The Press-Dispatch
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A-6 Wednesday, March 21, 2012 The Press-Dispatch School Board discusses how to get through until tax collections By Mike Johansen The bid for borrowing funds to get through un- til tax collections come in was approved and the Pike County School Corporation Board of Education handled several items and personnel changes during its regular monthly meeting on March 13. The first item was to re- ceive bids on the interest rate for borrowing about $3 million dollars to fund opera- tions and costs in two budget areas until tax collections re- place the borrowed funds. Tax funds do not come in until property taxes are paid in May and November. The bids were to borrow about $1.9 million for the transpor- tation fund and $1.3 million for the capital fund and the corporation received two bids. The low bid was for a percentage rate of 2.15 percent on the two loans from Home Building Sav- ings Bank with another bid coming in at 2.25 percent. The board unanimously ap- proved the low bid of Home Building for borrowing the funds. Pike Central High School had requested permission at the last meeting for a Bring Your Own Device to School program for students. The proposal was to allow stu- dents to bring their own electronic devices-comput- ers to school for use in class- room work only. The board had expressed concerns with this item and had want- ed a more formal proposal from the high school and formal guidelines for using the equipment, including what could be viewed with the equipment. The high school withdrew the item for consideration and said they want to study this further before possi- bly bringing it back for the board to consider. Board member Jerry Grubb brought up the ques- tion on inclement weather and the two hour delay problem such as on morn- ings with foggy weather. He asked that the adminis- tration develop a policy and guidelines and bring it back to the board for action. The school had received some complaints about school on a couple of very foggy morn- ings. The board also approved hiring a Print Management Service to handle mainte- nance and providing sup- plies for the printers in the school corporation for a per copy price. Apple Laser is the company and the cost will be on a per copy ba- sis and will vary with how many copies are made each month. The other bidders wanted a minimum amount a month no matter how many copies were made. The corporation schools make about 40,000 black and white copies a month and 12,000 color. The 2012-2013 calendar was adopted with one dis- senting vote with the main objection on when snow days were placed with one on Jan. 2. School will start on a Friday again next fall. They had looked at starting on Monday or Tuesday, but because of mandated testing and other scheduling items they remained with a calen- dar similar to the current year, but with a few changes. The School Board also did not vote on two items to sanction trips to Wash- ington, D.C. to attend the 2013 Presidential Inaugura- tion and to Henryville for relief work by students and staff at the end of the month during Spring Break. The board said they were in fa- vor of both trips and would allow students any absences necessary, but did not want to give official board sanc- tion to the trips because of liability insurance concerns. They indicated students and staff would be more than welcome to go on the trips, but without official sanction from the School Board as neither would be school sponsored trips. The Board heard a report from instructor Ray Niehaus and the students who went to the White House from Project Lead the Way. The resignations of Cathy Schirr as WES Student Council sponsor; Tina Gay- hart as a cafeteria employee; the retirement of Robert McCormick from mainte- nance; and Lanny Simmons as a second shift custodian were approved. The board also approved several hirings: • Sara Coder, Anita Hen- son, Mindy Nelson and Rayann Phillips as Title I instructional assistants at Winslow and Petersburg El- ementary through the end of the year. • Randy Graham as Head Cross Country Coach and Head Girls Basketball Coach for next year; Bonnie Stone and Eric Knight as as- sistant girls track coaches; Billy Hewig as head wres- tling coach; Jason McK- inney as head swimming coach; Steve Arnold as head boys golf coach; and Lisa Hohler as head girls tennis coach for the coming year. The School Board also ap- proved: • The policy on the State Mandated Testing. • Fuel escalation costs of $3,622.09. • The summer school programs and dates for the high school. • Gave permission to all schools to apply for grants. • Approved School Mes- senger as the school mes- sage service for parents and others starting July 1 at a cost of about 50 cents cheap- er per student than the cur- rent service. • Elmer Bridgewater as a substitute bus driver. • Approved the Vocation- al welding trip to the state welding contest on April 13 and 14. • Approved Project Lead the Way Engineering stu- dents and instructor Ray Niehaus going to Lafayette for the First Robotics com- petition. • Approved Kevin Carter to attend the state welding contest in April. They also had the first readings, but no action on the Substance Abuse Policy for Employees with Com- mercial Drivers License; IREAD3 Promotion Policy; and the Chemical Hygiene Plan. Synthetic drugs now illegal in Indiana Drugs that mimic mari- juana and those called "bath salts" are now illegal to have or sell in Indiana. A new Indiana law ban- ning synthetic stimulants nicknamed "bath salts" al- so toughens the state's pro- hibition on drugs that mim- ic marijuana, a measure that manufacturers had found a way to skirt since its pas- sage last year. Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the legislation into law Thursday and its provi- sions took immediate effect. The new law includes a provision that could cost retailers their business li- censes for a year if they're caught selling the synthetic 1040 drugs as part of a retail out- let's normal business. The law also adds 60 chemical compounds to a law that legislators passed last year banning marijuana- like drugs known as spice or K2, including compounds that are derived from ex- isting illegal drugs. And it gives the state pharmacy board the ability to declare that a substance is a synthet- ic drug. 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