John Glenn School Board Receives Update on Upcoming Property Sale

Posted on Author Anita Goodan
John Glenn School Board

John Glenn School Superintendent Richard Reese updated on the school board on the progress of the sale of property donated to the school corporation by the Hiler family.

The property at 125 Shamrock Street was donated to the corporation at the end of 2015. The school board accepted the property then on behalf of the corporation. The property will be donated to the newly formed John Glenn Educational Foundation with the intention that the proceeds from the property sale will benefit the foundation.

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John Glenn School Board Approves Additional Teaching Position at Middle School

Posted on Author Anita Goodan
John Glenn School Board

The John Glenn School Board voted Tuesday night to approve an additional teaching position at Urey Middle School. The position will be active at the beginning of next school year.

Superintendent Richard Reese explained to the board members that one new teacher will be hired to help teach English/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies to create an additional section of classes in the seventh grade. The estimated number of students entering the seventh grade next year is about 180 which is approximately 30 students more than this year. It is the thought that the additional position would alleviate the potential of class overcrowding.

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John Glenn School Board Hires School Resource Officers

Posted on Author Lenny Dessauer

The John Glenn School Board approved the hire of part-time school resource officers. Superintendent Richard Reese said the corporation was the recipient of a school safety grant that helped in this endeavor.

“They only work a couple of hours a day and four officers rotate between the officers in Walkerton and North Liberty,” said Reese. “The state offered the grant which is a matching grant. I think we got $25,000, so we were able to buy security equipment as well as add the school resource officers.”

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Advanced Classes Available for Students at John Glenn

Posted on Author Lenny Dessauer

The John Glenn School Board heard a presentation from teacher and AP Dual Credit Coordinator Dan Drotar about the number of those classes available at the corporation.

Superintendent Richard Reese said there are a few classes that students can take as dual credit classes.

“We have 18 classes that we offer that students can get dual credits for – both college and high school credits,” said Reese. “Some of those are offered for three credits and others for four credits and five credits. Those credits are offered through Purdue University, Purdue-North Central, and Ivy Tech.”

There are nine AP classes available for students.

“We have nine AP classes that we offer. They are Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Government, Literature, regular English and Composition, Physics, and World History. The majority of those are taken at the junior and senior level and we do have one offered at the sophomore level.”

Having these classes available for students will help them better prepare for college and give them a head start at the college level.

John Glenn School Board Adopts 2015-2016 School Calendar

Posted on Author Lenny Dessauer

The John Glenn School Board voted 5-1 to approve a calendar for the 2015-2016 school year.

Superintendent Richard Reese said it’s not much different than this year’s calendar. Reese said the board did not choose to go with a balanced calendar at this time.

“We took some surveys of our staff and parents and there were a variety of viewpoints. Our school board made a decision for this year to kind of see what’s going on and test the waters. We are just going to go with a similar calendar to this year’s calendar,” said Reese.

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