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Greenville City Schools
Welcome to the
2015-2016 School Year
GCSD Superintendent Douglas Fries
Welcome to the 2015-2016 school year. Our administration and
staff are eager to begin another year with the students, parents,
grandparents, and community members throughout our district. We
hope to have everyone work together to make this another successful
instructional and enjoyable year for all.
I trust each of you have had a relaxing and enjoyable summer with your
family and friends. I hope your vacations, special trips, and
family gatherings have been fun, safe and educational. As
September is upon us, I hope all of you are looking forward to another
exciting and rewarding school year. As you return to school,
notice the new K-8 facility is continuing to be built with the hope of
being close to closed in by winter break. The high school has
also had extensive renovation work since last May. I hope you all
share the same excitement and enthusiasm I have about our new and
upcoming enhanced school facilities prepared for twenty first century
education and learning.
As we begin the new school year at the high school, renovation work
will begin to close. However, patience will still be needed to
correct punchlist items, return and unpack items from renovation
storage and finally to coordinate distribution of keys, fobs and
lockers to all necessary stakeholders. Opening up any facility
from major renovations is always a challenge. Flexibility and
patience to the final move in is the key to success. Please
remember the final upgraded and new environment outweighs the short
move in process at the high school.
At the K-8 facility the masons are completing the center section of the
facility, that being two gymnasiums and the cafeteria commons area
bearing walls. They are also working on the south end two story
section of the facility placing bearing walls which are the fifth grade
through eighth grade side of the building. The steel erectors are
finishing the span trusses and stage rigging beams in the second
gymnasium and commons cafeteria area. These trusses were swung
with the crane you see onsite. Soon the roofer will begin
installing material which will begin on the main gymnasium. This
area of the building has insulation stacked on it right now.
Precision Concrete continues to prep and pour concrete slabs throughout
the facility. The steel erectors, in addition to swinging high
trusses, are putting detail decking on roofs. Electrical wall
rough is continuing as work progresses, as well as, placement of panel
tubs and above ceiling branch line conduit when and as available.
Electrical site work for primary power is also nearly complete.
Underground conduit for the generator is complete. Plumbing
carriers and chase piping will continue as available. The HVAC
and plumbing contractor are continuing with above ceiling piping and
duct work in the gymnasium and locker room areas. At the south
end of the property geothermal well drilling has begun. Eight
wells are complete. A second drilling rig is scheduled to arrive
soon. The final CMU foundations will begin soon in front of the
main gymnasium which is the administration area. This area was
left open for an access point to the gymnasium. The Eric Street
storm work is also complete.
We have enjoyed our experience with Shook Touchstone Construction
Manager At Risk thus far in the project. We look forward to the
ongoing construction process this fall. Our community can
continue to follow the construction site pictures on the home page of
the website at www.greenville.k12.oh.us.
Our district will participate in two approved waiver days this
year. These are non-instructional days for students that allow
for additional professional development for our staff. These two
days are scheduled for Monday, September 28, 2015 and Monday, October
19, 2015. Parents can coordinate now for these to be days the
students will not be in session. The staff will be participating
in professional development related to curriculum mapping, evaluation
process, college credit plus, technology and one to one initiative,
Twenty First Century teaching skills and updated safety training.
All of these sessions will promote a current curriculum and safer
environment for our students.
Greenville Schools has a tradition of excellence and we certainly are
working to continue the excellence. The entire district wants to
lead the way by making sure our students are ready for higher education
and also jobs of tomorrow in a global economy.
Two major curriculum implementations our district is taking on this
year include our one to one iPad technology initiative for our first
grade students and College Credit Plus Program at the high
school. First grade parents will have the option to participate
in an insurance program so the devices can be taken home and used for
instruction and education, as well. The one on one curriculum
program we are working with is e Spark. Our intention will be to
expand this program to another grade level next year. The College
Credit Plus program at the high school replaces the former
post-secondary education program and allows students to receive high
school and college credit while staying on our campus. Much of
this affiliation will be with Edison State. We look forward to
our partnership with Edison. We thank our high school staff who
have dedicated themselves to become qualified to teach College Credit
Plus.
Many of you are aware that the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness
for College and Careers (PARCC) will not continue. These
assessments for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 will be held in safe harbor, or
not applied, to student grade advancement, teacher evaluation score, or
district report card. A new assessment for end of year Language
Arts and Mathematics will be instituted. However, the American
Institute for Research (AIR) and End of Course Exams will
continue. It is possible the AIR assessments will take over the
area of Language Arts and Mathematics, as well.
We had two legislative grants that have progressed nicely this
summer. As the 2015-16 school year begins many upgrades will be
noticed at Memorial Hall in the auditorium, lobby and Anna Bier Civic
Room, and also at the high school with the development of the new
engineering advanced manufacturing lab. Again, these facility
upgrades were a part of state legislative grants and are much
appreciated. They will greatly enhance our education
process. Both of these grants came in at $500,000 to be used for
facility upgrades. The manufacturing lab will not be complete at
the high school for the beginning of school, but will be operational
soon.
This fall on Election Day our school district will have an operational
renewal levy on the ballot. This levy will have no new taxes but
is simply the renewal of an existing 5.50 mill tax levy that has been
in existence since 1996. Again, this renewal levy will appear on
the November 3, 2015 ballot as approved by the board of education and
it represents no new taxes, just continuation for another five year
cycle for what exists in our current operational cycle.
Please join me in welcoming the following new employees to the
Greenville School District. We look forward to working with each
of them in our educational delivery and are glad they have joined the
Greenville School District team.
Chad Curtis, Intervention Specialist Teacher at the Junior High and
South Schools
Chelsea Dowd, Social Studies Teacher at the High School
Adam Eberwein, CT-Engineering Instructor at the High School
Stephen Eldred, NJROTC Instructor at the High School
Megan Hiatt, Kindergarten Teacher at Woodland Primary
Stan Hughes, CT Director/Coordinator of Technology & Virtual Academy
Sharon Johnston, Bus Driver
Stacy Jones, Teacher at East School
Patti Kiefer, Intervention Specialist at Woodland Primary
Cindi Koontz, 4th Grade Teacher at East School
Stephanie Lind, CT-Medical Tech Prep Instructor at the High School
Kyle Miklas, Math and Language Arts at South School
Hanna Miller, 2nd Grade Teacher at Woodland Primary
Shannan Miller, English/Language Arts at South School
Tiffany Oswalt, Intervention Specialist at South School
Autumn Powers, School Psychologist at Woodland, East and South Schools
Jordan Renfro, Intervention Specialist at Woodland Primary
Megan Roessner, Social Studies Teacher at the High School
Elizabeth Shields, Math Teacher at the High School
Brent Short, Intervention Specialist at the Junior High
Tamara Smith, Intervention Specialist at East School
Jennifer Staugler, Teacher at South School
Brittani Stuchell, 2nd Grade Teacher at Woodland Primary
Nathan Stuchell, Social Studies Teacher at the High School
Erick Von Sas, Instrumental Music Teacher at the High School and South
School
Leslie Wenrich, Intervention Specialist at the Junior High
I invite everyone in the community to attend and support our students
in the various extracurricular activities that take place throughout
the school year. Your attendance is appreciated by the students
and the school system.
Remember, the entire Greenville School faculty and staff is here to
assist you – our students, parents and community. If we can be of
assistance, please feel free to contact our principals or myself.
I can be reached by phone at 937-548-3185. I can be reached by
email at dfries@greenville.k12.oh.us. Let’s all work together to
make 2015-2016 an outstanding school year and keep Greenville Schools a
great place for students to learn and teachers to teach.
Mr. Douglas Fries
Superintendent
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