{"id":110304,"date":"2018-12-07T00:02:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T05:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=110304"},"modified":"2018-12-08T07:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T12:56:49","slug":"vantage-board-hires-interim-otc-director-discusses-audit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/12\/07\/vantage-board-hires-interim-otc-director-discusses-audit\/","title":{"rendered":"Vantage Board hires interim OTC director"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent writer<\/em><\/p>\n

The final Vantage Career Center Board of Education meeting of 2018 on Thursday was a fast one, lasting just 32 minutes.<\/p>\n

While moving through a light agenda, Superintendent Rick Turner told the board that lawmakers are working on graduation requirements, which will remain the same for 2019, with minor revisions expected for 2020, and he explained the state legislature is expected to look at a new school funding law.<\/p>\n

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Vantage Career Center Board President Pat Baumle listens to information about a recent state audit.<\/strong> Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cRepresentatives Robert Cupp of Lima and John Patterson (Jefferson) are reviewing the current formula and suggesting changes to it,\u201d Turner said. \u201cWe have a new governor and a lot of new legislators coming in, so it\u2019s going to be a robust year in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her report to the board, Treasurer Laura Peters said Vantage\u2019s state audit is coming to a close.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lady that was in today thought everything was in compliance and looked really good, so it\u2019s going on to her supervisor for the final review,\u201d Peters explained. \u201cIf everything turns out fine with that and they don\u2019t have any further questions, they\u2019ll wrap that up and send it to the state for signature.\u201d<\/p>\n

High School Director Tony Unverferth thanked Vantage\u2019s home schools for recently sending hundreds of eighth-graders to check out the career center.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had over 800 kids come in, and their teachers, principals, and counselors participated,\u201d Unverferth said. \u201cThat\u2019s definitely a big thing because it doesn\u2019t happen at every career center.\u201d<\/p>\n

Board members agreed to hire former Ohio Technical Center\/Adult Education director Kit Tyler as interim OTC director at a rate of $275 per day. Tyler is filling in for OTC Director Missy McClurg, who\u2019s on sick leave.<\/p>\n

Tyler updated the board on the school\u2019s fire charter, and board members hired Austin Miller and Brian Sheets as firefighting instructors.<\/p>\n

In other business, the board hired Chad Cupples, Michael Dirr, and Jason Miller as police academy instructors, and the board accepted the resignation of CDL Training Manager Jim Rosen, who\u2019s retiring December 31.<\/p>\n

Board President Pat Baumle was appointed president pro-tempore for the January 2019 organizational meeting.<\/p>\n

The board approved 15-year, 100 percent TIF (Tax Increment Financing) agreements with County View Farm and AGR Farms, both in Cloverdale.<\/p>\n

The next meeting of the Vantage Career Center Board of Education will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, January 10, 2019, starting at 7 p.m. The organizational meeting will be held first, followed by the regular meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent writer The final Vantage Career Center Board of Education meeting of 2018 on Thursday was a fast one, lasting just 32 minutes. While moving through a light agenda, Superintendent Rick Turner told the board that lawmakers are working on graduation requirements, which will remain the same for 2019, with minor revisions expected for […]<\/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-110304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 01:53:21","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\/110304","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=110304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}