The Independent-News, Volume 115, Number 45, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 April 1990 — Page 6

- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - APRIL 5, IWO

6

JOHN GLENN SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES Regular Session CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Board of School Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation met tn regular session on Tuesday. March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the library of Urey Middle School. All members of the Board were present. The meeting was attended by 111 observers who joined the School Board in the recitiation of the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Millar indicated that a correction was needed in item 2b. that the motion was made by Pam Craft and seconded by Mary Kay Stedman. He also indicated that there needed to be a correction under New Business item Ic. After discussion of these corrections. it was suggested that the minutes be tabled. This motion was made by Mr. Millar, seconded by Donald Ludwig and approved by a vote of seven to zero. FINANCIAL REPORT AND AP PROVAL OF CLAIMS #378 *4Bl After discussion of claims relating to copier maintenance. Jean Ann Beem moved approval of claims number 378 through 481. This motion was seconded by Pam Craft and approved by a vote of seven to zero. Darlene Flora. Corporation Treasurer, asked the Board for authorization to pay necessary claims that would come due before the April 17 board meeting in order to avoid late charges and to pay certain legal obligations such as social security and payroll taxes. William Millar moved to authorize the treasurer to pay necessary claims that fall due prior to the April 17 meeting, subject to approval by the Board at that meeting. This motion was seconded by Donald Ludwig and approved by a vote of seven to zero. Susan Groves, a resident whose children attend North Liberty Elementary and whose husband was a teacher and coach at John Glenn until this year, spoke to the board. She communicated her affection for teachers and friends at the school community. She stated that she felt the school system was given a “black eye" by the actions of the Superintendent and school board on March 6 concerning Mr. Kickbush. After other comments she concluded by saying that she was glad her husband no longer worked for this school system and this made her sad. Kay Gordon, a science teacher at John Glenn High School, spoke to the board by stating that she felt that Mr. Kickbush’s termination was an unfair punishment. She said that Mr. Kickbush had offered several alternatives that were more suited to the situation. She was disappointed in the meeting that the teachers had with the superintendent and three board members and that they were told repeatedly to “use their own judgement" and that this suggestion had been precisely what had gotten Mr. Kickbush into trouble. She stated that we intend to pursue this matter further in the discussion process. She concluded by saying that she did not feel the findings of fact actually represented what happened at the hearing and asked the Board to reconsider and reinstate Mr Kickbush. Randy Verkier, representing V.F W Post 2852. spoke to the Board concerning his efforts to try and locate a plaque which listed the names of World War II Veterans that had graduated from Walkerton High School. This plaque disappeared during the renovation of the Urey building and has not been recovered Mr. Verkier described his efforts to find this plaque and thanked Mr. Harvey. Mr. Reese, Gerry Brown, Mr kaufman. Harn Kurzhal, Rich I^uderback and

Brad Schmeltz for their efforts in assisting in the search. Mr. Verkier appealed to the Board to assist in any wav that they can in publicizing this missing plaque and to encourage anyone in the community w ho may have knowledge of its whereabouts to contact him or a member of the V.F.W. Mr. Verkler indicated that he would be back in the fall to talk with the Board further if the plaque is not recovered during the next few months. Chad Strang and Heather Gardner. seniors at John Glenn High School, talked about the situation with commencement this year. Chad Strand indicated that the seniors would rather have commencement at John Glenn High School. He presented a series of questions concerning why the bleachers had not been properly maintained in the past and presented two options with regard to commencement this year. The first was to repair the bleachers so that a portion of them could be used. The second option was to set up folding chairs on the floor in the gymnasium. Mrs. Stedman read the excerpts from the tabled March 6 Board minutes concerning the bleacher problem. Mr. Harvey then responded that he had contacted both Interkal and Fanning/ Howey concerning the options that had been suggested by Chad Strang. Fanning/Howey indicated that they would respond to Mr. Harvey by March 7 about having an engineer inspect the bleach**-*:. Mr. Harvey said he had discussed these options thoroughly with Mr. Shuler and that Mr. Shuler was anxious to make a decision as soon as possible concerning commencement. Mr. Harvey stated that he shared the frustration expressed by the seniors and that he and Mr. Shuler were anxious to try to resolve this matter as soon as possible. RECOGNITIONS Mr. Shuler began by pointing out that Chad Strand had been nominated by Congressman Hiler for the Air Force Academy. He thanked everyone for the excellent turnout at the Falcon Follies which he believed to be a huge success and that over SI,OOO had been raised for the John Glenn High School Scholarship Fund. The Winter Sports Banquet will be held on Wednesday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the John Glenn High School cafeteria. Copies of the 1990 Aerial will go on sale on Thursday. March 29. at a cost of $2.50. The 1989 Aerial had received one of four superior ratings received by high schools in the State of Indiana. Kristi Solmos. Michele Knepp. Charlie Winger and Chris Stedman had been named All Conference in basketball. Finally, the John Glenn High School FFA Dairy Judging Team placed first in the County meet. Teem members were Tuan Hesters. Travis Replogle.Mike Birk and Josiah Klinedinst. who was also the high point individual. Mr. Kaufman indicated that the Kindergarten Roundup was going well and that the numbers are up this year. He invited the public to the Art Exhibition which is being conducted this week in the old industrial arts room. More than 90 students participated in the Talent Show and he thanked parents and the PT A for their support and Marlene Hadden. Paula Limerick and Pam Miller for their efforts. Russell Clark. Jaime Kotolinski and Rusty Slater were winners at the Regional Science Fair. Cory White received a first place in the United States Immigration Poster Contest. She traveled to Indianapolis where she received a Certificate and a SIOO Savings Bond which was presented bv Senator Lugar Brad Ennis. Chris Long, l*hil Morris, Jaime Kotolinski. Gail Ferency and Yolanda Lozano were winners in the Poison Control Poster Contest. Because North I iberty had the most students winning awards in this contest, an

Apple IIC4- was donated to the school by the Indiana Poison Control Center. The Student of the Month wa Daniel Cute, in fourth grade. Mr. Hostetler moved to accept the donation of the Apple computer from the Indiana Poison Control Center, this motion was seconded by Donald Ludwig and approved by a vote of seven to zero. Mrs. Lightfoot indicated that seven classes had 100 percent participation in the Book-lt Program for which they received a pizza party sponsored by Pizza Hut. She also thanked McDonald’s for their certificates which were presented to students who had perfect attendance for the first semester and then she identified the Citizens of the Month who arc as follows: Ist grade. Joe Wardman: 2nd grade. Lindsay Huff. Amanda Barton; 3rd grade, Erin Wardman. Jamie Dolph. Jennifer Traub; 4th grade. Brian Snell, Mary Pflugshaupt; and 6th grade. Stephanie Reinhold. Eva Pondo. The VIP was Pam Walz. Mr. Reese made the following recognitions for Urey Middle School: Dennis Metz, Bth grader, is among 100 students in grades four through eight named as state finalists in the second annual National Geography Bee and will compete on Friday. March 30 on the campus of IU-PU at Indianapolis. Mrs. Francie Beville. social studies teacher at UM and Mr. Reese will accompany Dennis to Indianapolis. On Saturday. March 17. two Urey Chess Teams participated in the Regional Chess Tournament at Michigan City. Both teams did very well, in fact, both are eligible to participate in the State Finals in Terre Haute. Out of 45 participating teams. Team A came in second place in the Bth grade division and fifth overall. Members of team A were Jeremy Pugh. Nolan Keck. Steve Snell and Jayson Tompkins. Team B came in fifth place in the Bth grade division and ninth overall. Members of Team B were Jason Joseph. Dennis Metz, Dan Schmeltz. Greg Forsythe and Bill Emerick. Congratulations go to Brent Hostrawser and Steve Snell. Bth grade students, who participated in the Regional Science Fair at Notre Dame. Brent received a first place and Steve received a second. Urey PT A has announced their Citizens of the Month for February as Bth grade students Keely Jackson and Nolan Keck. Vera Tiani has been appointed to the "Youth Advisory Concil to the Indiana Youth Institute.’’ This council selected six adults from youth serving agencies throughout the State of Indiana along with six high school students chosen by program participants. David Schmidt, sophomore at John Glenn, was chosen as a Urey Voyager Club peer chaperone representative. The structure of the program includes youth information sharing and an advisory network for the State of Indiana. One area of focus includes the training of youth as youth program evaluators. OLD BUSINESS 1. Proposed Board Policy 7510 Library-Media Center Proposed Administrative Regulations 7510 Library-Media Center Pam Craft moved approval of the proposed policy and regulations which was seconded by Dave Hostetler. The motion to adopt the proposed policy and regulations was approved by a vote of seven to zero. 2. Curriculum Guides a. Foreign Language b. English-Language Arts Pam Craft moved approval of all of the curriculum guides which had been presented. This motion was seconded by Donald Ludwig and was approved by a vote of seven to zero. Mr. Harvey pointed out the tremendous amount of work that had been done by the teachers during the first semester and into February of this year to complete the revisions and in some cases, the writing of the new curriculum

guide. NEW BUSINESS 1. Personnel Report a. Appointments I. Charles Gordon, Custodian, NLES. effective March 29. 1990 Donald Ludwig moved to approve the appointment of Charles Gordon as a custodian at North Liberty Elementary School. This motion was seconded by Mary Kay Stedman. The motion failed by a vote of five to two with Nilas Miller and Donald Ludwig voting for the motion and Dave Hostetler. Mary Kay Stedman. Pam Craft. Jean Ann Bccm and William Millar voting against it. 2. Pamela Peeples, Elementary P.E.. WES. effective March 7. 1990 The appointment of Pamela Peeples. Walkerton Elementary School. Elementary P.E.. was approved by a motion by William Millar seconded by Jean Ann Beem and a vote of seven to zero. 3. Janet Robinson. Special Education Transportation. $7.50. day to May 24. 1990 Mr. Harvey explained that a student who had been attending John Glenn High School had been reassigned at the beginning of the fourth nine weeks to a class at Oregon-Davis High School. In order to provide transportation to the special class, an arrangement had been made with Mrs. Robinson who lived in the community and worked as an aide at Oregon-Davis This arrangement is for the remainder of this school year. Following the discussion. Donald Ludwig moved approval of this recommendation w hich was seconded by Mary Kay Stedman and approved by a vote of seven to zero. 2. Resolution for Tempory Loan Mr. Harvey and Mrs. Flora explained to the Board the necessity of the temporary loans. Mrs. Flora stated that contacts with the county auditors indicated that there would be no advance tax draws and that in all likehood the June 30 property tax distribution would be delayed. In view of this. Mr. Harvey pointed out that it would be necessary to borrow money in order for us to pay our bills until the tax distribution is received. Mrs. Flora explained the amounts that had been received in 1989 through advance tax draws which totaled approximately $600,000. Since this money would not be available in 1990. it puts us in a difficult cash flow situation. Following discussion of this item. William Millar moved approval of the resolution for the temporary loan which was seconded by Dave Hostetler and approved by a vote of seven to zero. 3. Chapter 2 Allocation Grant Acceptance Jean Ann Beem moved approval of the acceptance of the grant in the amount of $11,895. This was seconded by Pam Craft and approved by a vote of seven to zero. 4. NLES "A Computer on Every Teacher’s Desk" Grant Application During discussion of this grant application, Mr. Harvey called on Mr. Kaufman to explain the basic elements of it. Mr. Kaufman indicated that the staff was very supportive of this grant application. but pointed out that only three or four would be allocated across the state. In response to questions concerning where the local share of aproximately SII,OOO would be found. Mr. Harvey explained that there was money in the 1990 Capital Projects Fund which had been allocated for computer acquisition and that Mr. Kaufman also had approximately $3,200 in the 1990 equipment account for his building. Mr. Kaufman explained that the remaining dollars would come from his extracurricular fund tn order to complete the extra share. This concern had arisen in view of the fact that more than SIOO,OOO will need to be found in the 1990 Budget in order to accomplish the repair of the bleachers at the high school. Mr. Harvey indicated that if the Board approved the submission of the grant application and if we were successful in receiving it. a detailed

explanation of where the local share funds would be provided the Board at the time the grant was submitted for acceptance. Following this discussion, Dave Hostetler moved approval of the grant application which was seconded by Donald Ludwig and approved by a vote of seven to zero. INFORMATION REPORTS 1. Conference and travel a. Michelle Chamberlin. "Middle School Conference" b. Kimberly Emmons, "HIVAIDS Conference" c. Amy Foster. "Computer and Writing Program" d. Jan Hayes. "Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome Screening Training" e. Linda Holland. "Indiana Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children Conference" f. Sandy Hunter. "Indiana Association for Counseling and Development" g. Dixie Kunze. "Indiana Association for Counseling and Development" h. Judy New. “G-T Evaluation" i. Barbara Rans. "Developmental Screening Conference" j. Dan Snider. "Indiana Association for Counseling and Development” k. Andy Stegemiller. "HA.STI Conference" I. Amy Wait. "Gifted and talented Symposium" The Board received conference and travel reports. 2. Extracurricular Fund Monthly Financial Reports In response to a question, Mr. Huler indicated that the account balance for the extracurricular funds at the high school was normal for this time of the year and that this amount would go down as items were paid for during the spring. 3.School Lunch Report Mr. Harvey and Mrs. Flora explained the status of the school lunch program at this time, which is operating slightly in the black. Mr. Haney did indicate that in all likelih<M>d it would be necessary to raise school lunch prices in the fall of 1990 in order to build a little surplus in this fund. He stated that in retrospect we probably should have raised lunch prices this year since we did give the cooks a raise in January. In response to a question from a patron. Mr. Harvey explained that the feasibility study had not yet been received from the architects. He also responded to a second question concerning a school construction seminar in Indianapolis that no one from the school corporation was planning to attend that seminar. NEXT MEETING DATE The next regular meeting of the Board of School Trustees will be on April 17. at 7:30 p.m,, at North Liberty Elementarv School. ADJOURNMENT With no further action to come before the board. Pam Craft moved the adjournment of the meeting which was seconded by Mary Kay Stedman and approvied by a vote of seven to zero. The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:57 p.m. The largest saguaro cacti, the common cactus of Mexican deserts and Western movies, are dose to 200 years old, and weigh over ten tons. 55 SAVES LIVES %