{"id":164283,"date":"2023-03-21T03:41:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T08:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=164283"},"modified":"2023-03-22T03:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T08:44:40","slug":"crestview-bd-makes-decision-on-days-off-for-county-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/03\/21\/crestview-bd-makes-decision-on-days-off-for-county-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Board decides on days off for county fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

CONVOY — Parents of Crestview students involved in 4-H and other Van Wert County Fair activities can breathe easy \u2013 school will not be in session during the 2024 fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Monday night\u2019s monthly school board meeting, board members approved an amended calendar for the 2024-2025 school year, one that includes four days off for the annual fair, August 29-30 and September 2-3. The previously proposed calendar allowed for just two days off at fair time \u2013 Labor Day Monday, which is the traditional final day of the fair, and the day after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Superintendent Kathy Mollenkopf assurred district parents and others that students will have time off for the Van Wert County Fair. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt matches previous calendars,\u201d Superintendent Kathy Mollenkopf said. \u201cIt will be offered as professional development days for teachers and staff and we have some plans in place if those employees have conflicts on those days with their own fair obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt maintains the fidelity of the calendar as the start date for district staff is August 16, students would still be done on the same date, May 23\u2026it allows for the request of two weeks at Christmas,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A calendar committee, made up of two representatives each from the Early Childhood Center, Crestview Elementary, Crestview Middle School and Crestview High School created two calendar options that were taken to all employees to vote on. Board member Andy Perrott suggested the board have a representative on the committee, but that may require approval by the Crestview Education Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board President John Auld thanked district parents for their input and concerns about the proposed calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a brief report, Treasurer Ashley Whetsel noted in light of recent bank failures, the district\u2019s investments are safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNone of our investments have been affected by either one of those banks and just to reiterate, we do not hold multiple securities with the same bank and we are well below the $250,000 FDIC requirement,\u201d she explained. \u201cThat allows for the cost of the CD as well as any interest growth. Of course, Ohio revised code doesn\u2019t allow us to invest in anything that would be risky. All is well with our investments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Two personnel moves were given approval \u2013 a one-year contract for Allison Morrow as an elementary teacher for the 2023-2024 school year and accepting the resignation of Amy Nidiffer as a cook after serving 19 years with the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board members learned they\u2019ll act on all expiring certified and classified employee contracts at the April meeting and will honor retiring staff members at the May meeting. The board will continue to be affiliated with Van Wert County Career Connections during the 2023-2024 school year and the board was told prom will be held from 8-11 p.m. Saturday, April 29, with after-prom sponsored by the Optimist Club of Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board accepted several donations for the Crestview Elementary Carnival, including $100 from Braun Industries and Kulwicki-Hilton Insurance Agency; $150 from Celina Moving and Storage; $250 from the First Bank of Berne, and $500 from the United Way of Van Wert County\/Rivals United for Crestview Latchkey. The board also accepted a $1,500 donation from the Wren Community Chest for two senior scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board members heard a presentation from teachers Cindy Tinnel and Abby Wein and three students about Crestview\u2019s cross curricular special education classes. The group explained goals, various tasks performed and progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A brief public hearing was held on the rehiring of several retired employees: Jeff Bagley, Danille Hancock, Owen Pugh, Greg Rickard, Diane Wilson and Jim Wharton. No public input was offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board also met in executive session to discuss employment and\/or compensation of public employees, but no action was taken afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next meeting of the Crestview Local Schools Board of Education will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 20, in the multipurpose room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor CONVOY — Parents of Crestview students involved in 4-H and other Van Wert County Fair activities can breathe easy \u2013 school will not be in session during the 2024 fair. During Monday night\u2019s monthly school board meeting, board members approved an amended calendar for the 2024-2025 school year, one that includes four […]<\/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-164283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 07:50:06","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\/164283","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=164283"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164333,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164283\/revisions\/164333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}