New Castle News
October 19, 2007 08:46 am
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At its meeting Oct. 15, the Wilmington School Board:
•Contracted with Dan A. Barnes for $4,500 to provide counseling services for the 2007-08 school year. This contract is paid through the Federal Drug-Free Schools grant.
•Continued a service contract with Doctor Dead Bug of Ellwood City for $140 per month plus $50 per call per site as needed.
•Named Mary Ann Wilson as middle school student council adviser for $1,600.
•Hired Caryn Bender and Erika Taylor to conduct morning tutoring sessions for ninth grade students at $16 per hour.
•Hired Rodney Stevens as an assistant cook at $7.85 per hour.
•Appointed Pam McNeely as a day-to-day substitute teacher for an anticipated four- to six-week vacancy.
•Increased the salary of van driver Sandy Gizdic by $5.90 per day. The additional compensation is because of a bridge that in Pulaski Township that closed Sept. 26.
•Extended a contract with Human Services Center to provide support services for students at no cost to the district.
•Hired Doug Ehrenberg as a substitute bus driver.
•Authorized vocational-agriculture teacher Joanna McKelvey and 25 students to attend the Pennsylvania State Farm Show in Harrisburg Jan. 7, 8 and 9, and for McKelvey and six students to attend the Pennsylvania State Leadership Conference in Harrisburg March 9, 10 and 11.
•Accepted a ninth-grade New Castle student as a vocational-agriculture program student, with tuition paid by the New Castle Area school district.
•Contracted with Slippery Rock University for two AmeriCorps workers to provide academic support during the school year.
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