{"id":157531,"date":"2022-09-02T03:59:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T08:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=157531"},"modified":"2022-09-02T03:59:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T08:59:33","slug":"vantage-bd-handles-various-agenda-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/09\/02\/vantage-bd-handles-various-agenda-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Vantage Bd. handles various agenda items"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

With the new school year approaching Week No. 3, total enrollment at Vantage Career Center totals 517 students. That was the word from High School Director Ben Winans during Thursday night’s brief school board meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winans also said early placement numbers are up from last year, with more students spending half of the school day working in their chosen field. He added this year\u2019s theme for high school students is \u201cHandle Hard Stuff Better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adult Education Director Angie Fahy told the board it was a busy August in the nursing program and she noted 30 students are signed up for the LPN-RN program, with three more on a waiting list. 15 students are currently enrolled in the practical nursing program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vantage Treasurer Laura Peter talks about rates to use the Chargepoint charging station at the school. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

During his report, Superintendent Rick Turner said this year\u2019s \u201cBuild Your Future\u201d event will be held for freshman and sophomores September 20 and 21 at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll get experiences in learning carpentry, construction equipment, electricity, welding and HVAC,\u201d Turner explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turner noted yard signs are available for Vantage\u2019s upcoming renewal of an 0.8 operating levy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis operating levy, which is a renewal, will cost someone with a $100,000 home just under $19 annually and without this money we\u2019d be in deficit spending in the first year,\u201d Turner said. \u201cIt\u2019s a renewal, not a tax increase for citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said he\u2019ll attend an upcoming appeal hearing on an occupancy permit at the fire training facility. The problem was deemed minor and technical, and Turner said it shouldn\u2019t be a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board also approved pricing for the public for the school’s Chargepoint charging station for electric and hybrid cars. In addition to the energy price of 20 cents per Kwh, there will be a plug-in fee of $3 per session and a station parking fee (when not charging) of $1 per minute after a five minute grace time of completed charging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have the charger set so it\u2019s only available from 5 p.m. until 6:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, so it\u2019s only available to employees during the school day, to help keep people off of the property and from wandering the school grounds now that we have students back on campus,\u201d Treasurer Laura Peters said. \u201cOn weekends it\u2019s available 24 hours on Saturdays and Sundays for the public to use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Board members approved a number of personnel items, including contracts for Ashley Cline, Katie Drerup, Jaime Kipfer, Theresa Mengerink, Theresa Ratliff-Dotterer and Angie Shellabarger, virtual learning graders; Graeme Bockrath, public safety\/EMT; Jennifer Tuttobene, LPN-RN instructor; Melinda Moreland, STNA instructor, and Diane Schrader, part-time custodian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board also accepted a pair of resignations, Richard McKanna, part-time custodian, and Debbie Watson, cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other business the board:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Accepted a PPEC Operation Round Up grant for $1,000 for Toss-A-Toy. <\/li>
  • Approved a trip for Adult Education Director Angie to Orlando, Florida, to attend the annual COE meeting, November 7-10. <\/li>
  • A resolution to approve, in collaboration with ACE Digital Academy, an internet-based education delivery system to provide alternative educational options for credit deficiencies, alternative programs, students being schooled at home and summer school programs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The board met in executive session to consider personnel matters, but no action was taken afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The next meeting of the Vantage Career Center Board of Education will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 6, in the district conference room. The records committee will meet at 6:30 p.m., then the board will do a walk through of the renovated area of campus at 6:45 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor With the new school year approaching Week No. 3, total enrollment at Vantage Career Center totals 517 students. That was the word from High School Director Ben Winans during Thursday night’s brief school board meeting. Winans also said early placement numbers are up from last year, with more students spending half of […]<\/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-157531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 21:01:02","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\/157531","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=157531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157545,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157531\/revisions\/157545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}