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Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
By ANGELA WEAVER
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS — After extensive planning, St. Marys City Schools officials have developed a plan to handle various emergency situations and approved the projection during Wednesday’s St. Marys Board of Education meeting.
Transportation Supervisor Dan Grothause and Memorial High School Assistant Principal Dave Lewis began developing the district’s Emergency Operations Plan 10 months ago with the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office, St. Marys Fire Department, St. Marys Police Department, the We Care Center, Red Cross and Joint Township District Memorial Hospital.
“It was a culmination for many hours between Mr. Grothause and Mr. Lewis and many safety officials,” Superintendent Mary Riepenhoff said, adding that the district recently was able to use items in the plan for handling the recent swine flu scare. “Dan went to the operations manual and found what is the accepted form.”
Grothause said the manual will help with situations like the one in December at the Marathon station, and administrators would receive training based on the manual.
“Once it’s adapted, we will train the administrators,” he said. “We’ll roll it out to the staff at the beginning of the school year or shortly thereafter so they’re all trained. Some of them will have assigned roles.
Lewis said the district will adapt an Emergency Operations Plan for each building.
“Each building has a specific plan,” Lewis noted before thanking those involved. “It’s been a collaboration and a lot of time and a lot of effort put into it.”
Board members also:
• Approved Mark Hallas as the new head football coach and Greg Adams as the new buildings and grounds supervisor.
• Approved the 2009 graduation list of the 199 Memorial High School seniors.
• Adopted a resolution authorizing the district’s continued membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
• Approved changes with the Board of Education policies, including language changes for one and deleting another.
“They’re both related to interscholastic sports,” Riepenhoff said, adding that one policy was related to eligibility and athletics and one was directed at students.
“We were advised that schools only have one policy, and the students are given an additional handbook with specifics.”
Riepenhoff said one of the language changes to the policy was the definition of a season according to the OHSAA and clarifications.
Residents Sandy Dove and Bob Valentine made inquiries regarding an alleged incident where a student was called a derogatory name by an administrator because of the student’s choice to not participate in Pay It Forward Day.
Riepenhoff told the residents board members would speak to their legal counsel before making a public statement.
Board members then went into executive session to discuss personnel. They reconvened into regular session, where no action was taken before adjournment. |
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