12-9-2014 BOE Communication
The Greenville City School’s Board of Education met during their regular
December meeting at St. Clair Memorial Hall in the Anna Bier Civic Room on Tuesday,
December 9, 2014. A Work Session was
held prior to the business meeting at 6:00 p.m. During the work session the Board received an
update on the renovation project at the high school and the new K-8 facility
from Garmann Miller Architects.
Superintendent, Douglas Fries brought forth the following District
Highlights and Commendations:
Logan Emrick for being elected Secretary for the
State of Ohio Business Professionals of America. Logan is an eleventh grader at Greenville
Senior High School and is a student in the Career Technology Supply Chain
Management. Congratulations on your
achievement.
Greenville Football team and Coaches for the
following honors: Aaron Shaffer-GWOC North-Co-Coach of the Year; Bryce
Jenkinson-GWOC North Co-Player of the Year, Division III, First Team
All-District, First Team All-Conference GWOC, and GWOC All North-First Team;
Isaiah Hayes-First Team All-Conference GWOC and GWOC All North-First Team; Codi
Byrd-GWOC All North-First Team; Logan Eldridge-GWOC All North-First Team; Clay
Guillozet-GWOC All North-First Team; Keegan Lennen-GWOC All North-First Team;
Cody Preston-GWOC All North-First Team; and Quinton Wood-GWOC All North-First
Team.
Jim Anderson, Instructor for Auto Technology at
Greenville Senior High School for being elected to the position of Vice
Chairman of NATEF (National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation)
beginning in January, 2015. He will
subsequently move into Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the 2016 year.
Commendations are extended to the following
students for being inducted into the National Honor Society at Greenville
Senior High School and to Advisor, Amber Warner for an outstanding Tap
Assembly: Seniors: Alison Helfrich,
Sheyla Lutz, Joseph Miller, Kelsey McClure, Benjamin Westfall, and Olivia
Wysong. Juniors: Caitlin Beasecker, Seryn Crawford, Kayli
Duncan, Terin Ellis, Emily Fulton, Lucie Garber, Clayton Guillozet, Ally Hayes,
Olivia Herron, Jacob Hounshell, Bhavneep Kaur, Ripley Lewis, Candice Malott,
Francesca Masso-Rivetti, Chloe McKinney, Casey Mortensen, Quintin Muhlenkamp,
Carmen Raquel Navas-Davis, Victoria Nader, Jazzlyn Petry, Lexi Roth, Nicole Sherry,
Serena Stastny, Stacey Strobel, Joseph Suter, and Brayden York.
Kari Lemon, Greenville Junior High School Vocal
Music Director and the vocal music students in 7th and 8th Grades for their
2014 Holiday Concert, “Sounds of the Season”.
Brian McKibben, JR Price, and Scottie Moore, Band
Directors and the instrumental band students in grades 5-8 for wonderful
holiday concerts.
Xavier Maitlen (first place), Aubrey Evers
(second place) and Alex Strait (third place) for placing in the South Middle
School’s Spelling Bee. They will compete
in the District Bee on December 17, 2014.
Treasurer, Carla Surber presented the following items receiving the
board of education approval:
Approved the Treasurer’s report for the month of November
2014.
Approved the Schedule of Bills for the month of November
2014.
Approved bills for payment under the then and now
certification.
Approved for the Treasurer to file with the Darke
County Auditor, permanent appropriations by fund on July 1, 2014, to begin
fiscal year appropriations and the Board of Education of the Greenville City
School District provide for the current expenses and other expenditures of said
Board during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, the following sums be and
the same as presented under separate cover are hereby set aside and
appropriated for the several purposes for which expenditures are to be made and
during said fiscal year.
Authorization of transfers and advances necessary
for the purpose of creating a positive balance in a particular fund.
Approved Valuation Engineers, Inc. for the
purpose of updating insurance values for the assets on hand at the end of the
2013-2014 school year at a cost of $652.00.
Approved an advance of $600,000.00 from the 001
general fund into the 002 Bond Retirement fund for the payment of debt. Collection proceeds will be used to pay back
the general fund in March.
Superintendent, Douglas Fries presented several policies for second
readings and for approval.
Superintendent, Douglas Fries presented the following donations with appreciation
for approval:
$500.00 in memory of Peggy Prophater for the
benefit of the Goal Getter’s program.
$500.00 from the Darke Elks Benevolence Group for
the benefit of the Greenville Senior
High School’s Auto Technology Program.
$200.00 from the Darke County Vocal Teachers
Association for the benefit Greenville Senior High School Vocal Music
Department.
$400.00 from the Darke County Center for the
Arts, Inc. Anna Bier Gallery for the benefit of Greenville Senior High School’s
Art Department for art supplies.
The following donations for the benefit of
Greenville Junior High School’s ACE Program: McCabe Painting Service,
Inc.-$50.00; Barry Family Dentistry, LLC- $50.00;
Hittle Buick-GMC, Inc.-$50.00; Foster Tree & Landscaping-$100.00.
$50.00 from the Darke County Soil & Water
Conservation District for the benefit of Greenville Senior High School’s FFA
program.
1999 Chevrolet Express Van at a bargain purchase
payment of $765.00 with the value of said van being $1,900.00 was donated
during November for the benefit of the Greenville Senior High School Auto Tech
department for a student project and fundraiser.
Superintendent, Douglas Fries presented the following requests
receiving Board of Education approval:
- Approved
a change order #6 for the high school renovation project with the
contractor, Brumbaugh Construction, Inc. The change orders amounting to
$20,843.00 will be paid with established construction contingency funds.
- Approved
a maintenance agreement as an addendum to Board Resolution 014-278 for purchase
of MX-5141N Copier with Loudy Office Machines.
- Approved
to amend resolution # 14-278 for the purchase of cache servers at the
Junior High, South and East schools from Prenger Implement, Inc. for PARCC
assessment cache servers at a cost not to exceed $818.00 each totaling
$2,454.00.
- Approved
to participate in the OSBA Legal Assistance Fund for calendar year 2015 at
a cost of $250.00.
- Approved
membership renewal with the Ohio School Boards Association for the year
2015 at a cost of $5,907.00.
- Approved
payment to the Montgomery County ESC in the amount of $500.00 for Dayton
Area Superintendent’s Association (DASA) professional development services
for the 2014-2015 school year.
- Approved
a contract with the City of Greenville and Speedway LLC for participation
in the SuperFleet program with accounts affiliated with the City of
Greenville for the benefit of volume pricing discounts, effective through
June 30, 2015.
- Approved
an agreement with Speedway LLC regarding the Speedway SuperFleet Program
for the benefit of volume pricing discounts, effective January 1, 2015, as
presented.
- Approved
a contract with the Keystone Rehabilitation Systems, Inc. (Western Ohio
Therapy) for Preschool Physical and Occupational Therapy Services at a
rate of $78 per hour, not to exceed $22,620.00 (290 hour maximum) for the
first semester of the 2014-2015 School year.
- Approved
a contract with the Keystone Rehabilitation Systems, Inc. (Western Ohio
Therapy) for Grades K-12 Physical and Occupational Therapy Services at a
rate of $78 per hour for the 2014-2015 School year.
- Approved
a contract renewal with Meals Plus for annual support in the amount of
$350.00 for the period of December 1, 2014 through November 30, 2015, to
be paid with food service funds.
Superintendent, Douglas Fries presented the
following curriculum items receiving Board of Education approval:
- A
“Letter of Intent” with Edison Community College’s Innovation Academy for
the College Credit Plus program for the 2015-2016 school year. The purpose of the agreement is to document
the intent of Greenville Senior High School to partner with Edison
Community College to deliver College Credit Plus (CCP) courses to high
school students in accordance with Ohio House Bill 487.
Superintendent, Douglas Fries presented the following personnel items
receiving the Board of Education approval:
The resignation of Teresa Harsh, Food Service at
South Middle School effective November 25, 2014..
The resignation of Jessica Gonzalez, Support Para
Professional at Greenville Senior High School effective December 9, 2014.
Katie Dysinger was approved as a certified
substitute. The following were approved
as classified substitutes: Teresa Harsh-Food Service; Michelle Mead-Para
Professional; Alexis Minnich-Para Professional; Sarah Clack-Para Professional,
Secretary, Custodian, Food Service; and Raymond Schaaf-Custodian, Food Service.
Janelle Gerlach was approved as a Home
Instruction Teacher for a student at South Middle School not to exceed 5 hours
per week.
Approved an hourly contract for Anne Rammel to
serve as part-time nursing support at St. Mary’s School, at $12.00 per hour,
and to be paid only for hours that are worked when school is in session, for
the 2014-2015 school year, pending completion of all necessary requirements,
including certification/licensure and successful completion of criminal
background checks. Auxiliary funds will pay for said contract at no cost to
Greenville City Schools.
Approved a per diem contract based on Column II,
Step 0, for Chad Curtis effective November 20, 2014, since he has served 60
consecutive days as a substitute teacher in the same position. Further
recommend this contract automatically expire at the end of the 2014-2015 school
year.
Approved a per diem contract based on Column II,
Step 0, for Chelsea Dowd effective November 19, 2014, since she has served 60
consecutive days as a substitute teacher in the same position. Further
recommend this contract automatically expire at the end of the 2014-2015 school
year.
Jessica Gonzalez was employed as a Para Professional
II to work at Greenville Senior High School, on a 1 Year Limited Contract,
beginning at Step 0, effective 12-10-2014.
Amended resolution #14-150, approved on June 12,
2014 for the supplemental contract of Laura Swigart to reflect the correct
number of years of experience to Step 3, Year 5 at $4,009.00.
Tuition reimbursement payment was approved
for: Susan Ahrens, John Shutts, Kara
Strawn, Stefanie Zumbrun.
Professional development was approved for Heather
Crews, Jody Harter, Karen Jauss, Tammie Riffle, Alex Ruble and Amy Shilt to
attend a Reading Recovery and K-6 Literacy Conference.
The meeting was adjourned after an executive session. The next regular board of education meeting
will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2015 following the organizational meeting
at 6:00 p.m. at the St. Clair Memorial Hall, Anna Bier Civic Room at 7:00 p.m.