Monday, February 06, 2012
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Facility Study Committee Recomendations

During their January meeting, The Whitko Board of School Trustees accepted the recommendation of the study committee on facilities.
The major recommendations from our 25 year Facility Plan Committee are as follows
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  • Whatever we do, finance the project so it does not raise taxes
     
  • Keep the two elementary schools where they are in their respective communities
    • Renovate South Whitley Elementary
    • Build a new Pierceton Elementary (demolish the existing building when the new facility is ready)
    • Keep Grade 5 in the elementary schools
       
  • Move Central Office to the middle school
The committee met several times and looked at a ton of data prior to this recomendation. Please see the Q&A Document for an explaination of various components and related data.

The Board's accepteance of the recommendation only means they will formally investigate the recommendation, seek professional and community input and then at a later date determine if they will move forward with a project of some sort.

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2012 will be a busy year for Whitko Schools

 Whitko will be busy in 2012. Here are a few things we will be working on.
  • Evaluating the Facility Committee Goal recommendation for renovating South Whitley Elementary School and building a new Pierceton Elementary building (Without raising taxes!)
  • Instituting a new system of evaluation for all employees that focuses on student achievement
  • Developing and teaching curriculum to match the new Common Core Standards
  • Continuing our deployment of additional technology resources for students
  • Raising our achievement levels for all students
  • Reviewing our reading programs and the impact of the IREAD assessment
  • Adding more mathematics to the graduation requirements
  • Increasing our STEM offerings and
  • doing it all while not losing site of the great relationships Whitko has
We will continue to be Big Enough to Deliver and Small Enough to Care!

Delivering Excellence for All.

Keep checking our Blog and Facebook for update and breaking news.  

I hope you have a great 2012!


Sincerely,
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All Children Can Learn.

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Our school corporation and schools are committed to “Excellence for All” students by focusing on educational programs, aligned curriculum, authentic assessments, and differentiated instruction that provides the conditions necessary for all of our children to be successful in our schools and beyond our schools.  Furthermore, we are moving the standard for our schools from being “good” schools to being “great” schools.

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Our mission is to educate each and every child who attends our schools to become successful life-long learners and positive contributors to the betterment of our collective societies.
 

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