The Plymouth Community School Board approved a contract for a nurse for the summer months.
The contract was amended to include coverage for students participating in summer school classes. A nurse is required to be on staff as long as students are active on campus. The contract is $1,000 less than it was the previous year.
Handbook changes were presented to the Plymouth School Board members this week.
Handbook committee member Kenneth Olson presented a change that was suggested by a parent. The parent suggested a chance to contact the Bowen Center anonymously rather than going through the guidance counselor to seek services. The request was to publish the number in the handbook and that request was approved and it is now included.
The Plymouth Community School Board will soon be interviewing candidates for superintendent.
The application deadline has passed and interviews will begin May 9. The corporation received more than a dozen applications for the position.
The Plymouth Community School Board approved two documents in order to move forward with building improvement projects.
Washington Elementary, Riverside Elementary and Plymouth High School will see improvements in roofing, lighting and HVAC systems. Parking lot paving is also included in the additional $2 million General Obligation Bond Issue.
The Plymouth Community School Board will move forward on their plans on projects when they meet tonight. It is anticipated that the board members will adopt a preliminary bond resolution to pay for the cost of maintenance and improvements to the corporation at a cost not to exceed $2 million. Those projects include paving, site work, lighting update and work on the HVAC system. That pending approval will be followed by the possible approval of the declaration of official intent to reimburse those expenditures.
Five bids were received for the paving project at Plymouth High School and one was approved this week to complete the job.
Four sections of the parking lot were specified for bids in the advertisement for contractors. Five bids were received for those four areas. The lowest bid was submitted by Niblock at $310,700. All of the required base quotes and alternate bids, bid bonds and supplementary forms were included in the bid packet. The highest bid received was over $400,000.
The Plymouth Community School Board approved a resolution to move forward with the purchase of an artificial turf surface for the high school football field.
The school will enter into a lease with PNC Bank to fund the project. The cost of the project including the product, installation, 10 year warranty, and maintenance agreement totals $797,600. The payments will come out of the Capital Projects Fund for the next five years.
The Plymouth Community School Board held a public hearing last night to field comments on the proposed new Lincoln Junior High School facility.
Superintendent Dan Tyree said that focus groups were asked to tour the current facility and all involved determined that a new facility was needed. The cost to rehabilitate the current building was deemed not feasible.
The Plymouth Community School Board will hear public comment tonight on the proposed replacement of the Lincoln Jr. High School.
The hearing will also welcome public input on the plans for the renovations of and improvements to the Plymouth High School, Riverside Intermediate School and Washington Discovery Academy. A portion of the Lincoln Jr. High School is also expected to be renovated as part of this project to preserve the history of the school.
The Plymouth Community School Board Monday approved a contract extension for Superintendent Dan Tyree. The extension is effective from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2019. Compensation is retroactive to July 1, 2016. Continue reading
The Plymouth Community School Board gathered information from Plymouth High School Principal Jim Condon about a change in the schedule for professional development times for teachers.
Currently, students are released early on Fridays so teachers can collaborate to analyze data and discuss improvements in education in a collective setting. Condon proposed, with the support of the teacher’s association and a study committee, that students arrive an hour late to school on Tuesdays each week beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.
