{"id":107652,"date":"2018-09-27T08:29:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T13:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=107652"},"modified":"2018-09-28T09:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T14:00:52","slug":"lview-bd-hears-student-presentations-honors-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/09\/27\/lview-bd-hears-student-presentations-honors-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"L’view Bd. hears student presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

The Lincolnview Local Board of Education heard from Buckeye Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 State attendees and an attendee at a Hugh O\u2019Brian Youth Leadership summer conference on their experiences, while also recognizing math teacher Rachel Rohrs for receiving a statewide honor, during its September meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Lincolnview student Victoria Snyder talks about her experience this summer at a Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership conference.<\/strong> Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grant Slusher talked about attending Buckeye Boys\u2019 State this summer, while Adia Welch and Madeline Snyder gave presentations on their time at Buckeye Girls\u2019 State. Boys’ State is sponsored by the American Legion and Girls’ State is sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary. Both provide students with an in-depth governmental experience. Students are assigned a political party and then run for political office and serve in some governmental office for the remainder of the weeklong experience.<\/p>\n

Slusher said he learned a lot while at Buckeye Boys\u2019 State, but mostly that \u201cgovernment is hard\u201d while serving as a city council member, as well as the fact that a career in politics is something he prefers to steer away from.<\/p>\n

Welch and Snyder also talked about their experiences, including one of them serving on a school board, at which point Board member Mark Zielke asked \u201care we doing it right?\u201d to laughs from the students.<\/p>\n

Also attending the meeting was Victoria Snyder, who attended a Hugh O\u2019Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) conference this past summer. Snyder said the conference was an \u201cawesome experience\u201d and added she learned a lot from it.<\/p>\n

Lincolnview teacher Rachel Rohrs, who also attended the meeting, was honored later in the meeting with a board resolution recognizing her for being named the 2018 \u201cOhio Educator of the Year\u201d by the Ohio Insurance Institute.<\/p>\n

Rohrs also received a cash award as part of the recognition, while the school district also received a cash prize, which High School\/Junior High School Principal Brad Mendenhall said has already been spent.<\/p>\n

Mendenhall also talked about financial literacy programs during his report, noting that 86 Lincolnview seventh-graders recently took a financial literacy field trip to Fort Wayne, Indiana, while the local Ohio State University Extension Office sponsors a \u201cReal Money, Real World\u201d financial literacy program in the high school.<\/p>\n

Elementary Principal Nita Meyer talked about the sixth grade\u2019s Washington, D.C., trip coming up next week, as well as a recent assembly that dealt with combating bullying and other experiences.<\/p>\n

She also noted that the United Way food drive was nearing completion for this Friday\u2019s Day of Caring event, and also talked briefly about the school Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Jeff Snyder spoke briefly about the district\u2019s State Report Card results, noting that the district\u2019s results were similar to other districts in the area. \u201cThere were not very many A\u2019s given out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He did take exception to the Prepared for Success component of the state program, noting that the component is too heavily weighted toward students who intent to go to college following graduation, rather than those who may seek other careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really not happy with that,\u201d Snyder said, noting that the fact that all Lincolnview students take the ACT college entrance test, rather than just those headed for college, could also have adversely affected the district\u2019s scoring on that component.<\/p>\n

The superintendent also noted that the school has now used up two full calamity days because of cancellations and delays related to fog rolling into the area early in the school year. Districts that use more than five calamity days during the year must make up the additional days before the end of school.<\/p>\n

Snyder also noted that the Lincolnview Community Center is now up and running, and also spoke briefly about renewal of the district\u2019s permanent improvement levy, noting that the revenues from the levy are crucial to purchasing technology, replacing equipment, and purchasing items that enhance school security.<\/p>\n

In other action, the board:<\/p>\n

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  • Granted advancement to Kimberly Evans to the \u201cMaster\u2019s Degree plus 30 hours\u201d educational level on the district pay schedule.<\/li>\n
  • Approved junior and senior high school workbook bills and class fees.<\/li>\n
  • Authorized FFA students and advisor Jordan Dues to attend an overnight trip to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 23-27.<\/li>\n
  • Granted a 10-day extended service supplemental contract to Dues, to be paid with funding from a \u201cFifth Quarter\u201d grant.<\/li>\n
  • Granted the following supplemental contracts: Deb Stetler and Melissa Stork as half-time school newspaper advisors.<\/li>\n
  • Approved the following personal service contracts: Tracy Keber, freshman volleyball coach; Josh Maxey, boys\u2019 junior varsity soccer coach.<\/li>\n
  • Approved switching district bank checking account services to First Bank of Berne.<\/li>\n
  • Employed Judith Dotson as substitute superintendent\u2019s secretary\/EMIS coordinator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor The Lincolnview Local Board of Education heard from Buckeye Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 State attendees and an attendee at a Hugh O\u2019Brian Youth Leadership summer conference on their experiences, while also recognizing math teacher Rachel Rohrs for receiving a statewide honor, during its September meeting on Wednesday. Grant Slusher talked about attending Buckeye […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 11:42:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}