{"id":171835,"date":"2023-10-26T03:41:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T08:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=171835"},"modified":"2023-10-27T03:48:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:48:36","slug":"van-wert-school-board-hears-about-cat-pack-clean-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/10\/26\/van-wert-school-board-hears-about-cat-pack-clean-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Board learns about “Cat Pack Clean Up”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Positive behavior and setting a good example for others was the focus of Wednesday\u2019s meeting of the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High School Principal Chuck Rollins shared information about a new program called the \u201cCat Pack Clean Up.\u201d It\u2019s part of the school\u2019s PBIS (Positive Behavior Inverventions and Supports) program and it involves students cleaning up after themselves and others after football games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Spoor talks to the school board about the “Cat Pack Clean Up.” She was joined by Landon Wehner, Joaquin Estrada and Misty Johnson. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rollins explained it started as a response to a video the school received as criticism of the Cat Pack student group and a mess that was left after the first football game. He added the idea was to turn a negative complaint into a positive event with the student body, and to fill a need for after-game stadium clean-up because it was becoming more difficult to find groups to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also noted other schools have a similar clean-up effort, including Bryan. Students who choose to participate earn 10 PBIS rewards tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey can use those tickets to go into a drawing for prizes that we do every other week at lunch time,\u201d Rollins said. \u201cWe have an assortment of different things. These tickets are kind of a hot item so they were happy to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to possible prizes, Chuffer\u2019s Pizza in Ohio City agreed to donate 5-7 jumbo pizzas every Friday for kids who participate in the clean-up, and he said juniors can also earn \u201cprom points.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe kids love getting that pizza at school on a Friday,\u201d Rollins stated. \u201cProm points are a big deal when the end of their junior year comes around and they\u2019re working on the prom. If the kids accumulate enough of those prom points they can get out of school on a Friday right before prom to help finish constructing the gym to use for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Along with rewarding good behavior, Rollins said he\u2019s heard some positive feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve heard some positive comments from the away schools, we\u2019ve gotten some positive comments from home and one the things I\u2019ve noticed is when the kids are going around with trash bags after the game cleaning up, I\u2019ve seen a lot of adults starting to pick up their trash,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four senior students – Landon Wehner, Joaquin Estrada, Misty Johnson, and Emma Spoor – spoke briefly about their involvement with the Cat Pack Clean Up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s definitely made our environment in school a lot more fun,\u201d Spoor said. \u201cIt\u2019s something to look forward to\u2026it\u2019s just fun and you\u2019re helping out the school, so I think it\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many as 30 students have been involved in the weekly clean up. Board members thanked the group for their efforts and for setting a good example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his report to the board, Superintendent Mark Bagley said no decision has been made yet about what to do about school on the day of the total solar eclipse, April 8, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said he\u2019s meeting with architects to discuss Phase II of the Eggerss Stadium renovation project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Superintendent Bob Priest gave a busing update and noted about 1,000 students, roughly half of the student population, ride the bus daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board approved several agenda items, including a clinical affiliation with Rhodes State College, Keaton Altimus as freshman boys basketball coach, and the retroactive approval of a eighth grade student trip to Washington, D.C., October 24-27. The board also accepted a long list of generous donations from individuals, businesses and organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the meeting the board met in executive session met in executive session to discuss the employment of personnel but outside of adjournment, no action was taken afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next meeting of the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 15, in the First Federal Lecture Hall at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Positive behavior and setting a good example for others was the focus of Wednesday\u2019s meeting of the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education. High School Principal Chuck Rollins shared information about a new program called the \u201cCat Pack Clean Up.\u201d It\u2019s part of the school\u2019s PBIS (Positive Behavior Inverventions and Supports) […]<\/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-171835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 20:19:18","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\/171835","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=171835"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171902,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171835\/revisions\/171902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}