At the board of education’s re-organization meeting on Tuesday, April 24, order held as Hemant Marathe was unanimously selected to remain board president while Bob Johnson was again voted vice president. Marathe asked new members of the board, Yibao Xu and Michele Kaish, for their preferences for serving on the board’s individual committees. He expects to make the assignments ahead of the board’s May 1 meeting. During the campaign both Kaish and Xu said they would like to serve on the curriculum committee (WW-P News, March 30).
In other action, overnight field trips to Orlando for the National Science Olympiad were approved by the board at its meeting on Tuesday, April 17. The trips will be from Wednesday, May 16 through Sunday, May 20. Lodging and transportation to and from the University of Central Florida, where the Science Olympiad will be held on May 18 and 19, will be provided.
The approximate cost for High School South students is $1,020 apiece while the cost for Community Middle School students would be $1,200. The additional cost for middle schoolers includes $180 for admission to an Orlando area theme park, only after the details were discussed by the curriculum committee (WW-P News, April 13).
Also, the bus contract for Community Middle School, whose students require land transportation for their large and delicate science project equipment, was awarded to Stout Coach for $13,000 at the school board’s April 17 meeting.
In other news the board unanimously voted to adopt “Communication Arts” as a new course for 6th grade students in the district (WW-P News. April 13).
#b#Personnel Moves#/b#: At the end of the school year High School North vocal teacher Mary Jacobsen will retire after 22 years with the district. In June Community Middle School mathematics teacher Sharon Zubricky will also retire. Zubricky spent 17 years with the district.
High School North Science teacher Julia Norato is set to retire in June after 25 years with the district. Two IRLA teachers from Community Middle School, Carole Cheek and Jeanne Rhein, will also be retiring ths year. Cheek spent 19 years with the WW-P district and Rhein spent 14 years here.
At separate boad meetings Marathe took time to thank the individuals for their service.
