Jewell Record News (Newspaper) - October 17, 1985, Jewell, Iowa O I t r J tJ o H IN O f 43 3 a rf CQ fi M O PL IH w cj o CM O O H O O 4J 4 h Hamilton Kamrar IOWA 50130 OCTOBER Volume Number fl Homecoming royalty The South Hamilton Homecoming Court for 1985 are left to Pain Becky Kristi Kris left to Scott Chuck Rod Jay Tom The Homecoming Queen and King svere Pam Kilburn and Scott SH School Board stresses utility savings With winter fast one of the main concerns of the South Hamilton School Board as they met in regular session Mon day night was the implementation of the energy audits suggestions in order to cut utility Improvements which have already been made at the schools saved the district last mon Superintendent Textor told the Board that in comparing the hill to last it was lower by that amount despite the fact that the current was for two days longer and included Maintenance supervisor Dave Gordon was present to explain the new projects proposed to con the cost saving The first regards the replacement of pumps at the school which would result in a reduction of kilowatt use from to thus saving the district The pumps now in use were the original ones installed with the intention that they would also be used to cool the The cooling was never completed due to the cost at the time and the larger pumps are not necessary for what is required of The second project involves the replacement of lights on the out side of the school each corner of the building has two lights on it in tended primarily for decorative rather than practical The energy audit proposed that 16 high pressure sodium lights replace the 32 present Sodium lights will burn for an average of hours as op posed lo only hours for the old ones and even though the new bulbs are more the district will save a year on electricity by making the The Board approved both Loss of energy and the money to cover that coupled with lack of space for were also prime considerations in a discussion regarding the roof repairs and elementary Several topics in question come together in this area resulting in many Due to the tremen dous heat loss in the the only feasible alternative is to somehow enclose The rotunda also has the potential of providing a great deal of badly needed space were a second floor Whether this space could or should be used for elementary or perhaps be reserved in the event the district develops a sharing program with resulting in additional older are questions that remain to be an Textor told the Board that Stratford is currently in the process of a feasibility study under the Department of Public Instruction and South Hamilton will be a part of He said he had told them South Hamilton was extremely in in a program and would cooperate in any The possibility of moving the fourth grade into the middle school to accomodate the incoming classes in the elemen was also discussed and would have a bearing on how any additional space was utilized if it became Textor pointed out that bringing in the fourth grade would cause many problems in trying to isolate them from the older provide recesses and various other While the move would be wise financially for the Board President Tom Ellwood felt they would have to look at the other factors in this case and asked Welp to confer with the elemen tary teachers and formulate the pros and cons of such an Board member Dave Young asked Textor to investigate the possibility of acquiring portable classrooms in order to enable the students to remain at the grade school and Welp noted were such classrooms purchased and no longer needed at some point in the future for regular they could serve as art and music Textor is going to look into the costs and location of the portable classrooms and will also be gathering more in formation on the best way to proceed in plans for the Other items on the agenda for the evening included a review of the districts insurance a report on class enrollment from Gray and a proposal by Volkmann and Olson on a construction project art School Board rejects initial proposals from teachers The South Hamilton Education Association met with the Board of Education on Mon October 14 and presented their initial bargaining The teachers submitted a request for a beginning base salary on their salary schedule of up from this years base of The teachers also requested an in crease in career increments from In addition to the salary in crease the teachers requested that the board pay toward the cost of family insurance an annuity of for teachers not having family The teachers asked that the disability insurance coverage be changed from 60 after sixty days to 90 after expired sick leave is The teachers also requested language changes in determining credit for experience allowed out Farm and Home Show Pete Tekippe Photography was one of the exhibitors Sunday as St iry City hosted its Farm and Home A large turnout of people attended this See page 6 in this edition of the for more side the district and required a change in the athletic directors pay in accordance to the number of class periods The Board of Education received the request and then presented the Boards initial position for the 198687 The Board rejected all proposals made by the South Hamilton Education The Board offered a base salary increase of to The Board some changes in pay for sof tball and assistant junior high The Board is willing to discuss contract language per to credit allowed 1ioni outside the The Board asked for contract and wants u merit pay with the The proposal brought forth by the education association would cost the district an additional or approximately a increase as determined by the In addition to dollars would be needed for all other employees not included in the bargaining The Boards proposal would increase teachers costs by ap proximately or a A is already built into the salary schedule so the boards offer raises this by only of one per The Board and the teachers will continue bargaining in closed The two initial proposals which were Monday night are done in open meetings as by