BRANDON-EVANSVILLE — The
Brandon-Evansville School Board
heard an update on the community fitness center located at the Brandon school.
The update was given by Dean of Students and Athletic Director Trent Hintermeister at the board’s regular meeting on July 21.
Hintermeister said the annual fee for those who sign up before Sept. 1 will be $200, with $50 for each additional family member.
The cost after Sept. 1 will be $20 per month, Hintermeister said.
The fitness center is only available if you are a taxpayer in the Brandon-Evansville School District, or send your children to Brandon-Evansville schools, he added.
Entrance to the fitness center will be through the use of key fobs, first for the outside door, and then to the center itself, Hintermeister said.
The fitness center will not be available to use during school hours, and users will not be able to access the school itself, he said.
Tours of the fitness center will be available during the district’s open house on Aug. 27.
The school board also heard several updates from Superintendent Louisa Glenetske.
Glenetske said there are currently construction projects being completed at both schools, and it appears there are no issues in having the projects completed on time.
Glenetske also gave an update regarding the district’s teaching positions, all of which have been filled for the upcoming school year.
However, paperwork has been submitted for out-of-field permissions for six staff members, she said.
“This does consist of some teachers that we have newly hired and it might be their full position that we’re requesting an out-of-field permission form,” Glenetske said. “Others just need it for maybe one section.
“For example, we have a Spanish teacher who’s teaching one section of PE because we just kind of have that overload,” she said.
Additionally, the district is still in the process of hiring a part-time or full-time custodian, a cook and paraprofessionals.
Glenetske also discussed the efforts to increase substitute teachers in the district.
“Last week we held an informational sub meeting that went really well,” she said. “We had six individuals that attended, and they were able to complete the paperwork onsite if they so chose.
“Some of the individuals that attended are already paraprofessionals and are just looking to see what they can do to help out the district — especially if we have an elementary teacher who needs to leave for an appointment for the last hour, that would potentially allow them to step in and sub if they have that license,” she said.
Another informational meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Aug. 6.
“I’m hoping that we can get some more individuals in there and just answer their questions and talk about what it means to be a sub, what the process looks like,” Glenetske said. “We’re working really hard to increase the number of subs in our buildings and hopefully that will relieve some of the stress on the teachers and administrators. They are typically pulled in lots of different directions to cover different classrooms.”
The district is working on allowing more opportunities for parents and other community members to volunteer, Glenetske said.
“I have been working on setting up a process for that as well as an expectation handbook or form that all volunteers would sign,” she said. “It just kind of goes through the expectations when you’re in our building.”
A Google form for volunteers has also been created.
“Individuals that are interested in volunteering can just go ahead and fill in that Google form and say, ‘I’m interested, here’s my contact information and these are the areas that I’m interested in volunteering (for),’ and then whether or not they’re interested in during the school day, or in the evenings or events.”
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