Personnel highlights Ten Sleep school board meeting

Following an executive/closed session during the Washakie County School District No. 2 board of trustees meeting on May 13, the board approved hiring several classified staff as well as extra duty assignments.

The following classified staff were approved for the 2024-2025 school year:

Galen Beamer, bus driver; Ernie Beckley, bus driver; Halli Caines, paraeducator; Crystal Cooper, paraeducator; Kady Gossens, head cook; Aaron Keyes, maintenance/transportation supervisor; Karen Krahn, custodian; Barb Lee, part time paraeducator; Mitzi Love, full time custodian; Anne Lyman, administrative assistant; Becca Searfoss, assistant cook and bus driver; Jessica Zierlein, paraeducator.

The following extra duties were approved for the 2024-2025 school year:

Ernie Beckley, athletic director; Donald Anderson, high school/middle school Student Council and senior class sponsor; Chawna Wiechmann, high school/middle school Student Council; Adrienne Forshee, FFA and summer FFA; Jason Thoren, SkillsUSA and junior class sponsor; Grace Kienzle, music; Emma Reid, yearbook and freshman class sponsor; Wade Moore, ski sponsor; Boyd Whitlock, media support; Gabi Fox, sophomore class sponsor; Jessica Jackson, eighth grade class sponsor; Megan Stiffney, seventh grade class sponsor.

The district board separately made these approvals:

Student to work as a part-time custodial staff this summer.

Megan Stiffney, PE Teacher and Assistant Boys Basketball Coach for 2024-2025 school year.

Jordan Bush, administrative assistant for 2024-2025 school year.

This meeting also marks the last that will be attended by Administrative Assistant Neysha Lyman before she retires. The school held a party for her on May 17.

SUPERINTENDENT’S

REPORT

Washakie County School District No. 2 Superintendent Annie Griffin provided an update on the construction of the new school building.

She said that although the district previously planned on using existing wood from the bleachers to panel the learning stairs in the heart space, they would be exploring different options due to cost.

She said, “The seats will be carpet as planned and the backs will still be in a design similar to the Ten Sleep Canyon but will probably be made from laminate rather than our bleacher wood and another wood material. This will not only provide cost savings and help us retain money in the contingency account but it will also allow us to continue to use the stands in our current gym for fall sports. We would have had to pull all of the bleachers and sit on chairs. I am looking forward to seeing the pricing on this new option and hope for a substantial decrease.”

Griffin said that other work currently going on is fitting doors, running utilities and building the new track and field.

Griffin also said that the school was working to use grant funds to obtain welding machinery and monitoring equipment for its science classes, as well as funding the construction of a campus greenhouse and other agricultural learning equipment.

POLICY

The following policies were approved on first reading:

Policy 7.01, Philosophy – policy on interscholastic activities.

Policy 7.02, Athletic Director – Outlines the duties of the athletic director.

Policy 7.03, Coaches – Responsibilities of head coaches.

Policy 7.04, Middle School Scheduling Limitations – sets distance limitations on middle school activities.

Policy 7.05, Transportation – Participants in school sponsored activities are required to ride in school provided transportation, unless they get a release from a guardian.

Policy 7.06, General Policies Affecting Athletics – Policy that follows Wyoming High School Activities Association guidelines.

Policy 7.08, Travel Meals – Suggested meal allowance of $25 for one meal or $30 per day for “culminating events and over-night activities.”

Policy 7.09, Activity Eligibility – requirements to participate in activities.

Policy 7.10, Post Season Play – Policy for teams playing in post season.

Policy 7.11, Student Dress – Interscholastic Activities – Dress code for students representing the district during activities.

Policy 7.12, Chaperones of Out-of-District Sponsored Activities – Employee chaperone policy.

Policy 7.07, Lettering Policy was tabled during the meeting for further conversation.

The following policies were approved on second reading:

Policy 6.10, Activity Eligibility – Clarified that attending “half a day” of school is four hours.

Policy 7.13, Public Conduct on School Property – Code of conduct for members of the public on school grounds.

MEETING CHANGE

The board voted to move their July meeting to Wednesday, July 17 at 7 p.m.