August 15, 2012
Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram
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Constien praises Football Waynoka staff equipment Gym floors finished, elementary repairs complete By Julie Whiteman Waynoka school buildings are whipped into shape and ready for the new school year. Superintendent Peggy Constien praised staff members during the monthly school board meeting for preparing the Waynoka school buildings which included completing the new gym floor and repairs on the elementary after a broken toilet flooded the building. Constien also brought good news to the board meeting when she announced that an increase in district valuation resulted in an increase of approximately $68,000 in ad valorem tax. In the Principal’s report, Michael Meriwether announced that as of August 9 there were 252 students enrolled in pre-K through grade 12. Meriwether said it was his goal in the 2012-2013 school year for 100% of students in grades 3-6 to pass the reading test. Board member Clint Olson was appointed as the voting delegate for the Waynoka Public Schools for the OSSBA Delegate Assembly that will be held at the OSSBA Conference on August 25. The yearly inspection on the heating
and cooling system with Luckinbill was unanimously approved. All board members agreed to rent out the old shop building, with a clause to be added that stipulates that the renter assumes liability and responsibility of personal contents in case of theft or fire. Resignations were accepted by head cook Shawna McKinley and academic coach Ashlee Smart. McKinley will be replaced by Latona F. Merrill and Jordan Taylor will serve as the new academic coach. The board also approved four emergency transfer applications. The short agenda for the board did not produce a short meeting for board members, as lengthy discussion was made over the first three sections of the schools policy handbook. Constien said the policy handbook will be reviewed and discussed in three seperate sections, to ensure the book is up-to-date and correct. The next meeting of the Waynoka Public School Board is scheduled for September 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Board of Education Room.
checkout for AMS players The football staff at Alva Middle School will conduct an equipment checkout for all seventh and eighth grade students interested in playing football. The checkout will be held on Thursday, Aug. 16, for eighth graders from 9-10 a.m. and for seventh graders from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Alva Middle School gym. A parent-player meeting with the coaches will be held in the school cafeteria that evening starting at 7 p.m.
Hunter Safety Class A hunter safety class will be offered on August 18th, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cherokee Senior Citizen Center, 200 South Grand, in Cherokee, and on August 25th, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Northwest Technology Center in Alva, 1801 South 11th Street. For more info, call Ben Bickerstaff at 580-541-0820 or Terry Swallow at 580-430-5158.
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