10/08/12 During the October meeting, the Plymouth School Board heard a Plymouth High School Accountability report from Principal Jim Condon. The report followed the release of the A-F grade from the IDOE (Indiana Department of Education). PHS was given the top grade or “A” for the 2011-2012 school year. In the previous year, the...
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10/08/12 At the October 2 meeting of the Plymouth School Board, the three members present voted unanimously to approve the Master Contract with the Plymouth Educational Association (PEA). Board members Larry Holloway and Todd Samuelson were absent from the meeting. According to Tyree, new laws in place meant the contract negotiations had to be...
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10/05/12 The Indiana Department of Education has worked over the past two or more years to design a model evaluation and development system for evaluating teachers, administrators, and now, superintendents. The RISE system was created by Indiana educators, the Indiana Evaluation Cabinet, and representatives from The New Teacher Project. The IDOE contends the evaluation...
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10/04/12 Tuesday night the Plymouth School Board heard an encouraging report during their monthly meeting from Deb Sherwood, Director of Plymouth Adult Basic Education. Sherwood said the program had an enrollment of 173 students during the 2011-2012 school year. According to Sherwood, 158 of the total were enrolled in GED (General Education Development) classes...
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06/04/12 The Plymouth School Board will meet on Tuesday, June 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Administration Board Room. Agenda items include the proposed hire of a number of special education teachers formerly employed though JESSE. The JESSE program has undergone reorganization changes over the last several months. During the business portion of...
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05/03/12 The Plymouth Schools did not have to look far to find new principals for the Discovery Academy (currently Washington Elementary) and Lincoln Junior High. Andrew Hartley, now Plymouth High School assistant principal, will be heading up the Academy in the fall. Current principal, Michelle Riise, was named to a newly created position...
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03/08/12 During a meeting on March 6, the Plymouth School Board got an update on the interior design of the School of Inquiry that is scheduled to open at the start of the 2012-2013 school year. Presenting a computer-based virtual trip throughout the space was Brain Bohlender of Barton, Coe, Vilamaa, Architects, Engineers....
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02/10/12 Gloria Burnam, director of food service for the Plymouth Community School Corporation shared her yearly report with the school Board on Tuesday. She said the number of students eating breakfast has increased from August to January last school year until now by some 8,904. She said from August to January in the 2011-2012...
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02/09/12 Although it’s only February, the Plymouth School Board has already begun to look into summer projects and school sessions. During a regular board meeting on February 7, the Board heard reports from Maintenance Director Dave Schoof and Superintendent Dan Tyree. Schoof requested permission to begin gathering estimates for projects at every building in...
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02/06/12 The Plymouth School Board will meet for a regularly scheduled meeting on February 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Administration Board Room. Meetings are open to the public; however, audience comments are limited to agenda items. Among other business items, the Board will hear a report on summer school for 2102; school breakfast...
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