HIGHLIGHTS: 10 Year Capital Improvement Plan and recommendation for Happy Hollow Building (6:47); Discussion on West Lafayette School Education Foundation (7:27); Changes to Accounts Payable (7:39) 6:30 – The school board meeting was called to order. The board was asked to approve the agenda and the minutes from the October 10, 2022 meeting. Springer joinedContinue reading “November 14, 2022 Summary”
Author Archives: Dacia Mumford
October 10, 2022 Summary
HIGHLIGHTS: Increasing Class Size (7:22); Demolishing Portion of Happy Hollow Discussed (7:35); Increase in Teacher Salary (7:50); School Calendars for 2023-24 and 2024-25 (8:02) 6:32 – The school board meeting was called to order. There was a moment of silence for the Purdue student killed last week. 6:33 – The board was asked to approveContinue reading “October 10, 2022 Summary”
September 21, 2022 Work Session/Public Budget Hearing
HIGHLIGHTS: Fiscal Plan (6:36); Enrollment and Transfer Students (6:42); State Funding – Foundation and Complexity (7:30); Referendum Funding (7:38) 6:34 – There is no voting at work sessions and they announced that there would be no official minutes or recording. The only item on the agenda is the public hearing for the 2023 budget. I’mContinue reading “September 21, 2022 Work Session/Public Budget Hearing”
Our Teachers Union
My view is that a strong teachers union is an important way for teachers to improve their work environment (which is our students’ learning environment). Each year I was a teacher, I was a dues-paying member of the teachers union. I served as a representative on the state-mandated discussion committee, which is a monthly meetingContinue reading “Our Teachers Union”
Transfer Student Policy
Our school board has not set a transfer student policy to govern how many transfer students to accept and how to select which applicants will be allowed to enroll. Decisions are left to the discretion of the superintendent with no oversight. An optimal policy would probably accept some transfer students to balance student numbers acrossContinue reading “Transfer Student Policy”
September 12, 2022 Summary
HIGHLIGHTS: New Hire for Student Mental Health Support (6:31); Transfer Student “Policy” (6:42); Budget Hearing and $9.5 million Proposed Capital Expenditure (6:51) 6:30 – The school board meeting was called to order. The board was asked to approve the agenda and the minutes from the August 8, 2022 meeting. Voted 7 out of 7 6:31Continue reading “September 12, 2022 Summary”
Small Town School Board Campaigns
I was elected to the WLCSC school board in November 2022 and before that I was one of 15 candidates for the WLCSC school board in 2020. Participating in the 2020 election helped me to better articulate my beliefs about how school board campaigns in a small community like ours ought to run. These areContinue reading “Small Town School Board Campaigns”
August 8, 2022 Summary
HIGHLIGHTS: Reiling Resigns as Legal Counsel (6:42); Additional School Resource Officer (6:52); New Employee Benefits Provider (6:57); Replacing the Air Conditioner at Happy Hollow (7:05); WLES Nature Center Renovation (7:18); RDP-PAC Donor Reappointed to Library Board (7:31); High Teacher Turnover (7:33); Teacher Evaluations (7:44) 6:33 – The school board meeting was called to order. TheContinue reading “August 8, 2022 Summary”
July 13, 2022 Financial Work Session
HIGHLIGHTS: Request for a Financial Investigation (6:32); Enrollment and Transfer Students (6:36); Debt Payments (6:59); Referendum Vote (7:35); CFO Resigns after 3 Months (7:58); SBOA Audit Report (7:59); Deleted Information from Public Records (7:59 #5) 6:31 – The school board work session was called to order. Because it is a work session, there is noContinue reading “July 13, 2022 Financial Work Session”
June 6, 2022 Summary
HIGHLIGHTS: School Policy Revisions (7:08); Board Meetings Changed to 2nd Mondays (7:16); Increase in School Lunch Price (7:19); Background Checks to Enter Schools (7:50); Legal Services Fees (8:03); Back Pay of $69,507 to Former Interim CFO and Deleted Public Information (8:03); WLES Principal Search (8:10) 6:30 – The school board meeting was called to order.Continue reading “June 6, 2022 Summary”
Dacia Mumford 