PCHS Board Changes Summer Hours
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The PCHS Board of Education took several small steps to save money, including policy manual changes.
Superintendent Jon Green said summer hours for the school have been changed to 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday for the office. The maintenance staff will work 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Fridays.
Green said he hopes the new hours will allow the district to save money by shutting down the building for an additional half day on Friday and allow business to be conducted for an additional hour during the week.
Following an executive session, the board agreed to restructure the cafeteria staff. A cafeteria manager position will be posted. After a manager is hired, the board will determine how many additional positions are needed. There are currently four cafeteria employees. They are all free to apply for the new positions.
The board also agreed to change the minimum hours for educational support personnel to receive benefits from the present 600 hours to 1,250 hours. The change does not apply to current employees.
Additional changes were made to bring guidelines for non-certified employees in line with certified staff. Non-certified employees will now be able to bank up to 240 sick days and personal leave days.
Part-time personnel will be eligible for up to 10 vacation days for in years two through five of employment, 15 days in years six to 15 and 20 days for 16 or more years of employment. Vacation days cannot be carried over from year to year.
In other business, the board:
received the results of the soil boring done by Geotech on the proposed new PCHS construction site in preparation for the new building. The soil tests show the site is very suitable for construction. Superintendent Green said that the state has sold bonds to fund approved school construction grants from 2002. PCHS is still waiting for a visit from the state, which would be the next step in the process to receive state funding for the new high school.
heard the Health/Life/Safety annual report. Both the Regional Office of Education and the State Fire Marshall inspected the facility in January. The one issue that must be dealt with is to install a smoke detector in the auditorium. "With a 1930 building, we knew there would be issues," Green said. "We aren't going to put a lot of money into a building we're planning to tear down."
hired Mike Cheek as the Head Softball Coach for the 2010-2011 school year.
heard that the IDEA board gave PCHS a rating of four on a scale of one to four for the district's special education program.
changed the meeting time to 6:30 p.m. for Board of Education meetings, beginning in June. The July meeting was moved to July 19.