The Independent-News, Volume 122, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 June 1996 — Page 5

David Bolze Resigns From Electric Dept. A special meeting was held on Monday, June 24, 1996 with the following Walkerton Town Council members present: Randy Hoover, Walter Heil, Gregory Williams, Gordon Hartsell along with attorney Fred Jones and clerktreasurer, Kathryn Chrapliwy. The minutes of the June 17th meeting were approved by general consent. Gregory Williams announced that Electric Dept. Superintendent David Bolze had tendered his resignation. Council member Reese made a motion to accept Bolze’s resignation which was seconded by Hoover with the motion passing by a 4-1 vote. Council member Heil voted nay. Kenny Bolze will be asked to take over on a temporary basis. The attorney discussed the plans that Fred Knizer had submitted to the state on his addition to Little Joe’s. With no further business to come before the council the meeting adjourned on a motion by Reese, seconded by Heil, the vote was 5-0. John Glenn School Board Minutes CALL TO ORDER The Board of School Trustees of the John Glenn School Corporation met in regular session, on June 18, 1996, at 7:30 p.m., in the John Glenn High School. All members were present. The School Board, along

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with Superintendent David McKee and four observers, began the meeting with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES The School Board minutes for the June 4, 1996 regular session were approved by unanimous consent. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS A motion was made by Ben Smith, seconded by David Gensinger, to approve claims numbered 1,022 through 1,147. The motion was approved by a seven to zero vote. PATRON RESPONSE None RECOGNITIONS None. NEW BUSINESS 1. Resignations a. Mike Clark, JGHS Athletic Director b. Rosemarie Lowry, WES part-time cook c. Carla Gurtner, NLES teacher, grade 1, effective 6-10-96. A motion was made by Janice Ryan, seconded by Tom McCormick, to approve the resignations as listed. The motion was approved by a seven to zero vote. 2. 1996 ISTEP Report David McKee, Superintendent, presented a report on the 1996 ISTEP results for the John Glenn School Corporation that was prepared by Cyndi Williams, John Glenn School Corporation ISTEP Coordinator. All regular education students in grades three, six and 10 were required by state law to participate in the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) program. The testing included new sections this year in applied

writing and mathematics. The scores from these sections will not be available until August. Instead of identifying those students who did not make the prescribed score for passing the essential skills, the ISTEP program now defines students into three general levels of knowledge and skills relevant to the educational proficiency content standards. These levels are as follows: the advanced learner - students who have mastered the subject matter to a high degree; the proficient learner - students who have demonstrated a basic command of the fundamentals for the subject matter; and the apprentice learner - students who have not established a reasonable command of the fundamental knowledge. The students in grade three scored at the state average, ranking 572 out of 1,131 schools; students in grade six scored significantly above the state average, ranking 107 out of 705 schools; and students in grade 10 were slightly below the state average, ranking 255 our of 355 schools. 3. Review School Board Policies - Section 2000, Program The School Board reviewed School Board Policies in Section 2000 of the Board Policy Manual. School Board members proposed revisions to the policies were noted. REPORTS U 1. Superintendent’s Report a. Textbook Rental Fees for 1996-97 The Superintendent reported to the school board that with the adoption of the Language Arts textbooks for the 1996-97 school year, there will need to be a significant increase

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in the textbook rental for the coming year. Following discussion the School Board indicated the desire to support textbook rental costs through general fund expenditures in order to keep the costs down on textbook rental fees. A recommendation on textbook rental fees will be brought to the School Board at the next meeting. 2 & 3. Conference Approved & Reports The School Board received written reports on conferences approved and attended. NEXT MEETING The Board of School Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m., on July 2, 1996, at the John Glenn High School. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:07 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION Following the regular session, the Board met in executive session for the purpose of discussing job

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performance evaluation of individual employees. The executive session adjourned at 11:30 p.m. ATTENTION Summer Rec Program Sign-Up The Walkerton Parks & Recreation Department along with the John Glenn School Corporation will be sponsoring a Summer Recreation Program for children ages eight to 14 years old. The Summer Recreation Program will be held Monday thru Friday, July Bth through August 16th. Many fun activities are being planned. Space is limited, please sign up early. Drop your name, address, phone number and age into the box at the Town of Walkerton’s clerk-treasurer’s office, 510 Roosevelt Road. Shop At Home Spend The 4th At Home

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