Stacy Bates
updated
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 11:41 AM
The Cal Ripken Tri-Town Stars and the Marble Valley All-Stars
both participated in the Proctor tournament this past weekend each
hoping for a top place finish. Both teams include players from
Proctor at the 11-12 age level. M.V All-Stars lost their first game
on Saturday, but stayed in the tournament by beating Rutland City
in the next round. The Tri-Town Stars lost their first game as well
3-2 in extra innings to the Castleton Tarheels. Tri-Town now had to
face the M.V. All-Stars in the final game on Saturday. The loser
would be knocked out of the tournament. The Stars ended up winning
the game and had to play Long Trail Sunday morning. The Stars
forged ahead by beating Long Trail and then faced Slate Valley, the
team from Fair Haven. The Stars looked to have the game in control
up 7-0 going into the fourth inning. Slate Valley got their bats
going and by the end of the game it was all tied up 7-7. Slate
Valley ended up pulling off the victory by scoring a run in the
bottom of the seventh inning and knocking the Tri-Town All-Stars
out of the tournament. Slate Valley went on to face Castleton for
the championship, but a rested Castleton team took home the first
place trophy. It was a scorching hot weekend and all the boys
should be congratulated for playing great baseball in those
conditions.
The Schoolboard meeting minutes for June 28 were just released for
publication. Here are some highlights. Cheryl Scarzello, RCSU
Business Manager, presented the board with a cost break down from
Betcha Services for the Stafford Technology Center Transportation.
The cost would be split with West Rutland. Cheryl went over the
morning and afternoon runs. There was a discussion with the board.
The board felt that the timing of the schedule needed to be worked
out further, but this seemed like a good solution. June Sargent,
PHS Principal presents these scheduling changes in her report to
the board. 1). Due to low enrollment for Spanish 3, it will not be
offered. We were able to add a second section of Spanish 1 for five
students who had wanted to take it, but could not get into the
other section as it was scheduled. Spanish 4 will run with only 2
students in order to allow them to finish out their Spanish
program. 2). Due to low enrollment for Video Production and
Animation, each a semester course, those two courses have been
dropped for next year. That teacher will assist in the Connected 8
math class for which she is licensed. 3). We are requesting a
second section for Psychology and Sociology, making that teacher
80% with only 20% being a paraprofessional. We have reduced the
need from 80% to 60% for the new part-time Science hire because
another teacher will teach a sixth section. SchoolBoard member Mary
Fregosi stated that she would not support the increase in the
social studies teacher position to 80%. She stated that the
enrollment numbers at the school didn't warrant the adjustments.
She also spoke on the science reconfiguring she would like to see
these also tabled until the next meeting. After a brief discussion
it was agreed.
Scarzello also presented the superintendent's report. She presented
the board with a teaching contract for Alena Wehof for the science
teacher vacancy at the High School. Lloyd stated that she has an
excellent background in science. Art made a motion to offer her a
teaching contract. Don seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously. Cheryl also had two amended contracts for the boards'
approval. The first was for Sarah Ricci, a horizontal salary
movement and the second for June Sargent, a change in section 8 in
regards to the severance package. Don made a motion to accept both
amended contracts. Art seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously. Cheryl presented the board with a report on the school
food service pricing. Due to USDA minimum lunch pricing guideline
the school is required to increase the lunch price. Don made a
motion to increase the school lunch price by $.10 at both the
elementary and the high school. The motion passed unanimously.
Cheryl informed the board that the new superintendent, Dr. Deborah
Taylor, would be starting on July 18th.
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