Roof litigation settlement discussed at SR meeting
Wanda English Burnett - Editor

At the regular June meeting of the South Ripley School Corporation Board of Trustees, a unanimous vote was placed to approve the recommendation of a Memorandum of Settlement on the elementary roof litigation.

Superintendent Ted Ahaus recommended the approval for $420,000 to be placed in a Construction Fund for future roof repair or replacement, $450,000 would be placed in the General Fund to recover roof litigation fees and the school would receive the steel coil that is valued at $35,000.

Personnel items were:

· Deb Tompkins resigned as the superintendent's secretary/payroll clerk, and deputy treasurer effective June 27. She will be replaced by Karen Sieverding, with her hire date effective as of June 20.

· Elementary Jump Start Summer School teachers were approved. They will be Caroline Cumberworth, Ann Dicken, LeeAnn Huss, and Norma Sheets.

· Jump Start bus drivers were approved: Rose Morton, Barb Shadday, and Otis Walston.

· Karen Hafft will replace Karen Sieverding as high school summer remediation instructor, effective immediately.

· Paula Speer resigned as Elementary Special Education teacher effective at the end of the 2004-2005 contract.

Randy McIntosh represented the Administrative/Non-Certified Committee with the following recommendations presented to the board:

· all administrative contracts be rolled over one year with status quo provisions;

· status quo contract for Principal Bill Snyder will include the combined amount he was getting paid for principal and basketball coach since his principal's salary was held lower during the years he coached;

· remain status quo on non-certified pay rates until a later date;

· effective June 1, 2005, all new employees hired and current employees not on benefits must work a minimum of 5 1/2 hours per day in one position in order to be eligible for benefit coverages, such as health, dental, life, vision 403B etc. It was noted that all current employees at the four-hour per day level on health insurance are grand-fathered.

The committee's recommendation was approved with a unanimous vote.

The elementary and high school textbook rental charges for 2005-2006 were approved, as well as the approval of the Home School Policy that was presented. Also approved was the updated PL221 Plan.