L’view board honors retiring teachers

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor

The Lincolnview Local Board of Education honored three retiring teachers, approved a final five-year forecast, and learned that bids are being sought for new carpet and paint in several elementary classrooms during its May meeting held Tuesday evening.

Superintendent Doug Fries and the board noted that retiring teachers Marilyn Donor, Jeri Lipp and Barb Wolfrum had a total of 104 years of service, much of it in the Lincolnview district.

“We sincerely appreciate their dedication to the students, community and longevity with us,” Fries said, adding, “We wish you well in your retirement and hope you can do all the things you have been waiting to do.”

Treasurer Troy Bowersock noted that budget figures were on track 10 months into the current fiscal year. Bowersock noted that revenues were within 5 percent of estimates, while expenditures were even closer, within half a percent, with revenues higher than expenditures at this time. The treasurer also noted that the district received approximately more than $34,000 in energy efficiency rebates from AEP.

Also Tuesday, Fries noted that quotes are being sought to replace carpet and repaint the first- and second-grade classrooms in the elementary building.

Personnel action taken Tuesday included the hiring of Craig Staley was hourly bus maintenance worker, Sharon Brincefield and Lucy Rice on an as-needed basis for summer bus cleaning and maintenance for this summer, Rebecca Matthews as a bus driver and Shawn Fickert as a cook. The board also accepted Brincefield and Fickert’s resignations as dishroom employees.

On the teaching side, the board granted supplemental contracts to Chad Kraner, Patti Cox and Ellen Hemple as elementary/junior high summer school teachers and to Elementary Principal Gordon Stemen as elementary/junior high summer school supervisor. Paula Johnson and Adam Owens were also given one-year Ohio Graduation Test intervention contracts for this summer. Intervention will take place June 18-22.

Stemen and Roger Salisbury were also approved for extra-duty contracts related to the Title I program.

Stemen also noted during his report that he expects between 64 and 68 kindergarten students in the coming year, with 61 students already enrolled.

Junior High/High School Principal Kelly Dye reported on a number of items, including high school graduation, which will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 27, in the high school gymnasium. The high school awards program will be held May 18, while junior high awards will be presented on May 21.

In other action, the board:

• Approved the following supplemental contracts: Anna Battle, high school instrumental; Chad Kraner, high school play; Beth Schnipke, annual with class; Deb Stetler, high school newspaper; Battle, National Honor Society advisor; Gary Nolan, Science Club advisor; Pat Woirol, French and Spanish club advisor; Jay Hoersten, Industrial Tech advisor; Tony Campbell, FFA advisor; Paula Johnson, Student Council advisor; Kay Wilusz, Scholastic Bowl teach advisor; Stacie Korte, swing choir director; Matt Alessandrini, Drama Club advisor; Sandra Dowdy, sophomore class advisor; Brett Hammons, boys’ head basketball coach; Campbell, Young Farmers advisor; Nolan, Saturday School teacher; Kevin Losh, Saturday School substitute; Tom Bryan, athletic director; Brad Mendenhall, assistant athletic director; Dan Williamson, girls’ head basketball coach; Mendenhall, girls’ assistant coach; Heidi Oberhaus, girls’ seventh grade basketball coach; Mendenhall, head baseball coach; Brad Doidge, assistant softball coach and girls’ golf coach; Matt Langdon, head track coach and head cross country coach; Kinsey Dobbelaere, high school sets; Rachel Rohrs, senior class advisor; Sandra Dowdy, junior high track coach; Dianna Ashbaugh, public relations coordinator; Kristi Reed, assistant high school instrumental; Larry Clark, boys’ assistant basketball coach; Briana Owens, girls’ junior varsity basketball coach; Kent McClure, girls’ eighth grade basketball coach and high school softball coach; Heather Crow, head volleyball coach; Aubrey Markward, assistant volleyball coach; Shana Evans, eighth grade volleyball coach; Daryl Dowdy, head golf coach; Ben Cowan, boys’ track assistant and junior high cross country coach; Curtis Miller, girls’ track assistant and head wrestling coach; Steve Pardon, assistant wrestling coach; Trina Langdon, girls’ cross country assistant; Ty Coil, junior high cheerleader advisor; Danielle Profit, high school cheerleader advisor; Katrina Smith, girls’ varsity soccer coach; and Mark McCleery, boys’ varsity soccer coach.
• Authorized the return of $1,800 from the Data Communications Fund back to the General Fund.
• Transferred $119,176.01 in facilities project fund interest earnings to the Permanent Improvement Fund.
• Approved membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
• Accepted, with thanks, a donation of $300 from the Etzler Family Scholarship Fund for a student scholarship in an agriculture-related field.
• Authorized a girls’ basketball camp for June 4-7, from 12:30-3:30 p.m. each day for girls in grades 3-9.
• Authorized the girls’ basketball team to take an overnight trip to a team camp at Wilmington College on July 9-10, to the Liberty-Benton Shoot-Out on June 9.
• Retroactively approved an overnight trip by FFA students to the state FFA convention in Columbus.
• Approved the Marsh School calendar for 2012-2013.
• Approved a Body Mass Index waiver affidavit.
• Granted advancement to the master’s degree pay scale for Jennifer Slusher and advancement to the master’s plus 15 hours pay scale for Kimberly Evans.
• Authorized a trip for the cross country team to attend a camp at Hocking Hills on August 5-10.
• Approved a girls’ volleyball camp on June 18-21 in the high school gym from 5-8 p.m. each day for grades 3-12.

The next meeting of the Lincolnview Local Board of Education will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, 19, in the district office conference room.