Board of Education recognizes teachers
5/24/01
Shawna Hubbarth
Staff Writer

Teachers and staff were recognized at last month's board meeting
for the commitment of their time to the district.

Receiving plaques were Mike Booher, Manny Smith, Kristene Green,
and Elizabeth VanderMolen for 30 years with the district.

Debra Clift, Susan Luyendyk, and Charlene Garvey, and Dennis
Smith for 25 years. David Gilding were honored for 20 years; Judy
Hager, Cynthia Gatewood, Todd Gonser, Laurie Kipp, Maryjo Fralick,
Tammi King, Lori Bunker, Theressa Woodman, Bessie Smith, and
Donna Garvey for 15 years; Rose Cerny, Jeanne Hansen, Lynne
Snyder, Robert Harvey, Shelly Swift, and Deborah Baker, for 10
years, and William Dodge, Terrence Mix, and Steve Augustine for 5
years.

Superintended Clark Volz read some of the teachers and staff "most
memorable moments" and thanked them each personally for their
contribution to the Maple Valley school system.

In other business at the meeting the board:

• Decided to approve the building and trades class at the high school
to build an addition to the administration building instead of
renovating the portable, as previously planned.

Volz said the structure was found to be not structurally sound, and
said the class thinks it could build an addition (where meetings are
held) onto the existing structure for the same amount of money,
$20,000.

• Approved $38,900 for an underground irrigation system for the
high school athletic complex, and two new practice fields.

• Heard from Marion Alexander, a parent in the district, that he is
not in favor of the all-day alternate-day kindergarten plan recently
approved by the board. He said the decision was not in the best
interest of the children, saying children learned better through
repetition.

Volz told him there was a forum for this issue planned for 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 24, at Fuller for parents and staff to talk about the
matter.