additonal work will be completed on these phases until the Board has been able to react to preliminary drawings and cost estimates for the Walkerton Elementary School project. NEW BUSINESS A. Resolution: By a consensus motion and vote, the members of the Board adopted a Resolution congratulating Mr. Robert S. Mulligan. chairman of the English department at John Glenn High School, upon his honor of being named the 1987 Indiana Teacher of the Year. Mr. Mulligan s credentials will be forwarded by the Indiana Department of Education to the Federal Department of Education as Indiana’s representative in the National Teacher of the Year Program. Members of the Board and the entire school community commend Mr. Mulligan for his

exemplary service as a teacher, a member of our school community, and a friend to all those who seek truth through learning. B. Corporation Vehicles Report: Dr. Smith submitted a written report to the Board detailing the year, model, make and mileage of all Corporation vehicles. During the past two and one half years the Board has purchased five new buses and one used special education bus. Also, a new maintenance van was acquired. With the delivery of the latest two new vehicles, the inventory of spare buses now contains six rather than the normal number, four. The contract for two driver owned vehicles will expire at the end of the current school year. The replacement schedule for buses indicates that these two vehicles should be replaced by Corporation owned buses. Based upon the Corporation vehicle report and the service record of the bus fleet, Dr. Smith recommended that he be authorized to advertised for two additional buses to be put into service for the 1987-88 school year and that he be authorized old buses 17 and 9 for sale. Following a motion by Mrs. Manuel, seconded by Mr. Miller, the Board voted six to zero to authorize the superintendent to advertise for two new buses. Following a motion by Mrs. Beem, seconded by Mrs. Manuel, the Board voted six to zero to authorizes the superintendent to advertise old buses 17 and 9 for sale. C. Conference Requests: Following a motion by Mrs. Beem. seconded by Mrs. Manuel, the Board voted six to zero to grant the following conference requests: 1. Marilyn Lightfoot. Sue Awald, Nancy Huff. Merri Anne Buffington. Walkerton Elementary School; Brent Kaufman, Rich Bink ley, Vai Clause, North Liberty School; "IBM Writing To Read ”, Chicago, Decembers, 1986. D. Conference Reports: The Board received written conference reports from the following staff members: 1. Janet Hayes, North Liberty School, "Reading, Writing and Thinkings", Indianapolis. 2. Mary Jo Cunningham, John Glenn High School, "National Council of Teachers of Mathematics”, South Bend. 3. Laura O’Connor, Urey Middle School, "Anger And Criticism: Therapeutic and Education Interventions". Chicago. E. Resignations: Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mrs. Craft, the Board voted six to zero to accept the following staff members’ extracurricular resigna tions: 1. Larry Rans, John Glenn cross country coach. 2. Hugh Rettinger, John Glenn High School assistant football coach. F. Financial Statement — October, 1986: The superintendent submitted the October, 1986 financial statement. Questions from members of the Board were asked regarding the level of available appropriation and cash flow. Dr. Smith indicated that he was concerned about both items and that the Corporation treasurer is currently calculating the current cash flow and appropriations needs for the remainder of this calendar year. Dr. Smith indicated that all available means of intrafund transfers will be utilized to make sure that funds and cash flow balance at the end of the calendar year, G. Others: 1. Hoosier Spell Bowl: By consensus, the Board commended the members of the John Glenn Hoosier Spell Bowl and their coach. Miss Shirley Ross, for their second place finish in the Class 111 Hoosier Spell Bowl state competition. John Glenn High School students placed second among the 33 members of the class 111 schools. 2. Urey Middle School Lilly Endowment Application: Mr. Reese.

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principal at Urey Middle School, informed the Board that he has been notified by representatives of the Lilly endowment fund that the Urey Middle School grant application has merited an on site visitation by a member of their evaluation staff. A representative of the Lilly fund will visit Urey Middle School on December 9. Os 135 applications, 50 schools will be visited. The top 30 schools will re-' ceive a SI,OOO grant, the top 15 schools will receive a $20,000 grant. Board members congratulated Mr. Reese, his staff, and students upon this accomplishment. 3. Request for Athletic Eligibility Waiver: Mr. Shuler, principal at John Glenn High School, presented a request from the John Glenn High School guidance and athletic departments to allow a transfer student from St. Joseph High School to participate in freshman basketball even though, due to scheduling conflicts, the student will be unable to take a five and one half credit load until the beginning of the second semester. Mr. Shuler explained that this student is currently passing all subjects and has one half credit more than the IHSAA eligibility requirement, but one half credit less than the John Glenn School Corporation athletic eligibility requirement. Board members asked questions to differentiate between this case and the case of a student that had not been able to meet academic and athletic requirements due to failure. Following a motion by Mrs. Beem, seconded by Mr. Miller, the Board voted five ayes (Mrs. Beem. Mr. Hostetler, Mrs. Manuel, Mr. Millar and Mr. Miller) to one naye (Mrs. Craft) to grant the waiver of athletic eligibility requirements, as requested, for the first semester only. In order to remain eligible for the second semester the student

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must be enrolled and passing a minimum of five solid subjects. 4. Corporation Office Printer: Dr. Smith informed the Board that due to the increased useage of the Corporation office computer system that he is currently investigating the addition of a smaller printer to be used exclusively for word processing functions. Until * this time an inexpensive, quiet printer has been available for the Corporation system. Recently, such a printer has been introduced on the market. Additional information will be reported to the Board when available. 5. Request for Nonpaid Medical Leave: Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mrs. Manuel, the Board voted six to zero to grant the request of Mrs. Martha Keeling, member of the John Glenn High School kitchen staff, for a medical leave to begin on December 17, 1986, lasting up to eight weeks. NEXT MEETING DATE: The Board will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of explaining the proposed Walkerton Elementary School and central service facilities project on November 25. 1986 at 7:30 p.m. at Walkerton Elementary School. An executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel will immediately follow the public hearing. The Board will meet in regular session on December 2. 1986, at 7:30 p.m. in the library of John Glenn School. ADJOURNMENT Following a motion by Mr. Hostetler, seconded by Mrs. Manuel, the Board voted six to zero to adjourn at 10:45 p.m. “In this world what matters is not to know mankind, but to be smarter on the spot than he who stands before us." Goethe

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