The Hometown Treasure September 2013 | Page 60

Westview School Board by Jerry Hostetler The Westview Board of Education met on Thursday, August 8 for their regular monthly meeting. Superintendent, Randy Zimmerly announced that the Indiana School Board Association (ISBA) fall conference will be September 23 and 24. Dr. Zimmerly also told the board that there were some policies and administrative guidelines being reviewed and that they would come to the board at their September meeting. Wireless internet has been installed and is working at all Westview sites. Laptop computers were distributed to teachers this summer and will now have network access anywhere in the school building. Two mobile computer labs were purchased, one each for Topeka and Shipshe-Scott. The computers were purchased to relieve the back- log created by online state testing and they will provide more access to online curriculum materials for students and staff. Westview has done a major upgrade to their computer network switches and it was reported that they seem to be operating as designed. In other technology news, it was reported that the new phone system is operating, but some problems with faxing has occurred and was in the process of being resolved. The board is asking that if anyone has trouble reaching the school via phone, that they report it, so that the problem can be addressed and resolved as soon as possible. Other board happenings included the approval by the board of the classified wage scale. Most employee groups received a 1% raise on the new scale. The board also discussed implementing incentive awards in addition to the raises being paid in special pays. This will be further discussed at the September and October school board meetings. The following certified staff recommendations occurred at the meeting: The resignation of Family/Consumer Science instructor, Shannon Gall. The hiring of Dana Gay as Family/Consumer Science instructor. The hiring of Kara Mishler to serve as maternity leave sub at ShipsheScott Elementary. The following classified staff recommendations occurred: Resignations Bus driver, Leroy Lambright WHS Special Ed. Assistant, Erin Myers Special Needs Assist., Jenee Pritt Special Needs Assist., Lori Freed New Employees Bus driver, Wilma Miller WHS custodian, Chris Heller WJHS Special Ed. Assist., Ashley Roth Title I Assistant, Alyssa Hibbs Title I Assistant, Gloria Knieriem Title I Assistant, Heather Norberg Title I Assistant, Tiffany Posey Cafeteria Supervisor, Lyndsey Miller Recess/Lunch Monitor, Patricia Blinco Maternity leave Spanish classified substitute, Angelica Marin Poncé WHS Study Hall, Tricia Reynolds Special Ed. Assistant, Julia Kerr Extracurricular Hirings Freshman volleyball coach, Mallory Berkey Approved Volunteers Volleyball, Julie Ludwig, Jennifer Mains and Tiffany Fisher Boys Tennis, George Bachman pg 58 · The Hometown Treasure · September ‘13