By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com
Looking to save the Galion City School District money, communications liaison Chris Stone presented the idea of switching website development companies at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
During his report to the board, Stone noted that since 2011 the district had been with eSchoolview at the rate of $13,000 per year as its website host. Stone explained to the board that if the district could opt out of the contract with eSchoolview it could save $10,000 per year by using the SharpSchool Solution as website host.
“In terms of the environment access at the building level the biggest difference between the two is we would save $10,000 per year,” Stone said to the board.
Currently there is no time table for the change to happen. The contract with eSchoolview runs through 2016.
Prior to officially accepting his role as the new athletic director/assistant principal at Galion City Schools, Kyle Baughn had to resign from his position as seventh grade math teacher. On Tuesday night the Galion board made it official by accepting Baughn’s resignation to pave the way for his new position, Baughn’s resignation as freshman football coach was also approved Tuesday night.
Janice Tuscan’s resignation as high school study hall educational assistant was also approved by the Galion BOE Tuesday night. Tuscan was then approved as the high school library educational assistant for the 2015-2016 school year by the Galion board.
The school board approved all items on the certified staff portion of the agenda Tuesday night. Contracts approved for the 2015-2016 school year were Angela DeGray (high school math), Stephanie Dorsey (middle school intervention specialist), and Laura Gibson (middle school seventh grade science teacher).
Nicholas J. Vakovich was approved as the girls varsity basketball coach.
The school board approved all financial recommendations at Tuesday night’s meeting. Among those recommendations approved was the end of Fiscal Year 2015 transfers to allow Treasurer Charlene Parkinson to transfer funds as necessary to successfully close the books for the fiscal year. Parkinson will deliver a full year-end report at the July board meeting. During the June report to the board, Parkinson stated that the forecast of $2.5 million in the school’s general fund should still hold firm.