The Press-Dispatch
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A-10 Local Wednesday, April 13, 2016 The Press-Dispatch 812-482-6477 ON THE SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN JASPER Phone: 812-482-6477 • Hours: Mon.-Thu. 9-5:30; Fri. 9-7; Sat. 9-3 VIDEO NetEdition Exclusive Blake also provided the school board with a breakdown of the ex- penses by each of the school cor- poration's five school buildings for 2015. "At Otwell Elementary, be- tween the general fund, capital projects fund, Rainy Day, school lunch and any other fund for ex- penses, we spent $1,426.258," Blake said. "At Petersburg Ele- mentary, we spent $ 3,186,206. At Winslow, we spent $2,490,436. At the middle school, we spent $2,742,876. And at the high school we spent $5,475,728." Blake also broke down the cost per pupil at each school building as follows: • Otwell Elem. – $ 9,383 • Petersburg Elem. – $7,604 • Winslow Elem. – $ 8,112 • Pike Central M.S. – $ 6,192. • Pike Central H.S. – $ 9,778. "The costs that you talked about ... for Otwell, Petersburg, Winslow and the high school and middle school – why is Otwell so high? " board member Ron Sharp asked. "I would say some of it may come from the energy efficien- cy, because of the five buildings right now, it's the least efficient in terms of having the equipment updated," Blake replied. In other action: • The school board voted to ac- cept $500 donations from Otwell United Methodist Women and Al- giers United Methodist Church for BPA Nationals; a $ 600 dona- tion from the Pike County Eco- nomic Growth and Development Council to the high school's ag- riculture department to be used for student field trips, judging events and FFA Conferences; and a $1,000 donation from Main Street Presbyterian Church for BPA Nationals. The following personnel mat- ters were also approved by the school board: RESIGNATIONS • Chad Griffith, head custodi- an, Pike Central School Corpora- tion, effective April 1, 2016. • Jacob Gidcumb, bus driver, effective April 1, 2016. The school board also accept- ed the resignation of Shirley Van Meter as one of its appointees on the Pike County Public Library board of trustees. "My suggestion is that if any- one is interested in the position they submit a letter to me by the end of the month, and we can make our appointment in May," Blake said. APPOINTMENTS • Kim Nalley, Pike Central High School homebound instruc- tor for the 2015 -16 school year, ap- proximately five hours per week, up to 95 hours per semester. The following coaching recom- mendations, submitted by Pike Central athletic director Billy Hewig, were approved: • Trevor Claridge, Pike Cen- tral High School varsity baseball assistant coach; • Jamie McKinney, Pike Cen- tral Middle School girls' swim- ming assistant coach for 2015 -16 (retroactive); • Lexi Shoultz, Pike Central Middle School eighth grade vol- leyball assistant (split stipend with head coach); • Brandi Chestnut, Pike Cen- tral Middle School eighth grade volleyball head coach; • Tina Vinnedge, Pike Central Middle School seventh grade vol- leyball head coach; • Stephanie Shedd, Pike Cen- tral Middle School sixth grade volleyball head coach; • Chris Kramer, Pike Central High School assistant varsity vol- leyball coach; • Jeremy Howald, Pike Central Middle School eighth grade foot- ball coach; • Matt Robinette, Pike Cen- tral Middle School seventh grade football coach; • Mike Martinez, Pike Central Middle School assistant football coach; • Mike Frazure, Pike Central High School varsity football assis- tant coach; • Kendra Manning, Pike Cen- tral High School varsity girls' ten- nis volunteer assistant; • Beau Dawes, Pike Central High School varsity baseball vol- unteer assistant coach; and • J.J. Howald, Pike Central High School varsity high school football assistant coach. SCHOOL Continued from page 7 OES Twist contest Otwell Elementa- ry had their annu- al 50's Day twist contest on Mon- day. Above, Spen- cer Fiscus, Kinley Catt, Ella Winchell, Eli Keeker, Keysha Padgett, Adrian- na Parks and Hope Readle try to out twist each other. At left, Ryder Troutman and Kade Benner can't con- tain their laughter while twisting.