Westview School Board
By Jerry Hostetler
The Westview School Board met on proved. The total cost was $140,034.
Thursday, May 9.
The board also approved the hiring
The Board’s actions were:
of Emily DeBolt as high school Social
• Approved to keep the same text- Studies teacher. Health leave was apbook rental rates for grades K-8.
proved for Tiffany Bender and Jessica
• Jim Hostetler, Director of Build- Besser. Jill Sommer was hired as a
ings, Grounds and Transportation
Special Education assistant at the high
reported that the house across from
school. The board also accepted the resTopeka Elementary was being removed ignation of JoAnn Engber, classroom
and that the site preparation was being assitstant at Shipshe-Scott and the hirreviewed by the school’s engineer.
ing of classroom assistant Pam Manns.
• A switch upgrade project was
The resignation of bus driver Louie
awarded to ENS, the low bidder at
Mast and the hirings of Mary Loy as a
$120,454 on the project. Due to incor- bus driver and Donna Stutzman as a
rect equipment in the quote approved
bus monitor were also approved. Sharla
last month, this was re-quoted.
Miller’s resignation as cafeteria moni• The low quote from Ciber was
tor at Topeka along with the resignaaccepted, for the elementary wireless
tions of classroom assistant at the high
project, at a cost of $46,066.
school, Amy Niccum, and sophomore
• The low quote from NEXT-IT to
class sponsor, Aimee Wesling, were
supply 166 laptop computers was apalso accepted.
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