The Board of Education on Tuesday approved Superintendent Thomas Sisk's recommendation for a $22 increase for student parking passes. The fee hike will go into effect for the 2015-16 school year. Each high school will keep $5 to pay for the parking decal. The school system will receive $20 for use on parking lot improvements.
The
school board also approved a fiscal 2015 budget that includes $60,000
for athletic events security and athletic fields and gymnasium upkeep at
the high schools. Each of the high schools will get about $10,000, Sisk said. With
approval of this allotment, Sisk said he won't recommend raising
varsity football and basketball ticket prices by $1 as requested in
August by the high school principals. The
principals asked for the ticket price increase to cover the rising cost
of security, referees, and field and gymnasium upkeep. Elkmont
Principal Garth Garris said the allocation will allow him to put more
ticket revenue into an athletic fund that has been depleted by
increasing expenses.
The
school board also approved a plan to merge Owens and West Limestone
elementary schools into a new $11 million elementary school on
Salem-Minor Hill Road. Owens will become an alternative school.
Hill Spirit remembers when an Elkmont/Piney Chapel merged elementary school was the top construction project around 15 years ago. It was to be located across from the Pig. The Piney Chapel building was to have become the alternative school for the county due to more centralized location. However, that project was dumped into the dust bin of politics. The current plan is that eventually Elkmont and Tanner will each get a new elementary school. Piney Chapel will be merged with the Elkmont but Piney Chapel will still be open. ???? Don't hold your breath.
How did Marty Adams, our school board member vote?
A merger of Owens and West Limestone elementary schools is the first step toward closing Piney Chapel Elementary, the Limestone County school board president said Wednesday.
Board President Marty Adams said Piney Chapel’s future is one reason he voted Tuesday against the Owens-West Limestone merger. Adams’ concern was the Owens and Piney Chapel communities would lose their identities without their own schools. He was outvoted 6-1, so the county will move forward with a plan to build an $11 million elementary school on Salem-Minor Hill Road. “When you move the alternative school, that will leave about 200 students at Piney Chapel,” Adams said. “The board won’t want to fund a school with only 200 students.”
Superintendent Thomas Sisk said he wants eventually to build stand-alone elementary schools in Tanner and Elkmont, which currently have K-12 schools. Adams said he expects Piney Chapel to be merged with the new Elkmont elementary, even though Sisk said he doesn’t plan to close Piney Chapel. Adams’ concern is the Owens and Piney Chapel communities would lose their identities without their own schools.
Other items of note for Elkmont:
*Approved Class of 1979 to use Elkmont High School lunchroom Oct. 4 for a reunion.
*Approved Elkmont and Ardmore Youth Football to use the Elkmont High School football field and concession stand Oct. 18 for homecoming games.
*Approved Alumni Football USA to use the Elkmont High School football field, restrooms and dressing room area for an alumni football game in spring 2015.
* Hired Stephanie Sutton, Title II kindergarten teacher, one year only
*Resignation: Rita Lynn Hobbs, bus aide
How did Marty Adams, our school board member vote?
A merger of Owens and West Limestone elementary schools is the first step toward closing Piney Chapel Elementary, the Limestone County school board president said Wednesday.
Board President Marty Adams said Piney Chapel’s future is one reason he voted Tuesday against the Owens-West Limestone merger. Adams’ concern was the Owens and Piney Chapel communities would lose their identities without their own schools. He was outvoted 6-1, so the county will move forward with a plan to build an $11 million elementary school on Salem-Minor Hill Road. “When you move the alternative school, that will leave about 200 students at Piney Chapel,” Adams said. “The board won’t want to fund a school with only 200 students.”
Superintendent Thomas Sisk said he wants eventually to build stand-alone elementary schools in Tanner and Elkmont, which currently have K-12 schools. Adams said he expects Piney Chapel to be merged with the new Elkmont elementary, even though Sisk said he doesn’t plan to close Piney Chapel. Adams’ concern is the Owens and Piney Chapel communities would lose their identities without their own schools.
Other items of note for Elkmont:
*Approved Class of 1979 to use Elkmont High School lunchroom Oct. 4 for a reunion.
*Approved Elkmont and Ardmore Youth Football to use the Elkmont High School football field and concession stand Oct. 18 for homecoming games.
*Approved Alumni Football USA to use the Elkmont High School football field, restrooms and dressing room area for an alumni football game in spring 2015.
* Hired Stephanie Sutton, Title II kindergarten teacher, one year only
*Resignation: Rita Lynn Hobbs, bus aide
source: Decatur Daily
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