CCBOE accepts scholarships, discusses State funding

John A Lizotte

Mike Tin­key, right, explains how Colonel Craw­ford School Dis­trict receives less State fund­ing per pupil than 79 per­cent of the dis­tricts in Ohio.

By John A. Lizotte

Inquirer Cor­re­spon­dent

State fund­ing and schol­ar­ships were on the agenda at the Dec. 19 reg­u­lar board meet­ing of the Colonel Craw­ford Board of Edu­ca­tion. All of the board mem­bers were present.

Super­in­ten­dent Ted Bruner informed the board that they’ve received a grant from the Colonel Craw­ford School Foun­da­tion to sup­port grants writ­ten by teach­ers for use in their class­rooms. The amount granted was $7,924.

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Super­in­ten­dent Bruner express appre­ci­a­tion for schol­ar­ships pre­sented by J & F Con­struc­tion, and grants from the Colonel Craw­ford School Foundation.

J & F Con­struc­tion also donated $1,000 for the estab­lish­ment of two $500 scholarships.

Supt. Bruner also explained that Mr. Mike Tin­key has been work­ing with the State of Ohio to deter­mine the for­mu­las used for state con­tri­bu­tions to area school dis­tricts. In the 2010–2011 school year, Colonel Craw­ford received $3933 from the state for each stu­dent. The state aver­age across all dis­tricts was $5,109, with 79 per­cent of Ohio school dis­tricts receiv­ing more state fund­ing per pupil than Colonel Crawford.

Tin­key explained that he has already met with the State of Ohio to exam­ine how the monies are awarded. “This is only the first step. It’s going to be a long process, but we’ll stay on top of it and keep you updated,” he said.

The board also approved the fol­low­ing employ­ment resolutions:

Greg Lutz as a full time school bus dri­ver pend­ing proper cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and licen­sure. Mr. Lutz will be tak­ing over Mrs. Donna Lust’s route 6.5 hours per day begin­ning Jan­u­ary 3, 2011.

Mr. Nathan Rhodes as a school bus dri­ver 3.25 hours per day pend­ing proper cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and licen­sure. Mr. Rhodes will be trans­port­ing Colonel Craw­ford stu­dents to the Tomor­row Cen­ter in Mount Gilead.

Mrs. Patti Hol­loway as a school bus dri­ver pend­ing proper cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and licen­sure. Mrs. Hol­loway will be trans­port­ing stu­dents in the after­noon to Mans­field St. Peter’s in a co-operative effort with the Crest­line Exempted Vil­lage Schools and Galion City Schools 4.0 hours per day.

The fol­low­ing posi­tions were also approved for the 2011–2012 school year: Jody Wertz for bowl­ing, Janet Black for drama, Karissa Fankhauser for drama 2, Dustin Clements for jazz band , Cheryl Cor­ney for National Honor Soci­ety, Lyn­lee Dzu­gan for prom, Mar­i­lyn Ehmann for stu­dent coun­cil, Larry Wal­imire for vocal music, and Karissa Fankhauser for yearbook.

The board also approved a con­tract with North Cen­tral Ohio Edu­ca­tional Ser­vice Cen­ter to pro­vide occu­pa­tional ther­apy ser­vices for stu­dents at the rate of $65 per hour, and phys­i­cal ther­apy at the rate of $79 per hour.

Before mov­ing into exec­u­tive ses­sion, the board also directed the Super­in­ten­dent to apply for mem­ber­ship into the Ath­letic Con­fer­ence known as the North­ern Ten.

The CCBOE will hold the Orga­ni­za­tional Meet­ing of the Colonel Craw­ford Local Schools Board of Edu­ca­tion on Mon­day, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m. The pub­lic is encour­aged to attend.

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