GALION, Ohio – Members of the Galion Board of Education were honored for their service to the community last week to commemorate Board Appreciation Month. Each board member received a certificate.
In organizational activities, Jennifer Kuns was elected president of the board and Brian Owens was elected vice president.
In other news, Galion third graders will use paper and pencil for their reading testing, said Sandy Powell, director of curriculum for Galion schools. The math portion of the test will be done online. All the rest of the grades will be taking PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers), which is completely online. Testing begins Feb. 18.
Amy Tyree was hired as high school chemistry and physics teacher. Supt. Mark Stefanik explained that Tyree is progressive in her teaching, initiating the green classroom which uses real-life every-day materials such as those from a grocery or hardware store in their studies. The board approved two more mentors for new teachers in the district: Todd Roston and Sean Maguire.
The board also approved the one-year collective bargaining agreement with the Ohio Association of Public School employees Local #370.
The next special meeting of the Galion Board of Education will be Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Galion Middle School computer lab. The next regular meeting of the Galion Board of Education will be Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Galion Middle School computer lab. Approved minutes from past meetings may be found here.
