North Putnam board approves HVAC project resolutions

ROACHDALE ­— Preparing for a HVAC renovation project at Bainbridge Elementary School next year, the North Putnam School Board approved four related resolutions at its regular meeting Thursday evening.

The board approved a resolution stipulating a form of lease to a school building corporation, in which a portion of the school will be leased to it. Meanwhile, the school corporation will go out to bidders for bonds and repay the building corporation in terms of debt service.

In the vein, the board was also required to re-approve the building corporation as an existing entity authorized to issue tax-exempt bonds.

The third resolution was for approving $635,000 in additional appropriations for general obligation (GO) bonds. This funding is geared toward making initial purchases for equipment and repairs. A public hearing was held to disclose the amount and their purpose.

The final resolution was one on final bonds, in which Huntington Bank will be the pay agent and Baker Tilly Financial Services will mediate financial disclosures to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

In other business:

• The board approved a new facility use policy. Secretary Rachel Mandeville and member Eric Oliver, who met with community members and coaches as a committee, outlined that requests are separated into categories with different fees. A certificate of insurance and coverage of $1 million, as well as an application, will be required.

• The board held a public hearing on a collective bargaining agreement with the North Putnam Classroom Teachers Association. Superintendent Nicole Allee outlined that the minimum teacher’s salary will be required at $40,000 next year, and that 45 percent of state dollars to the Education Fund must be spent on teacher salaries.

As such, she announced that every classroom teacher will receive at least a $1,200 raise according to a new placement schedule in terms of education and experience, apart from meeting the minimum salary. Stipends for earning a master’s degree and maintaining teaching licenses will also be included.

The board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m. to ratify the contract.

The board also recognized fourth-grade Bainbridge Elementary teacher Staci Parent as North Putnam’s Teacher of the Month.

The board also approved the following personnel report:

• New hires: Toshia Watson - Title I instructional assistant; Debra Robinson - custodian; Haley Weaver - ninth-grade girls’ basketball head coach; Bronwyn Spencer, Amy Davies and Terri Daigle - NPHS girls’ basketball assistant coaches; Chris Murray - ninth-grade boys’ basketball head coach; Jacob Wright and Dylan Murphy - NPHS wrestling assistant coaches; Terri Daigle and Todd Huff - third-grade boys’ basketball coaches; Marc Garriott and Matt Wass - fourth-grade boys’ basketball coaches; Nick Miller and Ryan King - fifth-grade boys’ basketball coaches; Jessica McGaughey and David McGaughey - third-grade girls’ basketball coaches; Ryan Franklin and Roger Busch - fourth-grade girls’ basketball coaches; Lynn Buescher - fifth-grade girls’ basketball coach; Grant Jarboe - NPHS boys’ volleyball coach; Jay Burdine and Justin Judy - sixth-grade girls’ basketball coaches; Terri Daigle - seventh-grade girls’ basketball head coach; Bronwyn Spencer - seventh-grade girls’ basketball assistant coach; Amy Davies - eighth-grade girls’ basketball head coach; Haley Weaver - eighth-grade girls’ basketball assistant coach; Kelly Windemiller - NPMS girls’ basketball assistant coach; Jackson Rust - sixth-grade boys’ basketball head coach; Mark Osborn - sixth-grade boys’ basketball assistant coach; Brent Connor - seventh-grade boys’ basketball head coach; Kent Hoops - seventh-grade boys’ basketball assistant coach; Earl Hall - eighth-grade boys’ basketball head coach; Jeff Barber - eighth-grade boys’ basketball assistant coach; Andrew Thomas - NPMS swimming head coach; Wesley Richardson and Kim Thomas - NPMS swimming assistant coaches; Michael Murphy - NPMS wrestling head coach; Jared Allgood, Dillon Binnion and Fred Shorter - NPMS wrestling assistant coaches; and Nikki Riggle - seventh-grade volleyball assistant coach;

• ECA: Julie Evans - Roachdale Elementary high-ability building coordinator; Laurie Hensley - Bainbridge Elementary high-ability building coordinator; Jessyca South - NPMS high-ability building coordinator; and Michelle Spencer - NPHS high-ability building coordinator;

• Leave: Bob Curran - Roachdale Elementary custodian (FMLA, effective Oct. 6-Dec. 29);

• Resignations: Angie Brown - Bainbridge Elementary instructional assistant (effective Oct. 8); Morgan Smith - NPHS instructional assistant (effective Oct. 22); and Louie Richards - Bainbridge Elementary custodian (effective Oct. 19).

Board President Travis Lambermont and board members Ron Spencer and Amber Greene were absent at the meeting. Joining Allee and the rest of the board were Corporation Treasurer Tanya Pearson, Director of Operations Terry Tippin, Corporation Attorney Darren Chadd and Administrative Assistant April Lambermont.

The next regular meeting of the North Putnam School Board is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in the large group instruction room at North Putnam High School.