C’view board organizes for new year

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor

CONVOY – The Crestview Local Board of Education held its first meeting of the new year on Monday, electing officers and handling the “housekeeping” chores that come with its organizational meeting.

District Treasurer Laura Metzger swore in two recently elected board members, John Auld and Mike Schlagbaum, and also re-elected Pam Motycka as board president. Auld was named vice president.

In addition, Superintendent Mike Estes presented individual board members with certificates recognizing their service to the board as part of School Board Recognition Month.

The board also adopted the Fiscal Year 2012 tax budget, as mandated by the state, following a brief presentation by Metzger.

As part of its regular meeting, the board accepted the resignation of Nancy Speelman, a special education instructor, after 42 years of service in the district, effective the end of the current school year.

The board also approved supplemental contracts for the following people: Terry Crowle, baseball varsity assistant; Doyle Sheets, eighth grade baseball coach; Carl Etzler, softball varsity assistant; Cindy Perkins, junior varsity softball coach; Becky Macki, eighth grade softball coach; Chad Pugh, seventh grade softball coach; and Randy Grandstaff and Sara Owens, track varsity assistants.

Samantha Gerardot was also approved as a volunteer middle school-high school varsity track coach.

The board also tentatively scheduled a work session to follow its regular February meeting in connection with a changeover to paperless board meetings. Under the proposed new system, board members would each have a laptop computer that would include documents needed for each meeting.

Van Wert City Board of Education is the only county school board in the county that has paperless board meetings, although Vantage Board of Education is also considering doing so.

Also at Monday’s meeting, the board accepted a donation of $694 from the Klein Trust of The Van Wert County Foundation, a donation of $1,500 from the Foundation for the school’s music department and also approved a transfer of $1,639 from the General Fund to the Class of 2013 Fund.

The board also approved proposed, new, revised, deleted or replacement board policies and bylaws, as recommended by NEOLA Inc., and went into executive session to discuss personnel items, with no action to be taken afterward.

The next meeting of the Crestview board is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, February 20, in the district boardroom.