{"id":13598,"date":"2011-09-16T04:37:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T09:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=13598"},"modified":"2011-09-17T00:11:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T05:11:29","slug":"sale-of-van-wert-esc-office-helps-wbescs-bottom-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/09\/16\/sale-of-van-wert-esc-office-helps-wbescs-bottom-line\/","title":{"rendered":"VW office sale helps WBESC bottom line"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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The sale of the Van Wert ESC office will help offset funding cuts the last few years. (VW independent file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Proceeds of the sale of the Western Buckeye Educational Service Center\u2019s facility in Van Wert will help offset state cuts received by the agency, members of its Governing Board learned on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Brian Gerber updated the board on the sale of the Van Wert ESC office during its September meeting.<\/p>\n

Gerber noted that the rationale for selling the building was financial \u2013 an attempt to offset a 32 percent cut in funding the agency has experienced over the last four years. The $113,000 realized from the sale, while not totally offsetting funding cuts will provide \u201ca tourniquet to slow the bleeding,\u201d Gerber said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, we now have the building sold and it is necessary to take the next step,\u201d the superintendent told Governing Board members, adding that the \u201cnext step\u201d is to relocate the Van Wert ESC operation at Thomas Edison Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the \u2018where\u2019 part, but the \u2018when\u2019 part has not been established,\u201d Gerber said, noting that there remains a lot of work to do at the former Van Wert ESC office before the transition to Thomas Edison is fully functional.<\/p>\n

The WBESC superintendent said that, among work yet to be completed is the installation of new phone lines, Internet service and the actual physical move to Thomas Edison. Gerber gave a tentative deadline of October to complete the transition, adding that he and his staff are coordinating with Thomas Edison to make the transition as smooth as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cChange is difficult for everybody; the only constant thing in education is change,\u201d Gerber said, and thanked WBESC employees for being \u201creasonable, flexible and cooperative during this time of change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also during Wednesday\u2019s meeting, the superintendent reviewed physical and occupational therapy service information that is also included on the WBESC website.<\/p>\n

Gerber said the Educational Service Center works with a number of vendors in Toledo, Celina, Lima and Fort Wayne, Ind., as well as Van Wert, to assist in completing necessary paperwork required by insurance companies and other third-party payers.<\/p>\n

He also noted that parents are responsible to check with their insurers to verify that vendors used by WBESC are covered by their insurance plans.<\/p>\n

Treasurer Gary Ginter also reviewed financial reports, investment information and monthly expenditures with board members.<\/p>\n

Personnel action taken by the board include extending a one-year classified contracts to Tianne Pendergrast, Deanna Wann and Lacinda Crosby as part-time paraprofessionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor Proceeds of the sale of the Western Buckeye Educational Service Center\u2019s facility in Van Wert will help offset state cuts received by the agency, members of its Governing Board learned on Wednesday. Superintendent Brian Gerber updated the board on the sale of the Van Wert ESC office during its September meeting. Gerber […]<\/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-13598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 00:25:07","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\/13598","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=13598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}