GCS board says hello and good-bye

Elizabeth Bailey

The Greensburg Community Schools Board of Education had much business to attend to in its monthly evening meeting.

The corporation’s attorney, Bill Robbins, swore in new appointed board members Dave Meyer and Al Moore. After an email project undertaken by David Weigel and Steve Taylor, the two suggested Dave Meyer to be the board president, Valerie Moorman to serve as vice president and Tony Owens to continue in the post of secretary. All of these were approved by the board. Dr. Dennis Goldberg will remain treasurer for the corporation, with Cindy Navarra as deputy treasurer. Meyer and Taylor volunteered to serve on a committee to review the goals from 2007-2008 to create district goals for 2008-2009.

The board expressed gratitude to the community for another year of scholarships and grants to graduates from Greensburg. This year’s funds totaled $1.4 million, coming from foundations, clubs, organizations and endowments. RBSK, GECOM and Peggy Williams donated funds to the junior high advanced reader auction, which the board accepted.

Principal Gary Moore of the junior high has resigned his post to move to North Carolina with his family and serve as a junior high principal there. Charlie Hoffman is retiring after 37 years at the junior high and Andrea Brown is resigning as a junior high volleyball coach.

Sue Auffenberg, Greensburg Community High School guidance, came to explain the dual credit process to the board. This was the first school-year dual credit classes were offered, and the school had 16 courses right off the bat. Auffenberg created a system to track credits from one year to the next. This year, 168 students took dual credit classes, 51 of those were graduating seniors. The students graduated with 3 to 17 hours of credits, which equates to at least $40,000 of savings on college expenses.

Each student has a card to track their courses, with a grade requirement of C- or better and a testing requirement to earn college credit hours. From Greensburg, the information travels to Ivy Tech, which creates a college transcript of the courses. Colleges then review the courses and decide how to count the credits. The seniors have already found out from the school whether or not they earned the credits, but the juniors won’t find out until their return to school in the fall.

The meeting ended on a bittersweet note with the departure of Larry McCamment. He has served on the board for 10 years and was there when Hunter began his tenure as superintendent.

“He’s a wonderful board member who has given a lot of direction to the corporation. He’s been a voice in the community and a good listener,” Hunter noted.

McCamment nodded to the board members who have served with him and those who served before, laying the foundation for the students of Greensburg. He said it was an honor and a pleasure to serve.

“Thanks again, Greensburg,” he said. He ended by noting, “Greensburg is in good shape, things are looking bright for the future.”

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