Shipshewana Town News
Town of Shipshewana residents
may bring unwanted items to the compost site by the wastewater treatment
plant on Friday, May 18 from 10:00 am
to 6:00 pm and Saturday, May 19 from
9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Donations will be
accepted to off-set the costs of disposal of the items. Tires with rims, wet
paint, chemicals, oils, or items with
Freon (refrigerators, air conditioners,
etc.) will not be accepted.
Westview School Board
by Luke Pamer
The Board announced hiring
Randy Miller to replace Paul Johnston
as Junior High principal. Mr. Johnston
will be retiring at the end of this school
year. (Related stories on page 1.)
In other junior high news, the
choice was made to switch exploratory
classes from nine weeks to a full semester. These classes include art, music
and agriculture. It was found that class
sizes were becoming too small. The
board said that the students will lose a
little variety in classes, but will gain a
better knowledge of that exploratory. A
board member stated that the students
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were getting a chance to “just put their
toes in the water” and then they would
be moving on to their next class before
really getting into their class. The
board was assured that students will
still be getting plenty of opportunities.
Outside the classroom, it was announced that the new softball storage building is almost completed. The
board wanted to issue a special thank
you to Rob Yoder for helping make it
possible. Electricity was installed in
the building at the end of April and
that finished the project .
There has been a change to the
A Town of Shipshewana water utility stub must be presented as proof of
residency in the town. Any questions
may directed to the Town Hall office,
768-4743.
2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school
calendars. The Board has been pressured to move the starting date each
school year. The semester will be ending before Christmas break instead of
traditionally having one week left after
students come back from their break.
Next school year will begin August 13.
Westview is offering a fifty-percent
speech teacher position. There are currently two teachers taking on 80-90
students and that is too many for the
boards’ liking. They will also be looking to add a full-time special education teacher at Topeka Elementary.
There are normally about ten children
enrolled, but this year there are about
thirty.