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
The Eastern Pulaski School Board approved summer school course offerings and contracts during their Monday evening meeting. Continue reading
Roofing work at Winamac Community Middle/High Schools will cost considerably less than anticipated. Continue reading
Eastern Pulaski Elementary School will soon offer a reading program for local residents thanks to the generosity of the Pulaski Alliance for Community Education. They awarded the school a $19,635 grant.
Plans call for the establishment of a “Family Dinner Book Club.” The school will provide high quality literature for families across Pulaski County to borrow, read together and discuss with “Dinner Time” conversation question cards. Families who sign a borrower contract and pledge to post a picture of their family with the book on the newly established “EPES Family Book Club” social media page will be able to check books out. School officials hope they will elaborate on their favorite part of the book in their social media posts. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board Monday night approved summer school courses if enrollment is sufficient. Tentative plans call summer physical education and economics to be taught in a classroom setting. Summer PE averages between 50 and 60 students each year. The economics class draws between 30 and 40 during the summer term. Continue reading
School lunch prices are going up a little bit for Eastern Pulaski students. Superintendent Dan Foster says their federal funding for the lunch program is in jeopardy without the increase. A provision in the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act requires corporations to increase “paid lunch” prices over time. That’s the amount students who don’t qualify for free and reduced lunches pay for meals. The idea is to ensure that higher federal reimbursements for free and reduced-price meals are not subsidizing those for students in the paid category. Doing so also frees up money to help meet new nutrition quality standards. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board last night enthusiastically approved the use of an app to increase safety and improve communication with authorities. Teachers and other authorized staff members can use School Guard to immediately summon police officers within a 25-mile radius of the campus to respond to an active shooter. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board will consider a federally-mandated increase in cafeteria meal prices when they meet this evening. The agenda for their 5:30 p.m. session also includes consideration of several policies on first reading. They include internal controls, collection and forgiveness of debt and criminal gangs and gang activities in schools. The latter is also a mandate for schools across Indiana. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board Monday night opted to spend a little bit more money in order to buy from a local vendor. Continue reading
Eastern Pulaski students will be on spring break next week. Superintendent Dan Foster says contractors working on campus-wide renovations will use that time to do work that would otherwise be disruptive to the learning environment. Continue reading
Officials with the Eastern Pulaski School Corporation are not sad to see the ISTEP test go by the wayside. State lawmakers voted to scrap the controversial exam at the end of 2017. Superintendent Dan Foster says that decision raises some questions, like why to even give the test next year.
Foster told the school board Monday night it’s unclear at this time what will replace ISTEP. Continue reading
Winamac Community Middle School will add a new athletic program for girls to the 2017 spring sports schedule. The Eastern Pulaski School Board last night unanimously approved the addition of softball for 7th and 8th grade girls. Superintendent Dan Foster told the board he’s confident the corporation can do it but added “it won’t be perfect the first year.” Continue reading
Eastern Pulaski Superintendent Dan Foster will update school board members this evening on education policies passed by the Indiana General Assembly. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board Monday authorized repairs to the elementary school roof in order to address drainage problems. Superintendent Dan Foster says the interior walls are stained due to water running down the side of the building into a drain trough. Continue reading
The iPads purchased for students in the Eastern Pulaski School Corporation four years ago are ready to be replaced. Last night the school board voted unanimously to purchase new 16 gig tablets and protective cases. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board will consider the purchase of some big-ticket items when they meet this evening. The advance agenda includes discussion of school bus purchases as well as iPads and cases and lab computers. Continue reading
