By Seth Romsa
Staff Writer
Bowling approved as club sport
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WORLAND – The Worland school board approved bowling as a club activity unanimously on Monday, Nov. 25, during their regular meeting.
With bowling being approved as a club activity, student bowlers will be allowed to receive excused absences for tournaments, as well as the opportunity to advertise the club in the schools, to promote the scholarships that are available with the sport.
During the meeting, the school board also passed a school calendar for the 2020-21 school year, with school starting Aug. 18, ending on May 21, and winter break from Dec. 21 to Jan. 1 and spring break from March 29 to April 2.
The school board listened to and accepted an audit report for the 2018-19 school year.
OTHER BUSINESS
The board accepted a change to board policy 2.30 that was initially discussed at their October meeting regarding change to the verbiage that is used in the policy regarding homeless children and families, to families in transition.
Along with that change, the board may be look at adjusting district policy regarding deadlines for early graduation in the coming months. They made a change in the high school manual last year, but have not made a change in the district policy regarding early graduation deadlines.
Dependent upon completion of all requirements, Nayeli Ramirez, Haylee Giudice, Cameron Michel and Travis Kendrick Kapptie were approved for early graduation.
Business Manager Jack Stott updated the board on new concrete that was poured at the pool, and said the scoreboard being the next project at the pool. Stott also updated the board on a crash involving a bus, and has asked to remind the community to be cautious around buses especially during the winter months.
Each elementary school updated the board on how many people attended their respective Thanksgiving lunches, and updated them on activities that are coming up in their respective schools.
West Side will have their Battle of the Books in January, and have already started to read towards their million-word goal.
South Side raised more than $10,000 with their annual pie fundraiser, have shifted their food drive to the spring, and the school will be taking students to the senior center around Christmas time to sing.
East Side received a playground grant that they will be raising funds to match in February in order to purchase one or two new pieces of playground equipment.
Superintendent David Nicholas reported that parts of TAC*ONE training that he and other teachers learned in Ten Sleep in October, was given to some high school staff, and will be given to some middle school staff.
Students from Tim Barrus’ science class presented the board with their projects that they created on a trip to Yellowstone that were primarily focused on a form of art or science.
The December and January school board meetings were moved up a week to Dec. 16 and Jan. 20, respectively.
The board approved a trip out of state for the drama club over spring break in order for them to attend a Broadway play showing in Denver.
The board recognized Sharee Barrus for receiving the Reading Recovery Council of North America scholarship in August.
Jennifer Groesbeck was hired as a part-time paraeducator at East Side Elementary.
Talon Anderson was recognized for her sportsmanship in the Worland vs. Powell volleyball game on Oct. 18.
All-State Volleyball members were recognized, as well as new teachers Julie Atkinson and Vanessa Woffinden being recognized for their hard work the first three months of school by Worland Middle School Principal Ryan Clark.
As reported last week, the board also narrowly approved girl’s fast pitch softball by a vote of 4-3 to start in the inaugural season in the spring of 2021.
The primary reason for concern of the sport being passed was declining enrollment numbers, as well as uncertainty regarding the budget for the next school year that will not be known until March or April. The school board members who voted against the measure were not against the idea of softball becoming a sanctioned sport, but rather had concerns over enrollment and the budget.
