The Botkins Board of Education met in regular session on September 14^th, 2016. The Board took the following actions:

      Approved the minutes of the August 10, 2016 Board of Education regular meeting.

      Approved the Treasurer’s report by fund, the Investment report, and cash balance report as presented.

      Moved to adopt appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2017. Also, approved an Amendment to the Certificate of Estimated Resources and fund establishment.

      Hired the following substitutes:

o   Jill Steinke                           Cafeteria and Educational Assistant

o   Emily Gill                              Cafeteria and Educational Assistant

o   Kelly Liesner                       Educational Assistant

o   Deb Zimpfer                       Educational Assistant

o   Amanda Frey                     Teacher

o   Kim Cordonnier                Teacher

o   Claire Pusey                       Teacher

o   Christine Miller                 Teacher

o   Amy Pleiman                     Teacher

o   Samantha Riffell               Teacher

o   Rene Geise                         Teacher

o   Angelique Ranly               Teacher

o   Aubrey Rodriguez            Teacher

o   Nathan Epperson             Teacher

o   Donald Lee                         Teacher

o   Wendy Uhlenhake          Teacher

o   Hailey Billing                       Teacher

      Moved to approve the following student athletic workers at minimum wage as presented:

o   Micah Smock

o   Ethan Butcher

o   Luke Bergman

o   Xavier Pax

o   Alexis Jones

o   Josh Miller

o   Bryce Metz

o   Maddie Steinke

o   Dani Schneider

o   Alex Bergman

o   Kayla Kohler

o   Danielle Schwartz

o   Tyler Swank

      Moved to allow Debbie Faulder to transition to a one on one aide and hire Kendra Berryman as the Educational/Special Needs Aide.

      Moved to hire the following Extracurricular positions for the 2016-17 school year:

o   Roberta “Bobbie” Young                               RoBotkins

o   Keith Puschel                                                     Musical Assistant Director – Lighting and Sound

      Moved to approve the following volunteers:

o   Roslyn Stutsman                              Grade 1

o   Deb Zimpfer                                       Kindergarten

o   Judy Thaman                                     Grade 3

o   Judith Sanchez                                  not assigned yet to a grade or teacher

o   Cathy Bajwa                                       Cafeteria 1-2 days per week

o   Annie Zink                                           Grade 1

      Moved to accept the donation of $200.00 from Trupointe for the BEES fund and $2529.77 from Botkins Soccer Club for the High School Boys’ soccer uniforms.

      Moved to enter executive session to discuss the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion or compensation of an employee.

      Moved to leave executive session.