090610 Back in session

  • By Sharon Haught
  • August 28, 2010
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For the over 3600 students in the Wooster City School District it was back to the classroom as the district kicked off the 2010-2011 academic year on August 23. The district’s administrative team and building principals gathered in the large group instruction room for the August 24 Board of Education meeting. With the first two days of school already under their belt, Superintendent Michael Tefs reported to the board that the start of the new academic year ran remarkably smooth. “Because of that upper left hand corner over here we’ve had the smoothest start to a school year that I have ever had the privilege to be around,” said Tefs pointing to the building administrators in attendance at the meeting. “If you look at this high school, which brings in over 1100 students,…it was seamless,” said Tefs acknowledging Wooster High School Principal Anita Jorney-Gifford. “With the freshmen I was able to see some anxiety there but I was very pleased to see how the high school faculty and staff dealt with that anxiety to try to make that transition as smooth as possible while respecting that it’s a big jump for our freshman. I applaud the high school for that,” said Tefs noting that the story was much the same at Edgewood Middle School as Principal Rich Leone welcomed new seventh grade students to his building. “At Boys Village School Mr. (Brad) Warner and his staff embraced approximately 30 new clients into our school,” said Tefs noting “there was a lot of anxiety there but it was a very upbeat, high energy opening.” “Our elementaries - which I have had the privilege to be in every one of them - were amazing,” said Tefs noting that at the elementary schools it’s “all about leadership. They are two steps ahead of everything.” “It’s fabulous,” summarized Tefs of the first days of the new school year. “It was a great opening” said Tefs adding “we hit a home run all the way around.” Tefs noted that while he would like to be able to give the board district enrollment figures he wasn’t yet able to do so. “It’s hard to do that right now. There is still some ebb and flow to the district,” said Tefs noting “we are still - believe it or not - enrolling.” With busses filled with students making their way through the streets of Wooster and the students and faculty settling into a routine, the board took care of some unfinished business by approving supplemental contracts for teachers whose duties extend beyond the traditional school day. The board unanimously approved the remaining 34 academic and sports supplemental contracts for Wooster High School and Edgewood Middle School left in question until the confirmation of the passage of the district’s operating levy. The 21 academic supplemental included the head coach and assistant coaches for the speech and debate team, vocal and instrumental music teachers at the high school and middle school, the Academic Challenge team coach and advisors for National Honor Society, Student Council and class advisors in addition to department heads for the high school and middle school. Also approved were 13 sports supplemental including assistant coaches for the fall and winter sports and the coaching staffs for spring sports.


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