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Two new board members, Shelta Rambur and Michael Lansing, were sworn in at the Sheridan County School District #2 Board meeting on Dec. 5, and new officers were elected. The board elected Shane Rader as chairman; Arin Waddell, as vice-chair; Ann Perkins as clerk; and Dana Wyatt as treasurer.
The floor was then turned over to recognitions, and Kasey Garnhart, coach and activities director and Grace Cannon, fall drama director talked about outstanding students.
Cannon said that the cast for the stage production, A Wrinkle in Time, was one one of the largest drama groups they have had at SHS. She said that she was expecting 20 students to audition, but 44 came to audition for a part in the production.
She talked about the story which is based on the novel by Madeleine L’Engle.
She introduced the actors who joined her at the meeting.
Chad Rose, Ryan Walker and Ashley Lecholat talked about the Music All Northwest recognitions as well.
The Sheridan Bronc Football team took the 4A state championship, and Jeff Mowry was recognized as Coach of the Year. Garnhart talked about the players who were awarded good sportsmanship awards during the fall season.
Superintendent Scott Stults talked about the bill in the legislator about the K-12 Literacy program, and how SCSD#2 should be exempt as they are doing better than many other districts. He also mentioned several upcoming events, and celebrating the CTE classes.
Stults also talked about the Christmas season,
In other board business, there was facilities update by Troy Decker who reported on the Fifth Street property, saying that they were working with several other entities, the college, the city as well as working with rooted in Wyoming in utilizing the greenhouse.
Traci Turk talked about various policies that were in the first and second readings. New trustee Shelta Rambur asked that policy IJL, which concerns library materials, be reworded to ensure that no obscene materials are included in the curriculum or the libraries at Sheridan Schools.
Leslie Haberkern talked about the Ranch to Table program, and the local beef they have received for the school lunch program. She said they have received four donations and two that were purchased at a discount. They have been processed and yielded over 4,000 lbs of hamburger. Since August, 2021, SCSD#2 has only used local beef for the school lunch program.
Brandon Finney, business manager, presented the Memorial Fund Scholarship recommendations for the 2023-2024 school year. The board approved the recommendations.
Also discussed briefly were the two resolutions before the WSBA, concerning rewording the corporal punishment resolution as well as talking about the special education students that are not counted as graduates.
There were two speakers making audience comments, Nancy Stevens had an issue with the audience comments being placed at the end of the agenda. She felt is left no opportunity for the members of the public to address issues before the board voted on them. She also talked about the sign-up sheet, and felt that audience should be able to speak without signing up in advance. She also felt that school board meetings should be recorded and posted on line.
John Fafoutakis spoke and expressed his concern about what the schools nationwide are teaching students.
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Last modified: December 6, 2022