By Kimberly Gasuras
CCN Reporter

NORTH ROBINSON — The Colonel Crawford School Board of Education approved the graduating class of 2018 during the regular meeting Monday evening and one of those students was Harley Jenks.

High school principal Jake Bruner said Jenks was a struggling student for several years before she became determined to succeed in school.

“She missed 23 days of school last year, but has matured and started to take her education seriously,” Bruner said. “She worked hard, taking online classes and attending school last summer to catch up.”

Bruner said Jenks pulled it together and that her senior project is being touted as one of the best.

Board member Tim Ley said Jenks is ranked 38th on the list of seniors that will graduate June 3.

In other board business, Steve Wrona, territory manager of The Garland Company, updated the board on plans for a clear-damp-proofing system that will be applied to the kindergarten through twelfth-grade building.

“It will take a week or two for the whole process to be completed,” Wrona said.

The board approved Crystal Clean Power Washing and Paint Service to complete the power washing and apply sealant to the building at a cost of $24,150 that will come from the district’s maintenance fund.

The board also approved Bucyrus Road Materials to pave the north building parking lot as well as the K-12 building’s parking lot, at a cost of $574,640.95, which also will be paid through the maintenance fund.

Mike Hensley was approved by the board to be a retire-rehire employee as maintenance director through a one-year contract. Roger Haas was hired as a retire-rehire as a bus driver and Kenny Young was hired as the bus head mechanic for the 2018-19 school year.

Colonel Crawford Superintendent Todd Martin said a retired sheriff’s deputy is interested in the position of school resource officer if state funding is approved to help pay for the position.

Other items approved by the board included:

The purchase, from the Crawford County General Health, of a license for the swimming pool located at the Colonel Crawford North Building at a cost of $395.08.

A resolution authorizing membership in the Ohio High School Athletic Association for 2018-19.

An agreement with Colonel Crawford High School and Ohio High School Athletic Association as a baseball and softball tournament site in May 2018 with make-up dates to be mutually agreed upon by both parties.

Accept a donation of $13,906.14, from PTO, to HCES for the purchase of Chrome Books for the 2017-18 school year.

An agreement with Mount Vernon University for field experience and student teaching.

A comprehensive Medicaid billing service agreement with Healthcare Billing Services, Inc., effective July 1.

A three-year contract for April Bond as intermediate school principal.

Several non-certified and certified teaching, coaching and advisor positions.

The next meeting May 21 at 6 p.m., an hour earlier due to the meeting falling on the same evening as the academic awards program.