The Independent-News, Volume 116, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 February 1991 — Page 8

- THE INDEPENDENT NEWS - FEBRUARY 28. 1991

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JOHN GLENN SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES EXECUTIVE SESSION The Board of School Trustees of the John Glenn School Corp, met in executive session at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, 1991 at Urey Middle School for the purpose of discussing job performance evaluation of individual employees. No other items were discussed. The executive session was adjourned at 7:25 p.m. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Board of School Trustees of the John Glenn School Corp, met in regular session on Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the gymnasium of UreyMiddle School. Board members present included Nilas Miller, Dan Patrick, Jean Ann Beem, Don Ludwig. Mary Kay Stedman and Dave Hostetler. Gene Knowlton arrived at a later time. The board and 34 observers began the meeting with the recitation of the pledge

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of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Jean Ann Beem and seconded by Dan Patrick to approve the minutes of the Feb. 5. 1991 regular session with a correction given on page three to change the word “contest” to the word “contestant.” the vote was five approved, zero against and Mary Kay Stedman abstaining as a result of being absent at that prior meeting. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS A motion was made by Dan Patrick and seconded by Mary Kay Stedman to approve claims number 226 through 319. Following discussion. the vote was six to zero. PATRON RESPONSE Patron Ed Dolph voiced concerns about tax dollars offsetting Corporation expenses and reemphasized that the taxpayers could not afford the proposed building project. RECOGNITIONS 1. Building Principals Brent Kaufman, North Liberty Elementary School principal, noted that the fifth grade, in responding to several of the parents being in

the Persian Gulf area, have developed "care packages” which will be sent to them. The items within each box are those requested by the parent. Mr. Kaufman announced that beginning on Feb. 28, the North Liberty School will be host school for lUSB education interns. 20 interns will be at the school at least once a week to work with various students in grades 4. 5 and 6in the area of reading. The length of the internship will be 12 weeks. ISTEP and Achievement Testing will begin Monday. March 4 and end Thursday, March 7. On March 7, the North Liberty School will host the yearly “World's Largest Concert." this will be a combined activity between Walkerton Elementary and North Liberty. The program was hosted by WES last year. The IAEMSP District 111 is hosting an Aspiring Principals meeting on Feb. 21 and there currently are five JGSC teachers who will be attending this meeting. Principal Marilyn Lightfoot, Walkerton Elementary School, announced that from 106 entires, WES winners in the Reflections Contest are Visual Arts-Emily Batman, Kyle Laßere, Bret Butler, Adalee Pairitz, Rebecca Strahm, Casey Butler, Nathaniel Pairitz; Photography-Jonathan Rundle and Steven Goss; Literature-Brandee Easterday, Amanda Hummel, Chad Arnold, Danielle Ludwig, Kristin Miller, Caroline Arnett, Nathan Downey, Jake Herndon, Tori Holland, Malanie Gaines. Poster contest winners in third grade are Mary Keck (Ist), Lindsey Maze (2nd), Chase Shafer (3rd). These entries will compete in the county contest. Dick Reese. Urey Middle School principal, recognized eighth grade student Amy Paul, daughter of Harold and Linda Paul, North Liberty, for winning the school’s geography bee on Feb. 6. Winning the bee also gives Amy a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. Amy has taken a written test and if she is one of the 100 top scorers in the state, she will be eligible to compete in the State Spelling Bee on April 5. Urey PTA Citizens of the Month for Jan. are Amber Fraiser, eighth grade, daughter of Tom Fraiser, North Liberty and Scott Rimbaugh, seventh grade, son of Scott and Gina Rimbaugh, North Liberty. PBS and WNIT will present a special teleconference called "Making the American Dream Work for our Children: A New Vision of School Guidance.” This presentation will feature our Urey Middle School’s Voyager Gub along with other interactive programs which help young persons achieve in school and raise their academic and vocational aspirations. The teleconference will be presented Wed., Feb. 27, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in room A169, Elkhart Area Career Center. The teleconference is free of charge. The Urey Academic Team conducted another computer-based test of general knowledge on Wed., Jan. 23. Out of 628 schools nationwide, the Urey team scored 139th. This places them in the top 22 percent nationally. Indicating the strength of Indiana schools, the Urey team placed 14th out of 32 schools in the state. Mr. Andy Stegemiller is their coach. Participating students included Danny Beem, Nathan Cripe. Jacinda Pairitz. Josh Smith. Scott Tribbey, Ryan Schmeltz, Matt Church. David Guseilla, Anittah Patrick, Casey Pawell, Chris Mattix, Becky Grenert, Barry Houser, Joe Pletcher. Glen White and Jeremy Wynn. On Mon., March 4, the annual Urey Science Fair will be held in the Urey gym from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. Science teacher Andy Stegemiller is the science fair coordinator. The Urey Chess team will travel to Michigan City on Sat., March 2 for the regional tournament. Two teams will represent Urey in the all-day tourney. Mrs. Lisa Cox will travel with the team. Mr. Glen Petry and Mrs. Cox are Urey’s Chess team

sponsors. John Glenn High School assistant principal Dolores Mueller announced that the Spell Bowl team will be traveling to the State Capital on Feb. 20 to be recognized on the floor of the Senate for winning the Hoosier State Spell Bowl Championship for four years in a row. They will also meet the Governor, and Senator Betty Lawson will submit the resolution. Paul Hernandez and Shirley Ross will be accompanying the students to Indianapolis. Miss Mueller called attention to the upcoming Sth annual Falcon Follies which promise to be better than ever this year. This is an all-school talent show featuring students who showcase their musical, dancing, comedy or dramatic talents. The date is Sat., Feb. 23, at 7:00 p.m. at John Glenn high School. Money received goes toward the John Glenn Scholarship Fund. It will be an entertaining, don’t-want-to miss kind of evening! A motion was made by Mary Kay Stedman and seconded by Dave Hostetler to accept the SSO donation from the Tri Kappa Sorority from North Liberty to Urey Middle School for a program given by Ms. Tiani. The vote was six to zero. OLD BUSINESS 1. Middle School Project. Board member Dan Patrick made a presentation to the crowd expressing his concerns for the middle school project and the building site being located in the Walkerton area. Mr. Patrick’s handout included price comparisons and facility assessments. Mr. Patrick noted that by choosing the North Liberty site, a substantial savings would occur compared to locating the building in Walkerton.

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Board members responding to Mr. Patrick included Dave Hostetler and Jean Ann Beem who indicated that Mr. Patrick’s comparisons did not include such items as additional transportation costs which were estimated to be extremely high, and riding time of children in the southern part of the school corporation making the bus trip to North Liberty. It was noted that the usual site selection method of a new building is to select a site as close to the centralized area of the population for the corporation. Patron Mike Daube stated that some of the information on Mr. Patrick’s sheet was incorrect in that athletic facilities at North Liberty High School were in disrepair to the extent that they should not be counted above and beyond the site at the high school. Other patrons responding included Dean Anderson, Jack Ryan and Pauline Laskowski. Mr. Anderson questioned the use of the current facility. Board president Nilas Miller indicated that that had been addressed during earlier meetings, but answered that question. Ed Dolph spoke on more than one occasion to indicate that the community cannot afford such a building program. Patron Dean Anderson addressed that he would rather see adding teachers to the faculty to improve education rather than spending the dollars on “brick and mortar.” Mr. Anderson further questioned the need for the current middle school structure including the North Liberty students as well as future middle school projects including sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Superintendent Dr. Murray addressed this situation by stating that research in the areas of educational and adolescent growth