BOE discusses possible diploma changes

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PIQUA — Changes in the career tech honors diploma, as proposed by the State Board of Education, were discussed during the Monday, Aug. 22, meeting of the Upper Valley Career Center’s Board of Education meeting.

Superintendent Dr. Nancy Luce shared her concerns about the new criteria. Three years of one language or two years of two languages would be required. She said given the constraints of career technical student’s school day, there is no time to offer language courses unless the time in the lab is reduced further.

In addition, she said, the credits required for the Career Tech Honor’s Diploma would exceed the Academic Honors Diploma and include a field experience, two portfolios, and additional assessments, preferably resulting in an industry credential. These proposed requirements would significantly limit a student’s ability to earn the CT Honor’s Diploma.

Luce also reported she attended a presentation by Lowe’s representatives of a $25,000 grant check to Upper Valley Career Center SkillsUSA Chapter. For the project, Upper Valley Career Center students will be working with the city of Piqua and the Fusion Community Learning Center in collaboration of Lowe’s to create a welcoming and Internet accessible gathering place of the city’s youth.

In other business, the board:

• Learned the food service program is in compliance with state and federal nutrition guidelines.

• Approved the Shelby County United Way special project grant in the amount of $2,750 for counseling services provided by New Creation Counseling Center for Shelby County students.

• Approved the updated temporary appropriations resolution and certificate of estimated resources.

• Approved the purchase order to Coca Cola for $16,500 for cafeteria operations.

• Approved the purchase order to Reiter Dairy for $21,000 for cafeteria operations.

• Approved the purchase order to ATI Testing for $29,750 for Adult Division LPN testing.

• Approved board policy revisions.

• Approved textbooks for the 2016-17 school year.

• Approved a contract with Midwest Maintenance for the brick restoration to the Garbry Conference and Learning Center, 5 E. State Route 36, Piqua, for $38,000.

• Authorized Director of Business Operations Patrick Gibson to be able to approve change orders for the brick restoration at Garbry Conference and Learning Center. The change orders cannot exceed $25,000.

• Approved the 2016-19 Adult Division Student Catalog.

• Approved a resolution dealing with travel expenses related to official duties while serving the Ohio School Boards Association. Board member Robert Luby is serving on a committee of the OSBA.

• Approved a community reinvestment area agreement between the village of Jackson Center and Airstream Inc. The village is granting Airstream a real property tax abatement of 100 percent for 15 years for real property improvements. Airstream is making a project investment of $3,800,000 in the village will will assist in maintaining 696 permanent full time jobs and create 35 permanent full job jobs with an additional annual payroll of $1,7500,000 within two years of the completion of the construction.

• Approved the resignation of Richard Borgerding, career tech instructor in aerospace occuations; Robin Brunk, adult division LPN/STNA instructor; and Danie Stuart, adult division LPN/STNA instructor.

• Approved long-term substitute employment for Richard Borgerding, aviation occupations, for $39,184/

• Approved certificated substitutes Nicholas Britt, social studies, Gaye Gabel, social studies, Marcus Mabelitini, general education, and Aubrey Rodriguez, science, biology, on an as-needed basis.

• Hired David Collins as a paraprofessional in the HVAC-R program at $25,158.

• Approved an administrator supplemental contract for Roger Voisard, oversight of Makerspace implementation, 20 hours.

• Approved a high school classified supplemental contract for David Collins, HVAC-R paraprofessional, new employee orientation, 7 hours.

• Approved ag science instructor supplemental contracts for extended hours for the fifth quarter ag grant to Nicholas Baumer, Bradford satellite, Jessica Helsinger, Covington satellite, Derek McCracken, Houston satellite, Kreg McCullough, Newton satellite, Matt Pleiman, Fort Loramie satellite, Nathan Sailor Fairlawn satellite, and Lidnsey Whetstone, Jackson Center satellite, and career tech supplemental contracts to John Kreitzer, horticulture and landscape management, Jim Metz, environmental occupations, and Michaella Quinter, enviromental occupations.

• Approved resident educator mentor stipends to Susan Caudill, Megan Flanagan, Keri Lovelace, Scott Maill and Tina Werntz, $200 each, and resident education summative assessment mentor stipends to Susan Caudeill, $400, and Rebecca Kleinhenz, $200.

• Approved OTES student learning objectives committee stipends to Megan Glanagan, Larry Griffis, Amanda Helmstetter, Becky Kleinhenz and Mark Lester, $200 each.

• Hired Daniel Stuart as a fulltime adult LPN instructor for $53,000

• Hired Melony Baker, adult STNA coordinator, $25 per hour, and Amy Stoots, adult LPN instructor, $25 per hour.

• Modified a contract for Tiffany Hickerson, social studies, to a hire date of May 23, 2016 insteat of July 1, 2016.

The board’s next meeting will be held Monday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. in the Adams Board Room in the main instructional building.

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