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Folks like you make every day special. NEWS BRIEFS Friday night community prayer at The Gathering Place this Friday There will be a com- munity prayer at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24 at The Gathering Place, 207 E. Lafayette Street, Winslow. Everyone is welcome. Free weather radio distribution by Pike County EMA Nov. 28 The Pike EMA will be doing a Free Weath- er Radio distribution for residents of Pike Coun- ty that are either low in- come or live in a mobile home or similar struc- ture on November 28 from 9 -11:30 a.m. at the Pike Co. Courthouse Rotunda, 801 E. Main Street, Petersburg. Upcoming event? Do you have an up- coming event? Send it to news@pressdis- patch.net or call 812- 354-8500. New face in the Chamber of Commerce By Kenzie Rudolph The Pike County Cham- ber of Commerce has a new executive director, Krista Robinette, who has lived in Pike County all her life. Her first day on the job was Sep- tember 11, 2017. Robinette graduated from Pike Central in 2006 and then attended OCU, where she received a bachelor's de- gree in elementary and early childhood education. When she has free time, she likes to spend time with her fam- ily, and she loves being out- side. Robinette taught for a lit- tle bit and worked in Oak- land City University's fi- nancial aid office, but she is very happy to be back in Pike County where she sees herself long-term. When the job at the Cham- ber opened up, Robinette ap- plied without hesitation. "I felt like I would regret it if I didn't try it. I prayed about it a lot," said Robi- nette. Robinette said that some of her responsibilities in- clude, "Trying to get Pike County out there...bring- ing Pike County closer to- gether." She added, "I think Pike County has so much to of- fer, but people do not know what's here." Fundraising and advertis- ing is also a big part of her job, because the Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit or- ganization. They heavily re- ly on memberships. Her favorite part about her job is "being out in the public." She loves getting to meet new people. "My goal for the future is just to bring more people into Pike County...Another goal is to create new things that we can do. It may take a while since I am new, but I would like to start tradi- tions," said Robinette. With a smile, she said, "I love Pike County. It is where I grew up. I want to make it a better place." Krista Robinette Pike County Schools set 2018-19 calendar By Ed Cahill Students in the Pike Coun- ty School Corporation will begin the 2018 -19 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 8, according to a master sched- ule adopted by the PCSC Board of School Trustees during its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Superintendent Suzanne Blake, while presenting the proposed master calendar to the school board, reported that the Calendar Commit- tee had conducted a survey of school staff that revealed: • 76 percent of the 116 respondents preferred one week of fall break rather than two days. • 88 percent of the 116 re- spondents preferred one day of parent-teacher conferenc- es rather than splitting them up over two evenings. • 88 percent of the 116 respondents preferred to have the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off. • 78 percent of the 116 re- spondents preferred to have two weeks off at Christmas rather than a week-and-a- half. In addition, Blake noted that one of the most popular comments submitted by the survey's participants was a request to start the school year "as late as possible." "I think we all do, but we also know it's not always easy to do that and yet keep some of the other things in place," Blake said. Blake added that there was also a movement in the Indiana General Assembly to require that classes be- gin no earlier than the third Monday in August. "Yet they typically have said they want us out by Me- morial Day, and if that were to happen, then you're go- ing to say goodbye to a lot of breaks, in order to get our days in," Blake said. The Pike County School Corporation's master calen- dar, Blake said, is aligned with Dubois County as much as possible due to shared vo- cational and special educa- tional programs between the two counties. Comments submitted by the respondents to the sur- vey also included a sugges- tion to position snow days around President's Day – on Friday, Feb. 15 and Monday, Feb. 18 – and on the Mon- day following Easter – April 22 – to create the possibility of two four-day weekends if they are not needed to make up missed days. The last day of school is set for Wednesday, May 22, although two additional snow days are scheduled for Thursday, May 23 and Fri- day, May 24. scribed time out of the class- room. "So a kid gets in trouble, and is going to be out of school, suspended, for four or five days, three or four, whatever," Holland said. "Instead of them sitting at home, we're going to take them to the learning center." "Now they're going to be working on things that's school-related activities," Holland continued. "This gives them an opportunity to continue to stay current with their classes, in addi- tion to serving their pun- ishment." Students in the ATS pro- gram would be given a com- puter to work on school ac- tivities only and will return it after each school day. The students will be transported to and from Pike Central by bus. Lunch will be provided by the cafeteria or students may bring their own. Dai- ly work will be gathered by the guidance office and giv- en to the student each day. Any necessary school sup- plies will need to be provid- ed by the student. One certified teacher and one instructional assistant – preferably one male and one female – would be needed to staff the alternative learning programs, as well as provide the necessary supervision. Holland noted, however, that the alternative educa- tion program is just the first phase of a three-phase plan that is being proposed to uti- lize the former Otwell Ele- mentary School building. The second phase, which is proposed to start in the fall semester of the 2018 - 19 school year, would fea- ture the introduction of ad- ditional career and techni- cal education (CTE) class- es, including Fire & Rescue and Emergency Medical Services. The Patoka Valley CTE Board, Blake announced, recently approved the ad- dition of the Fire & Res- cue and Emergency Medi- cal Services courses for the 2018 -2019 school year. "Plus we're looking at using and utilizing the re- sources that are available at Otwell," Holland said. "The kitchen's there, so we can look at doing some culinary arts." "We're just looking at ad- ditional things that fit a non- traditional school day," Hol- land added. "I think these pieces can really help out." Blake noted that several of the CTE courses would be eligible for dual credit with Ivy Tech and Vincennes Uni- versity. "We want to offer pro- grams that interest students and comply with the IDOE career pathways options, but are also high-wage, high-de- mand programs which in- crease employment oppor- tunities after completion," Blake said. The third phase would consist of establishing an adult education program, Holland said. "That piece is probably the last piece that will be put into place, but we're already thinking about what we can do to help with the commu- nity on just really utilizing the center," Holland said. "I think that we've got some re- ally good pieces in place." "I think, once we get it started, there'll be even more things we can bring about, brainstorming some ideas on things that not only myself or Miss Blake think, but others that might have ideas for it as well, not on- ly from us, but maybe from the community as well," Hol- land added. Holland told the school board that he was really hop- ing to start up the plan's first phase in January. "We've got some work ahead of us to get there," Holland said. "But I think it's doable." Blake said that the pro- posed alternative learning program would be held in one wing of the former Ot- well Elementary School building that is equipped with a separate heating and cooling unit. "So when someone hears that we're putting kids, or only a few kids, back in- to that building, and think we're heating or cooling the whole building, that's not the case," Blake said. "We will just be using the one wing. It's actually comprised of six classrooms and then it's close to the bathrooms. So there's a lot of different logistics that we're working on. I think we have most of it figured out." "We'll have a little more information for you in De- cember, on what all the next steps are, where we're ready to go, and what we need to have it ready by January," Blake added. The former Otwell Ele- mentary School building has been listed as "unavail- able" on the unused build- ings list maintained by the Indiana Department of Ed- ucation since September 2016. "To reclaim an unused school building, the school corporation must submit to the IDOE a form indicat- ing the intent to reclaim the building and the plans for the building," Blake said. "The form will be submitted to the IDOE in December." BUILDING Continued from page 1

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