JCD principal reports year has good start
Cathy May - Contributing Writer

Jac-Cen-Del Elementary School Principal Mike Stephens reported to the board the school year had started out well. Conferences were well attended by parents. The first six weeks' attendance was a little more than 97%. School Lunch Week went well with about 670 guests served.

The changes in the music department are going well with the sharing of teachers Unkelsbay and Sandy Corfman. The sharing of the elementary school library with the Osgood Public Library is also going well. Sharing of the libraries will end sometime in January.

Mandates by the state are in place and working well: Moments of Silence every day, displaying of the American flag in every classroom, and the repeating of the pledge to the flag every morning. The American Legion hosted the burning of the old American flags on October 14.

Donn Snedaker, Travis Rohrig, Deanna Powers, and Bev Buxton reported on the progress of the middle school concept with team teaching for the 5th and 6th grades. The students have 45-minute sessions in the morning and 30-minute sessions in the afternoon. The new program is going well with the teachers and students enjoying the new concept.

Justin Eaton and Kyle Horan were recognized for advancing to the Regional in Cross Country.

Attorney Tim Day reported he had heard from Siemens on the Energy Savings. He said Siemens is working on an amendment to the Energy Savings Contract and it should be received within the next two weeks.

Supplemental contracts were approved for homebound instruction, separate from the regular contracted work day. The supplemental contracts will be for Bonnie Wall, Joe Haley and Sue Bunselmeier to cover students who are separated from the classroom for health or discipline reasons. Compensations will be as per the Master Contract.

The board approved mileage reimbursement of 48.5 cents per mile effective November 1, 2005.

All five board members were present: John Billman, Kathleen Dickman, Deanna Young, Charlie Hughes, and Paul C. Hardy. Superintendent Bill Narwold and Attorney Tim Day were present to advise the board, the next regular meeting of the Jac-Cen-Del Board of Trustees will be held on Tuesday, November 15, in the JCD Jr.Sr. High School Cafeteria.