The Eastern Pulaski School Corporation is adding a couple of new buses and a van to its transportation fleet. Superintendent Dan Foster says they’re buying two 78-passenger buses from Midwest Transit and a new van with lift. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Corporation is in the process of upgrading projectors in several classrooms. Superintendent Dan Foster says the ones that are being replaced are about seven years old. Continue reading
Winamac Community High School will be adding a Saturday morning detention next semester. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Corporation continues to face the same challenges as everyone else, when it comes to responding to ISTEP scores. That’s according to Superintendent Dan Foster. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Corporation hopes to make a few more improvements with money left over from its recent renovation project. Continue reading
Some student-athletes at Winamac High School are working together to promote the school’s various sports teams, as well as build their own leadership skills. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Corporation is switching the software for much of its operations, and that will mean some changes for parents. On Monday, the school board approved the purchase of the Skyward Student Management Suite and Financial Suite. Continue reading
The Winamac Community High School Class of 2016 is doing well overall, according to information shared Monday with the school board. Superintendent Dan Foster says of the 100 or so graduates, 73 percent are pursuing some sort of post-secondary training. Continue reading
The addition of a fifth Winamac Park Board member will have to wait for at least another month. Last week, the Pulaski County Public Library Board appointed Sandy Lucas to the park board. Continue reading
The Winamac Park Board now has a fifth member. The Pulaski County Public Library Board appointed Sandy Lucas to the park board Wednesday. Continue reading
The Winamac Park Board is ready for a fifth member. That’s what park board member and town manager Brad Zellers told the Winamac Town Council last week. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board wants more information before proceeding with an upgrade to the exterior lights on the campus. Superintendent Dan Foster says the existing lights on the buildings are older and not especially energy efficient. They’re also set on timers, which need to be reset frequently as the days get shorter. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board is set to adopt a budget for 2017 at their October meeting. They conducted the statutory public hearing on the proposed spending plan when they met Monday. Superintendent Dan Foster says there aren’t any significant changes but notes enrollment is down slightly at Eastern Pulaski this year.
A local school corporation can now drug test students if they have reasonable suspicion to believe they are at school under the influence. The Eastern Pulaski School Board approved a corporation-wide reasonable suspicion policy Monday evening. Superintendent Dan Foster says they sought input from other schools and the Indiana School Board Association as to how to handle such matters. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board last night took steps to clean up the extracurricular payroll in anticipation of the new school year. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board is preparing for the start of a new school year. During their Monday evening meeting, Superintendent Dan Foster notes the corporation continues to have a positive balance despite their major ongoing construction project. Overall the corporation is about 1 percent ahead of where they were at this time last year. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board approved a new grading scale that will be put in place for the 2016-2017 school year. The new grading scale will be utilized in all three schools. It will be a standard scale used in much of the rest of the state’s school systems. Continue reading
Members have been appointed to the new Winamac Park Board. During a special meeting Tuesday, the town council voted to appoint Republicans Chris Schramm and Brad Zellers and Democrats John Chapman and Courtney Poor. Continue reading
The Winamac Town Council hopes to move a step closer to appointing park board members during a special session this morning. The park board was formally established last month, with the goal of opening up new opportunities for grant funding. Continue reading
As the Town of Winamac prepares to start appointing members to its new park board, town officials have been doing some research on how the board might work. Last week, representatives from Winamac visited Monticello to learn about their park board. Continue reading
