The INDEPENDENT, February 7, 2001
Page 9
The debt is under control, McGlasson happily tells school board
Banks School District, after
being so deeply in the red that
special legislation was required
to keep it operating, the district
has completely turned around
its net cash position. As a result
of close monitoring of the dis
trict’s expenditures, according
to district auditors Jones &
Roth at the January 22 meet
ing, in combination with rev
enue in excess of the budget,
the district had an ending fund
balance of $211,320 and the
auditors concluded that the “fi
nancial position (of the district)
is much more sound” than in
prior years. Superintendent
Marilyn McGlasson acknowl
edged the efforts of all staff
members to reduce expendi
tures, giving particular credit to
Business Manager Tim Collier.
The board also received the
annual insurance report, and
heard presentations about two
elementary school programs
that foster a positive, respectful
and safe learning environment.
In her report to the board
Amy Waltz Hansen, of Waltz
Sheridan Crawford, Inc., said
that insurance is entering a
“hard market” period of in
creasing rates after a 14-year
period of declining rates.
Hansen reviewed all of the dis
trict’s coverages and compli
mented the district on being
proactive in the areas of loss
control, use of facilities, and
adding coverage for junior high
sports. The board requested
that Hansen bring a quote for
catastrophic student insurance,
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coverage in 2000.
A flexible policy that will al
low more groups to access dis
trict facilities was passed. The
community-friendly policy will
allow small groups that might
not be able to provide their own
insurance coverage to use dis
trict facilities.
Character Counts, a pro
gram recognizing positive be
havior, was presented. Started
five years ago in an effort to
recognize students and im
prove the school environment,
the program is a tremendous
success and gets many sup
portive responses from the
community. Trustworthiness,
respect, responsibility, justice
and fairness, caring, and citi
zenship form the six pillars of
character used consistently
throughout the elementary
school. Classroom rules are
developed using these princi
ples. Students receive red tick
ets from teachers for positive
behavior and every week six
children receive candy and
have an opportunity to tell the
student body what they did to
get their red tickets.
At the end of each grading
period each teacher nominates
one student who exemplifies
the principles of character. Af
ter approval by the principal’s
office, librarians, playground
monitors and others, these stu
dents get a very special treat.
Students and their parents are
invited to breakfast with the
principal, in the library decorat
ed with tablecloths and flowers.
Students are photographed
with their parents. Photos are
printed in the News-Times and
are displayed in the school
throughout the year. Later, stu
dents receive recognition in an
assembly, where they also re
ceive a packet of rewards.
This program is funded with
proceeds from the student
store.
Banks Elementary School
Principal Ester Lee, explained
the school-wide discipline pro
gram. The Problem Solving
Program teaches students to
take responsibility for their ac
tions and make improvements
in their behavior. The school
has high expectations for ap
propriate language and behav
ior and when kids “mess up”
and create a problem they re
ceive a referral. This gives
them the opportunity to fix their
problem and take responsibility
for their actions. A child who re
ceives a referral must use their
own lunch or recess time to go
to the problem solving room
and meet with a neutral adult.
Lee said that the children real
ly respond to the chance to tell
their story and develop a plan
to repair their relationships with
those affected by the problem.
Once a plan is developed,
the child receives a copy of the
plan and an opportunity to call
home and tell what has hap
pened. A copy of the plan is
also mailed to the parents. The
program has a positive empha
sis that is well received by stu
dents and parents. The pro
gram includes progressive
steps for continued problems,
including development of a
“Success Plan” involving the
student, parents and principle.
A student who saw a friend
waiting to go in to work on a
success plan, was quoted by
Lee as saying, “It’s a good
Banks City Council met Jan.
19 at the Brown Derby Restau
rant for a brief, get-to-know-
each-other meeting of city
councilors and city staff. Mayor
Bob Orlowski started the
evening with a State of the City
address. After praising the as
sets of the town, Orlowski out
lined problems encountered by
the city now. He also noted that
the city has improved school
and fire department facilities,
and an expanded police de
partment. Orlowski said that he
and the council are committed
to overcoming the deficit in the
general fund.
Planner K. J. Won, Attorney
Jim Lucas and Engineer Dale
Merrell, each gave a brief pres
entation about projects com
pleted in the past year as well
as upcoming projects. Adminis
trative employees Bob Prickett,
Karen Heesacker, and Fred
Evers were introduced and
gave brief statements. Police
Chief Daryl Crandall enter
tained everyone with stories
and spoke about the two full
time officers, Kevin Duggan
and Spencer Arrowood. Library
Commissioner Jacque Her-
The evening ended with
mens and Librarian Denise
Holmes spoke about improve brief comments from new
ments in the library and intro councilors Katie Murdock and
duced library employees Dana Teri Branstitre. Councilor Tim
Gale, Cindy Stanley, E’Raina Hardie concluded by compli
Hatch and Ann Krutsinger. menting the City for “large
Byran Biehl, Planning Commis
sion Chair, was also intro numbers of committed and
very talented peope.”
duced.
Banks High School Honor Roll
The following Banks High
School students were named
to the academic Honor Roll for
the 2000-01 first semester.
Achieving a 4.0 Grade Point
Average were:
Freshmen - Lynsey Douglas
and Amy Zimmerman.
Sophomores - Krista Dono-
ven, Jared Hatch, Milena Her-
mansky, Megan Jurasek, Ra
chel Partin, Paul Trout and Re
becca Wales.
Juniors - Ashley Alley, Jen
nifer Ballenger, Michelle Dick
inson, Colin Douglas, Risa
Johnson, Karin Larson, Gra
ham Linn and Shawn Watson.
Seniors - Bill Hatch, Chel
sea Larson, Jessica Trout and
Kim Vanderzanden.
Additional Honor Roll stu
dents are:
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In other business the board:
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Recognized
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Schmidlin for a generous dona
tion of $5,000 in memory of her
husband;
• Received reports from
building administrators about
activities in December and ear
ly January;
• Received a draft of the
2000-2001 school calendar;
• Noted that district employ
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