Vantage board meets briefly for February

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor

The Vantage Board of Education may have set a record for the shortest regular school board meeting on record, taking just 13 minutes to take care of a short list of items during its February meeting on Thursday.

Vantage Treasurer Lori Davis gave the board an update on energy savings seen from the school’s solar array, noting that the district has saved more than $17,500 in energy costs by using solar power generated by the array.

Davis also noted that a $5,300 grant was awarded to Vantage to help pay the salaries of Vantage teacher’s aides.

The board also approved employing Shawn Cook as an Adult Education worker for the Vantage Police Academy.

Superintendent Staci Kaufman, citing the fact that Vantage has only had about two weeks of classes since the last board meeting, had no other information to pass along to the board.

Vantage Director Ben Winans distributed a list of state qualifiers for the Business and Professionals of America contest held at Vantage. Qualifiers were as follows:

Antwerp – Tiffany Romero (Interactive Media); Parkway – Zachary Crider, Robert Leonard and Zachary Parr (Network Systems); Wayne Trace – Jill Ross and Courtnie Laney (Medical Office Management), and Audrey Smith and John Upole (Network Systems); Continental –Hannah Robach (Interactive Media), Cailah Rickard and Amber Sloan (Medical Office Management), and Dmitry Billingsley (Network Services); Kalida – Omar Martin (Network Services); Paulding – Emilee Nicelley (Interactive Media) and Dan Brown (Network Services); Crestview – Chelsea Gephart (Interactive Media) and BreAnna Stegaman (Medical Office Management); Lincolnview – Karrisa Carder and Maranda Bigham (Medical Office Management) and Gene Gillespie and Tyler Stienecker (Network Systems); Delphos St. John’s – Mayleen Plescher (Medical Office Management); Delphos Jefferson – Matt Schrader (Network Services); Van Wert – Layna Mihm and Hannah Smith (Medical Office Management), and Dustin Carter, Taylor Dixon, Alex Gorman, Matt Searles and Harley Sturgill (Network Services).

Orientation for new Vantage board members was held prior to the regular board meeting, starting at 6 p.m.

The next meeting of the Vantage Board of Education will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in the district conference room.