The Plymouth School Board will meet for a regular Board meeting on Tuesday, September 1 at 7:00 P.M. Immediately following the regular meeting (approximately 8:00 P. M.), they will hold a hearing for the proposed approximately $35M total, 2016 budgets. The proposed budgets were discussed during a budget workshop in August and published in...
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The Plymouth School Board will convene on July 7 for both an executive session and a regularly scheduled board meeting. The executive session will begin at 6:00 P. M. . No details of the reason for the executive session are available except for the following agenda item: “To discuss strategy with respect to the...
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The Plymouth School Board gave the go-a-head for school administrators to proceed with introducing a balanced calendar for the 2015-2016 school year. Specific details of how the calendar will look will not be brought back to the Board until February, 2015, however. Director of Quality Programs, Michele Riise, presented an overview of what a...
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The Plymouth School Board will meet for two meetings on Tuesday, November 4. At 6:30 P.M., they will hold a public hearing to accept public testimony concerning the contract for Superintendent Daniel Tyree. Following the hearing, at approximately 7:00 P.M., the Board will convene in a regular session. During the meeting, the Board is...
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The Argos Community Schools will conduct a special school board meeting on Tuesday, October 7th. The special meeting has been called to approve the 2014-15 master contract. The special school board meeting on Tuesday, October 7 will be held at the Argos School’s Administration Office at 5:00 p.m.
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The Plymouth School Board is moving ahead with their support of efforts to construct new tennis courts in Centennial Park. During the June 3 meeting of the Board, the members voted unanimously to pass a resolution to contribute to the proposed construction. The schools have had long-standing practice of leasing facilities within the park...
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03/07/14 During a meeting on March 4, the Plymouth School Board officially adopted the school calendar for the school year 2014-2015. The first student day is set for August 13. The adopted calendar contains days off for staff development; August 29, November 7, and January 30. Vacation days include; Labor Day (September 1),...
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Plymouth – The Plymouth School Board unanimously accepted the recommendation by Superintendent Daniel Tyree to add snow make-up days to the school calendar. The 5-0 vote was taken at their regular monthly meeting on March 4. Tyree explained that snow makeup days-days needed to be added to comply with the 180 day state...
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02/05/14 Lincoln Junior High Principal, Reid Gault, sees lots of positives in the new curriculum offerings they hope to incorporate next year. Gault briefed the Plymouth School Board of the proposed changes on February 4. Gault said by combining the academic standards for language arts and social studies into Humanities, students can learn...
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02/04/14 The Plymouth School Board will convene on Tuesday, February 4 at 7:00 P.M. in the Administration Board Room on Berkley St. in Plymouth. The meeting is open to the public; however, comments from the audience are limited to agenda items only. Among agenda items listed is a report on security; indemnification policy/resolution;...
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12/03/13 The Plymouth School Board has scheduled a public hearing to discuss and receive public input concerning the contract for Superintendent Daniel Tyree on Tuesday, December 3 at 6:30 P.M. in the Administration Board Room on Berkley St. in Plymouth. Immediately following the hearing, the Board will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting on...
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11/08/13 The Plymouth School Board discussed a rough draft of the Corporation Strategic Plan during a Board meeting on November 5. The plan was introduced on first reading. Superintendent Daniel Tyree said the plan will focus on four key areas including: Financial Security, Facilities, Current and Future Initiatives, and Communication. The financial piece...
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11/07/13 The Plymouth School Board handled a number of agenda items during their regular monthly meeting on November 5. Webster Elementary Principal, Carrie McGuire, told the Board that the Kids Hope USA program is up and running at her school. According to McGuire, there are 10 mentors working with ten students each week....
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11/05/13 The Plymouth School Board will meet on Tuesday, November 5 in the Administration Board Room on Berkley St. The regular meeting will begin at or near 7:00 P.M., following an executive session. The Board will be discussing job performance evaluations of individual employees during the closed executive meeting. The regularly scheduled Board...
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10/03/13 Plymouth Schools Athletic Director Roy Benge gave his annual report to the Plymouth School Board at the October 1 meeting. Benge said there were 668 athletes involved in the various programs during the 2012-2013 school year. The number reflected an increase from 635 in the 2011-2012 school year. The number of contests...
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10/01/13 The Plymouth School Board will meet for a regular meeting on Tuesday, October, 1 at the Administration Board Room. The meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m. Agenda items will focus primarily on reports of academic testing results. Reports include: Plymouth High School ECA (End of Course Assessments) scores; corporation analysis of ISTEP...
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10/12/13 The Plymouth School Board Approved a number of agenda items during three meetings on September 10. The Board ratified a two-year contract with Plymouth Educational Association (PEA). The contract is for the school years of 2013-2014. Laura Kruyer, PEA president, was at the meeting and concurred with Superintendent Daniel Tyree that the...
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08/07/13 The Plymouth School Board held a public hearing on Tuesday night, prior to the regular Board session, concerning the consideration of an approximately $1,425,000 bond. The bond monies will be used for a variety of safety and security needs as identified by a safety audit done earlier this year and other concerns...
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08/05/13 The Plymouth School Board will hold a project hearing followed by a regular school board meeting on Tuesday, August 6 in the Administration Board Room. The hearing will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be followed by the regular meeting at approximately 7:15 p.m. The purpose of the project hearing is to...
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07/29/13 The Plymouth School Board will meet in executive session on Monday, July 29 at 5:00 p.m. to develop a strategic plan for the future. Facilitating their efforts will be Dr. Ed Eiler, who served as the superintendent for Lafayette School Corporation for 16 years. Dr. Eiler is now a consultant with...
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