HIGHLIGHTS FROM
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
October 14, 2013
The
Board of Education accepted the resignation due to retirement of Richard
Russell. Mr. Russell has been teaching eighth grade math for the past several
years.
Sara
Smith’s appointment to the kindergarten teaching position was confirmed. Mrs.
Smith joined the elementary staff last week and has been a wonderful addition
to our staff. She has made a positive impact already and we know the kids will
enjoy her style!
Katy
Destatte was appointed to the Great Start Readiness Preschool Assistant
position. She is starting this week.
Student
enrollment is around 1,434 and the budget was developed on an estimate of
1,426. Therefore, a positive budget swing is expected and it appears that the
teaching staff will receive step and longevity increases effective in January.
The
Board of Education authorized the administration to move forward on Phase Two
of the Track Construction Project. Phase Two includes finalizing the
blueprints, developing the construction documents, bidding out all work, and
making recommendations for the bid award. Foresite Design of Berkley, Michigan
was selected to complete the work for $2,500.
The
Policy Committee completed their review of the first draft of the NEOLA Policies
for the Board of Education. The revisions have been sent to NEOLA and then they
will forward the second draft back to the District. The Policy Committee will
meet at that time to go through everything one last time before forwarding the
manual to the full Board.
The
Building and Grounds Committee met and approved the construction of two outdoor
learning laboratories and a greenhouse. Volunteers assembled the greenhouse on
Saturday, October 12, 2013. Feel free to walk behind the welding shop and
examine it. It looks very nice and will be useful for our student projects.
Mr.
Dykstra and Mrs. Schlump highlighted the Educator Growth and Evaluation Process
that has been developed and implemented in Ida. Student achievement data is
used throughout the process.
Once
approved, the meeting minutes are posted on the district web-site at
www.idaschools.org.
