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GCSD
recognized for its workforce contribution
By
Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE
– Greenville City School District was recognized by P4P (Partnering
for Progress) and Darke County Economic Development for its Workforce
Development contribution, primarily through its Career Tech Center.
GCSD staff noted the recognition for the School Board at its Nov. 14
regular meeting.
The
partnership between Darke County’s economic development arm and the
District’s Tech Center achieved its first milestone with the
graduation of the Medical Tech Prep’s first group of STNA’s
(State Tested Nursing Assistants). It was the first time the District
had provided education specifically to meet the needs of a particular
industry in Darke County.
GCSD
Supt. Doug Fries, Career Tech Director David Peltz, School Board
President Sue Bowman and GCSD Treasurer Carla Surber were pleased at
the recognition, noting the goal is to help the needs in the district
and to assist where there are jobs needing trained workers.
Two
ongoing projects in the Tech Center are a welding program and a
countywide program for the Darke County Job Center, Taking Charge of
Your Life.
Peltz
added they were looking at expanding into a couple other courses. The
STNA course was successful, so more are planned in the near future.
“We’re
trying to build a skilled workforce,” said Surber. “This is a
very, very, very essential program in what’s going on in Darke
County right now.”
In a
work session prior to the regular meeting Bruce Miller of Garmann
Miller Architects Engineers, the company overseeing the construction
of the K-8 facility on North Ohio and the renovation of the high
school, was bringing the board up-to-date on plans for the high
school portion of the project. The part of the plan under discussion
had to do with security for all entrances and handicap access in the
main reception area.
Timeline
for completion of the high school renovation was the beginning of the
2015 school year.
According
to Miller work will be done during two full summers (2014 and 2015)
with limited work during the 2014-15 school year; five rooms at a
time throughout the year.
“Worst
case,” he said after the meeting, “we might need the 2015 winter
to finish it.”
In
other school board business, the board approved a resolution for a
renewal operating tax levy.
“This
is our renewal time for this levy,” Fries said. “It’s been in
place since 1989 and does not involve a tax increase for anyone.”
The five-year levy was last passed on Nov. 4, 2008.
The
levy will be submitted to the voters on May 6, 2014 and if approved,
will take effect in 2015.
The
superintendent’s district highlights included congratulations to 35
GHS students recently inducted into the National Honor Society, eight
athletes earning GWOC First Team honors and the Boys Cross Country
team for being a regional qualifier.
Several
commendations included four students being selected for the OMEA
District 11 Honor’s Band, two students for being selected to the
2013 District 11 Honor’s Choir, the GHS Medical Technology Prep
students and instructor Emily Powers, and Supply Chain Management
students and instructor Dara Buchy, for being nominated to
participate in the 2013 OSBA Student Achievement Fair and to Tracy
Haines for being named the GWOC Girls Golf North Division Coach of
the Year.
Published
courtesy of The Early Bird
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