Board of Education handles routine business

In addition to learning about a temporary internet outage, recognizing Cridersville Elementary School students and listening to reports, the Wapakoneta

Board of Education members also took care of a number of routine business items.

Board members approved temporary appropriation modifications to the general fund for

$4,260.48, the Wapakoneta Elementary Faculty Fund for $840.05, the FFA Fund for $9,830.75, and the middle school music fund for $1,246.40.

Board members approved purchases for $3,186.10 that will go to the New Knoxville Supply Company to fix a water line at the middle school as well as

$5,281.62 to SDI Innovations for high school assignment books.

Board members approved a

$150 donation to the FFA Club from Zoetis Pharmaceutical Company and a $280 donation to

the athletic department from the Jay Koenig Memorial. They also

approved the overnight field trip to the FFA National Convention

in Indianapolis scheduled for later this month.

Under personnel items, board members approved the resignations of Barb Stahler and Billie Jo Boughan and accepted employee leaves for Jeanera Boroff, Veronica Cramer, Aretha Green,

Olivia Guisinger, Kristina Hollingsworth, Lloyd Sarasin, Nick Truesdale and Anne Turner.

Members approved the hirings of Julie Garwood and Debra Lowther as cafeteria workers,

and agreed to employ Courtney Fields as a high school guidance

counselor. Members also approved the hiring of Susan Pauline, Josephine Rodriguez and

Michelle Voress as tutors.

Board members rescinded the supplemental contract of Todd Erb as a middle school boys basketball coach, but agreed to hire Christine Bailey, Jason Ware, Jace Copeland, Travis Moyer, Mike Bogan, Nick Truesdale, Marshall Gerlach, Megan Brown and Matthew Dawson in a variety of capacities on supplemental contracts. They also approved the hiring of Chris Mellott and Brian Van Meter as volunteers.

In additional items, board members approved a memorandum of understanding regarding the terms of employment contract for Kassandra Hill.

Members entered executive session to discuss the appointment or employment of public

employees, officials, licensees or regulated individuals.

The next meeting will be Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at Wapakoneta High

School.