MONROE - At a meeting July 11, the Monroe school board:
• Heard an update on Monroe High School's Investment Club, which buys stocks from various companies and uses its dividend yield to award a grant or two each year, according to advisor Sherri Hendrickson. Student Sam Nicholson said this year the club donated about $1,500, split between the Green County Veterans Memorial Park and the Fab Lab at MHS. Since 2008, the club has donated about $5,000, Nicholson said.
• Authorized the hiring of instructional staff member Jayne Kleckler, MHS special education, and support staff members Robert Flanagan, seasonal mower at MHS and Abraham Lincoln Accelerated Learning Academy, and Erin Blum, MHS student services secretary.
• Accepted a donation of about $3,600 from Abe Lincoln PTO for four water bottle filler stations to be installed at the school.
• Approved the 2016-17 academic standards, which are the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards, Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and College and Career Readiness Standards.
Bob Erb, president, and Amy Bazley, deputy clerk, were absent.
MONROE - At a meeting June 27, the Monroe school board:
• Accepted resignations by instructional staff members Melissa Holland, MHS special education, and Monica Ayers, Northside Elementary School guidance counselor.
• Approved hiring new instructional staff members: Mike Burke, Monroe Middle School special education; Lauren Burke, MMS seventh and eighth grade science; Coleen Coleman, MHS science; Megan Brost, Parkside Elementary School first grade; and Jamie Hopkins, Parkside first grade.
• Accepted donations: $200 for sectional track supplies, $6,000 for swim timers and $2,500 for wrestling mats, all from the Monroe Cheesemaker Booster Club.
• Accepted about $6,860 from the Career and Technical Education Incentive Grant. The state grant provides funds of up to $1,000 per eligible student to school districts with graduates who earned industry-recognized certifications. It is meant to incentivize districts to support career and technical education programming and mitigate workforce shortages in certain industries, according to a letter from State Superintendent Tony Evers. Monroe received funding for nine 2015 graduates.
• Authorized the purchase of a John Deere diesel mower from Sloan Implement for $12,600 paid from the 2015-16 long-term maintenance budget.
Board member Jim Plourde was absent.
- Susan Endres
• Heard an update on Monroe High School's Investment Club, which buys stocks from various companies and uses its dividend yield to award a grant or two each year, according to advisor Sherri Hendrickson. Student Sam Nicholson said this year the club donated about $1,500, split between the Green County Veterans Memorial Park and the Fab Lab at MHS. Since 2008, the club has donated about $5,000, Nicholson said.
• Authorized the hiring of instructional staff member Jayne Kleckler, MHS special education, and support staff members Robert Flanagan, seasonal mower at MHS and Abraham Lincoln Accelerated Learning Academy, and Erin Blum, MHS student services secretary.
• Accepted a donation of about $3,600 from Abe Lincoln PTO for four water bottle filler stations to be installed at the school.
• Approved the 2016-17 academic standards, which are the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards, Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and College and Career Readiness Standards.
Bob Erb, president, and Amy Bazley, deputy clerk, were absent.
MONROE - At a meeting June 27, the Monroe school board:
• Accepted resignations by instructional staff members Melissa Holland, MHS special education, and Monica Ayers, Northside Elementary School guidance counselor.
• Approved hiring new instructional staff members: Mike Burke, Monroe Middle School special education; Lauren Burke, MMS seventh and eighth grade science; Coleen Coleman, MHS science; Megan Brost, Parkside Elementary School first grade; and Jamie Hopkins, Parkside first grade.
• Accepted donations: $200 for sectional track supplies, $6,000 for swim timers and $2,500 for wrestling mats, all from the Monroe Cheesemaker Booster Club.
• Accepted about $6,860 from the Career and Technical Education Incentive Grant. The state grant provides funds of up to $1,000 per eligible student to school districts with graduates who earned industry-recognized certifications. It is meant to incentivize districts to support career and technical education programming and mitigate workforce shortages in certain industries, according to a letter from State Superintendent Tony Evers. Monroe received funding for nine 2015 graduates.
• Authorized the purchase of a John Deere diesel mower from Sloan Implement for $12,600 paid from the 2015-16 long-term maintenance budget.
Board member Jim Plourde was absent.
- Susan Endres