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Read comments (11)At the board's regular monthly meeting Thursday night, superintendent Layton Wall said he was happy that four board members had attended the county superintendent's meeting this week for the discussion about alternative education.
The proposed program is for all of the county school corporations to work together to provide alternatives for students in grades 7-12.
"This is a cooperative effort and I'm proud that you have been on the cutting edge in supporting this effort," Wall told the board.
In personnel matters, the board accepted the resignation of Kristi Graves as seventh grade volleyball coach and Kayla Summit as junior varsity volleyball coach.
Kristi Graves was then hired as the varsity volleyball coach and Jennifer Wall was hired as the reserve volleyball coach.
Sarah (McIntosh) Figg was hired to serve as the junior high cross country coach for both boys and girls teams for the 2008-09 school year.
The position of seventh grade volleyball coach is now open. The board gave their approval to Wall's request to allow athletic directors Jim Fuller and Bob Montgomery to fill the position as soon as possible after the job has been posted for the required amount of time.
Wall also honored three teachers who will be retiring at the end of this school year and displayed the plaques that will be presented to them in appreciation of their dedication.
"Jack Flagg, Lana Flake and Martha Bowers have served our school for many years and we will miss them but want to wish them all the best in their retirement," said Wall.
Due to the recent rise in the cost of fuel, the board approved an escalation in the payment for mowing services. The school has a three-year contract with Levi Duncan for mowing at all three buildings and they decided to pay $15 more per building for one year.
Wall also said that the board has made a slight change in their meeting agenda by moving the public comments to the end of the meeting instead of the beginning.
Since a couple of members will be unable to attend on the date of the next regularly scheduled meeting, the board decided to change the date to Thursday, June 26. They will also meet on July 10, which will be a reorganizational meeting.
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I went to linton myself also, and I would have to say that I would have considered myself "invisible" also. Perhaps things were a lot worse at WRV, and I cannot attest to how it was. Sure, life at linton wasn't the best if you weren't playing football, but we survived. We all had our share of harassment and bullying. High School sucks for all but the "coolest" 5%. Then you go to the real world, and can make it suck just as much as you wish.
Happiness is only given to a small few people. Everyone else has to struggle to get it for their entire lives.
Perhaps some of us that live in Greene County are tired of hearing how we are "stuck here" and are basically worthless. You're wording of how those that leave Greene County are better looking and "cooler" made you sound immature in my opinion and that is why I responded the way that I did. I did not attend WRV, but I did attend Linton.
I went to Linton. I think I would have generally been considered "invisible" in school. I didn't get picked on, nor did I do any.
I was just trying to give those that are living through it right now some sort of optimism. (clarification)
Hooray for the alternative schooling.
Wow. It was just my personal experience and I'm sure things have changed since 94'. Guess I can't even express how it was for me without being attacked. It is true. In my experience, everyone in my class turned out to be over-weight and stuck. And as far as the much cooler statement, I was just trying to give those that are living through it right some sort of optimism. I know that it happens in other schools, I just noted what happened in this one to ONE person. These attacks and negative responses in regard to my very own personal experience is obviously something you can NOT ever fathom, so it just makes you look like the rest of the unhappy stuck population that I was referring to. If you went to this school and had a great time, I can imagine you were the ones that made life hell for many. So, SPEAK UP IF YOU DID ATTEND AND PROVE ME WRONG. I would also like your name and contact information. IF YOU DIDN'T attend you have NO idea and your responses are miniscule, irrelevant, and invalid. I also went to Linton Stockton. Just wait until there's an article about that one. SMILES! I hope all of you have such a wonderful day!
I'm a sheeple person myself!
Long live conformism! It's for people who just don't give a crap and want to be blissfully ignorant!
If everyone wanted to be different, then what's so different about that?
Hate to tell you, but that kind of stuff happens everywhere. It is up to the individual to make their self better from it and get over it...
Just curious blackbrrd. What year did you graduate?
ah, yes, my lifelong dream is to look "better and cooler" than those I went to highschool with.
I'm interested in hearing more about the alternate education program and what it entails.
Heaven forbid one stay in Greene Co. to "live the stereotypical life that is expected of them"
Now who is the judgmental elitist?
Jan Borders, I love you and you were the only positive thing that I experienced my entire 4 years of high school. You're a great woman and I learned so much from you.
Thank you from the very bottom of my heart.
On another note, WRV, you need to work on your relations with the students. That DOES include the unpopular and the poverty stricken ones. It makes a serious impact on youth when it becomes clear that the attention/education that you receive depends on your last name and what family you come from. It's unfortunate that if you're not involved in athletics, you're a cast away and deemed as a lost cause then ignored OR scrutinized for being unique. Students that don't meet the personal criteria are stamped with the label of rebel or misfit and are over-looked when it comes down to educating them. You need to work on being more open minded on diversity and stop teaching people that difference is some sort of enigma or handicap and start celebrating it. Break the mold. I will only relive my dreadful WRV experience in my night terrors. If you are a student there and you can relate to this comment, I feel for you. I really do and wouldn't wish the WRV experience on anyone. It WILL make you stronger though, and not everyone beyond those walls is a judgemental elitist or a closed minded straight-edge. There is life after WRV. Most of the people that you're in class with now will stay in Greene Co., live the stereotypical life that is expected of them and you will end up being better looking and cooler than all of them. DARE TO BE DIFFERENT! LONG LIVE EXPRESSIONISM AND DIVERSITY!