NWCS Board approves sale of old furniture and numerous donations; makes changes to exchange student policy
By GLEN WERLING
Northern Wells Community Schools has some furniture for sale.
Members of the Northern Wells Community Schools Board during a brief meeting Tuesday night approved the sale of 48 wooden chairs, six 4-foot-by-4-foot wooden tables, two 4-foot circle tables and three wooden cabinets.
Any proceeds from the sale will go to the General Fund.
“As the maintenance department is moving from the old building into the new building, we are finding tools and equipment that are no longer needed or used,” wrote Director of Building and Grounds Adam Heckber in requesting permission to sell the furniture.
The board members also approved of several personnel matters. A leave of absence was granted to middle school teaching assistant Cindy Weirick. The board approved the resignations of middle school golf coach Megan Morrow and high school head swim and dive coach Tanner Lesh. The board also hired Lane Harkless as a middle school assistant track coach, Nicholas Ridenour as high school assistant boys golf coach, Jason Mussleman as middle school boys soccer coach, Garrett Bucher as middle school assistant golf coach and Andy Rodgers as middle school assistant tennis coach.
The board members also accepted donations to the athletics department from the Steve Jones Memorial ($50), Thelma Cobb Memorial ($125) and Ray Lesh Memorial ($600).
Also accepted were anonymous $250 donations to the baseball program (two donations for $500 total) and to the girls basketball program. Also Michael and Kyla Reidenback donated $170 to the swim program.
An anonymous donor gave $350 to the track program.
The board members approved out-of-state trips by the German class to German Village in Columbus, Ohio, April 29; the high school varsity baseball team to Crawfordsville April 15-16, and an overnight trip by the varsity boys basketball team to Indianapolis for a summer tournament June 24-26.
The board members also approved transferring $21,140 from the Education Fund to the Operations Fund to purchase equipment for career and technical education programs.
The board members also continued the process of updating corporation policies from those created by Neola, a company the school corporation contracted to keep policies up to date, to policies created by the Indiana School Board Association.
Tuesday’s reading was the second reading and adoption for all but two of the policies — one regarding the procedures for parents seeking early entry into kindergarten for their children and the other regarding student attendance. Some clarifications need to be made in each of those policies.
The board members also made some minor tweaks to the policy regarding foreign exchange student enrollment. One recommended by board member Chad Kline would strike the provision that foreign exchange students could not be a graduate of the secondary school in their native land. Kline observed that would eliminate some countries from participating as some countries require that students be graduates of secondary school before they can participate in foreign exchange programs.
Board member Angie Topp requested that another provision in the policy be stricken regarding the non-waiver of tuition fees for foreign exchange students.
Superintendent Mike Springer was agreeable to both changes.
Tuesday’s meeting was preceded by an executive session to receive information about and to interview prospective employees.
Following the meeting, the monthly public strategic planning session was held.
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