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John Glenn School Board Minutes CALL TO ORDER The Board of School Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation met in regular session on May 7, 1996, at 7:30 p.m., in the JGHS. All members were present along with Supt. David McKee and 15 observers. The meeting began with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES The School Board minutes for the April 16, 1996 regular session were approved by unanimous consent. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS A motion was made by Ben Smith, seconded by Shirley Anderson, to approve claims numbered 703 through 833. The motion was approved by a seven to zero vote. 1. Approve Payments of the JG School Building Corporation A motion was made by Janice Ryan, seconded by Robert Schaeffer, to approve payments of the JG School Building Corporation in the amount of $293,258.48. The motion was approved by a seven to zero vote. PATRON RESPONSE None

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RECOGNITIONS Mrs. Marilyn Lighttoot, principal at WES, recognized Sandy Yakovetz and Sharon Harasewicz for doing a beautiful color yearbook for the school. Mr. Richard Reese, principal of UMS, recognized on behalf of the Urey PTA the following students as Urey Citizens of the Month for April: Chad Haag, 7th grade son of Mike and Peggy Haag, Plymouth and Charity Payne, Bth grade daughter of Greg and Monica Payne, North Liberty. Urey PTA officers and members were recognized by the Urey staff for all their effort in making Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week a success. Each day the PTA brought special recognition to the Urey staff and provided goodies that are very much appreciated by everyone. The Urey Academic Team participated on May 4 in the Hoosier Academic Super Bowl, held at Bremen Middle School. The students competed against 13 other area schools in a variety of subjects relating to this year’s theme concerning the influences of women. Urey teams had the best cumulative score of all 13 teams at the Bremen regional, answering 93 of 125 questions correctly. This gave them an official first place finish. The In-

terdisciplinary squad finished in first place with the science squad coming in third. Math came in fourth place while social studies scored as many points as the third place team. English, missing only three questions, finished in sixth place. Team members include Matt Alspaugh, Jaymie Baker, Brad Hartsell, Julianne Houston, Chris Long, Adalee Pairitz, Ben Swank, Marianne Allsop, Shana Collier, Lauren Heemer, Betsy Hummel, Jennifer Kemble and Rachel Long. The academic team is sponsored by Urey teachers Andy Stegemiller and Lisa Cox. The American Legion Women’s Auxiliary of Walkerton was thanked for their presentation of 30 classroom flags to Harold C. Urey Middle School. On April 11, Mrs. Amybelle 1 Wardman, Americanism chairman and Mrs. Alice Flaugher, president of the Auxiliary, presented the flags and shared the importance of respect and patriotism for the flag. Mr. Mike Shuler, principal at JGHS, announced that the valedictorian at JGHS for 1996 will be Rebecca Grenert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Grenert, of North Liberty. Rebecca has attained a grade point index of 3.97 of a 4.0 scale. She is a member of S.A.D.D., treasurer of the Foreign Language Club and president of the National Honor Society. Her plans for the future are to attend IUSB on a valedictorian scholarship where she will major in biology. Jacinda Pairitz has achieved the position of salutatorian for the Class of 1996 at JGHS. Ranked second in her class with a grade point index of 3.91, Jacinda has decided to attend Ambassador University in Texas and major in English. Jacinda ha c . been involved in the National Honor Society, Yearbook, Falcon Flyer and co-editor of the “Aerial.” In addition, she has won HESTERS CABIN BED & BREAKFAST ■HHF^^BVBBF KF Peaceful Night Or Weekend In Our 1830 Restored Log House (Reservations Only) 71880 St. Rd. 23, Walkerton E-Z STUMP REMOVAL Reasonable Rates Bill Ellinger 586-2167 Walkerton FULLY INSURED

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numerous art awards while attending JGHS. Jacinda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Pairitz, of Walkerton. NEW BUSINESS 1. Progress Report on Urey Middle School Project-Julie Dendinger Julie Dendinger, with Barton-Coe-Vilamaa architectural firm, reported to the School Board that demolition to the exisiting building was 96 percent complete and that a new floor was soon to be completed on the lower level and rough-in on plumbing and the electrical was well underway on all three floors. Construction continues to move forward on schedule. Miss Dendinger discussed with the School Board the recommendation

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to add drywall to the exisiting walls of the old building and the need to repair the second and third floor. The drywall is being recommended so drywall surface will be throughout the building. The drywall will replace a signigicant amount of patching of plaster and repair of glazed tile block which the contractor would apply as a credit to the drywall modifications making the net cost $14,557. The drywall application will save approximately SII,OOO in correcting the problem with the cove base tile block. When the old floor tile was removed from the second and third floor of the exisiting building, the contractors found a concrete (Continued on Page 8)

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