July 2022
The Botkins Board of Education met on July 13th for the regular board meeting and took the following actions:
Approved the minutes of the June 8, 2022 regular board meeting
Approved the Treasurer’s report by fund, general fund activity, the Investment Report, and the 5-year review of General Fund Activity as presented
Approved to pay parents for private school transportation in lieu of our district transporting their children to and from Sidney Christian as presented. We will be reimbursed from the State for these costs.
Accepted a donation of $212 from Meyer's Tavern to be used for Cole Field Athletic fund as presented
Accepted the following resignations as presented:
Rob Berryman - Intervention Specialist
Sarah Webb - Cafeteria Worker
Jason Wagner - Business Teacher
Tina Flora - Bus Driver
Approved to hire the following personnel as presented:
Drew Kreitzer - Head of Maintenance (2-year contract)
Tyler Carson - Yearbook
Tyler Carson - Business Teacher
Tyler Carson - Score Table Coordinator
Donna Finkenbine - Cafeteria Worker
Sybil Koenig - Grade 3 Test Prep (tutoring)
Heather Wing - Grade 3 Test Prep (tutoring)
Tina Paul - After school tutor
Raquel Brown - After school tutor
Jenny Luebke - In-school tutor
Becky Walters - In-school and after school tutor/at risk/special ed tutor 3x/week
Tina Flora - Substitute Bus Driver
Sarah Webb - Substitute Cafeteria Worker
Louanne Powell - Tutor
Jerry Lenhart - Drivers Education Instructor
Lavelle Smith - Drivers Education Manager
Alex Fisher - After-school tutor
Approved to hire Norman Leugers as Industrial Tech Teacher per the negotiated agreement/salary schedule as presented for the 2022-2023 school year
Approved to enter the program services agreement with the Midwest Regional ESC for Fiscal Year 2023 as presented
Approved the following Midwest Regional Educational Service Center Service Agreements as presented:
Instructional Aide - Sarah Bergman
Instructional Aide - Heather Buehler
Instructional Aide - Rebecca Lenhart
Instructional Aide - Erin Maier
After-School Tutoring (as needed) - Heather Buehler
After-School Tutoring (as needed) - Erin Maier
Part-Time Gifted Intervention Specialist - Sharon Hager
Destination Imagination Coordinator - Sharon Hager
Part-Time Gifted Intervention Specialist - Roberta "Bobbie" Young
Behavior Specialist (as needed) - Kristin Harting
Approved to hire the following substitute teachers for the 2022-23 school year as presented:
Whitney Behr
Alex Fisher
Becky Walters
Jenny Luebke
Rick Russell
Raquel Brown
Margie Haehn
Thomas Wyan
Taylor Cotrell
Tricia Dietz
Meg Russell
Olivia Jones
Kay Schulze
Approved the Athletic handbook for the 2022-2023 school year as presented
Approved the Resolution for Inside Millage Move as presented
Approved to give authorization to the treasurer to contact the County Auditor's office to reduce the bond retirement fund millage by 1.48 mills.
Adopted the following Resolutions of Commendation as presented:
Aleah Johnson – Set a new school record at Disc with a distance of 148’8”.
Aleah Johnson – Aleah became Regional Champion in Disc with a throw of 134’10” which advanced her to state competition. Aleah was awarded 5th Individual State Champion in school history, and the 6th State Title Overall at Disc with a distance of 137’5”.
Boys Track 4x200 Relay – Brady Steinke, Keegan Thorpe, Jack Dietz, and Xavier Monnin set a new school record in the Boys 4x200 Relay with a time of 1:37.61.
Boys Track 4x800 Relay – Xavier Monnin, Parker Schnippel, Keaton Schnippel, and Carter Pleiman set a new school record in the Boys 4x800 Relay with a time of 8:18.20.
Isaac Cisco – Set a new school record for Career Base on Balls with 66 walks.
Isaac Cisco – Set a new school record for Season Base on Balls with 34 walks.
Approved to hire the following student athletic workers at minimum wage as presented:
Sophie Braun
Colton Pleiman
Peyton Wendel
Approved the hiring of substitute standards under H.B. 583 as presented
Approved the MOU with BFT as presented on hiring Jerry Lenhart at more years of experience then the current contract allows
Approved to hire Jerry Lenhart as Intervention Specialist