Completion date of the Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca middle school was moved back to June 11, Board of Education members were told Monday, March 15. Original completion date was Friday, April 30.
Factors cited in the delay were initial delay because of fire marshal issues and days lost because of weather, Superintendent Brad Buller said.
Teachers hired
Jean Ann Watermeier was hired as a business teacher and Jonna Pester was hired as a math teacher for 2010-11.
Watermeier teaches at Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools. About 15 applications were received for the position. Pester teaches advanced math at Lincoln Pius X. She has also taught at Seward and Palmyra. Twelve applied. School officials said they preferred a math teacher with a masters degree because the position involves teaching dual credit courses. Watermeier and Pester replace teachers retiring at the end of the school year.
Other business
Sale of the portable classrooms at the senior high school was authorized at a minimum of $10,000. The portables were purchased in May 2006 from Bennington Public Schools for $15,000.
Options regarding an interlocal agreement with Unadilla Village officials for use of the Unadilla school building were discussed. The board’s Buildings and Grounds Committee met with Unadilla Village Board members who were interested in a long-term lease. They will meet again before a decision is made.
A policy on a revised organizational structure was approved after a second reading.
A few parents addressed school officials on bus issues. They expressed concern about conduct of students who ride buses, students who got out of control, and complaints about a bus driver. They also said complaints concerning school personnel, procedures or instructional materials were not addressed in the student or staff handbooks.
Kathy True asked if the student code of conduct applied to students who ride buses. She said that bus service was a privilege and that certain conduct should not be allowed while students ride the bus. True said she was concerned about the safety and well-being of students. She addressed traffic violations she said were witnessed by students, such as a driver not stopping at railroad tracks, which is required in the Nebraska Department of Education transportation guide. Some parents said they did not want to address the issues at the meeting but welcomed board members contacting them.
Andy Burr, board president, thanked the public for their input.
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Completion date of the Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca middle school was moved back to June 11, Board of Education members were told Monday, March 15. Original completion date was Friday, April 30.
Factors cited in the delay were initial delay because of fire marshal issues and days lost because of weather, Superintendent Brad Buller said.
Teachers hired
Jean Ann Watermeier was hired as a business teacher and Jonna Pester was hired as a math teacher for 2010-11.
Watermeier teaches at Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools. About 15 applications were received for the position. Pester teaches advanced math at Lincoln Pius X. She has also taught at Seward and Palmyra. Twelve applied. School officials said they preferred a math teacher with a masters degree because the position involves teaching dual credit courses. Watermeier and Pester replace teachers retiring at the end of the school year.
Other business
Sale of the portable classrooms at the senior high school was authorized at a minimum of $10,000. The portables were purchased in May 2006 from Bennington Public Schools for $15,000.
Options regarding an interlocal agreement with Unadilla Village officials for use of the Unadilla school building were discussed. The board’s Buildings and Grounds Committee met with Unadilla Village Board members who were interested in a long-term lease. They will meet again before a decision is made.
A policy on a revised organizational structure was approved after a second reading.
A few parents addressed school officials on bus issues. They expressed concern about conduct of students who ride buses, students who got out of control, and complaints about a bus driver. They also said complaints concerning school personnel, procedures or instructional materials were not addressed in the student or staff handbooks.
Kathy True asked if the student code of conduct applied to students who ride buses. She said that bus service was a privilege and that certain conduct should not be allowed while students ride the bus. True said she was concerned about the safety and well-being of students. She addressed traffic violations she said were witnessed by students, such as a driver not stopping at railroad tracks, which is required in the Nebraska Department of Education transportation guide. Some parents said they did not want to address the issues at the meeting but welcomed board members contacting them.
Andy Burr, board president, thanked the public for their input.
