Improvements report

    In May of 1999 the residents of Wolf Creek Local Schools passed a three (3) year 3.6 mill levy.

This levy is generating approximately $330,000.00 a year. This money was pledged to be used in five (5) basic ways:

1. Replace and/or repair the district's roofs (several leaks have been patched during recent rains).
   
2. Heating, ventilation, plumbing (HVAC) upgrades. Just like your home, district boilers, furnaces, and vents continually need repairs. Modern furnaces are much more efficient than those twenty (20) years ago.
   
3. Work toward full compliance on the Aid to Disability (ADA) chair lift.
4. Renovation of some areas creating space to permit Wolf Creek Local to comply with Senate Bill 55, which mandates increasing the graduation credits in the following areas: English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Business/Technology, and Fine Arts or Foreign Language.
5. Electrical upgrades focusing on areas such as fire alarms, emergency lighting (life safety).

    During the summer of 1999 roof repair in the district began. Murray Sheet Metal from Parkersburg was awarded the low bid for replacing the high school roof with a slanted/tapered insulation from ply roof. This placed a slope to the roof improving drainage.

    All roofs at the high school, except the band roof, were completed in this process. The band roof was repaired in 1993. It is hoped that the band roof will last to be replaced with the elementary roof (tentatively planned for the Summer of 2001)

    The elementary roof presently has a Duralast roof with a fifteen (15) year warranty. This warranty expires in March of 2001.

    The ventilation system for four (4) areas in the basement of the elementary were installed by Miller Heating and Plumbing during the Fall of 1999. This corrected the moisture and odor problem that existed in those areas.

    A new heating system was installed, also by Miller Heating and Plumbing, into the classroom area of our Industrial Technology classrooms.

Improvements report(cont)

    Fire alarm improvements were begun at the elementary school.

    Expectedly by Fall of 2000 is a cost report on the renovation of existing space to make closets, old gymnasium, etc., into classrooms, allowing compliance with Senate Bill # 55.

    As you can see from this brief reading, while there is always much to do in the area of maintaining facilities and complying with new mandates from the state, the pledge by the Board on spending of the 3.6 mill levy is in the process of being fulfilled.

Thank you for your support!

Renovations update.

    A proposal for the estimated cost of renovation of existing space at both the high school and the elementary is being completed. This estimate is to contain HVAC upgrades as well as electrical improvements. You will recall that the 3 year levy passed last May was to begin addressing these problems. Also, the conversion to gas at the elementary has been placed on hold until the electricity deregulation is fully implemented. The Ohio School Boards Association is implementing a "School Pool" program that could possibly make our electrical rates cheaper than gas. We are in a wait and see mode in this area!

Follow-up to Kids on Campus

    As was reported in last month's news our school has received grant money to participate in the countywide Kids on Campus Tutoring Program.

The program is going extremely well. There are nearly 50 students participating in the program. Congratulations to Beth Huck for her success, and a special thanks for her hard work in organizing the program.

Web address

    The domain name for Wolf Creek Local School District will be changing soon. The application is being processed, and the domain name will be: http://www.wolfcreek.k12.oh.us
This is a standard domain name for K-12 educational institutions. The current address should still gain you access to our site, but you'll probably want to change your bookmark.

Thanks for visiting!

Update on the Continuous Improvement Plan

    Mr. Caldwell would like to extend his thanks to Mrs. Stollar, Mrs. Hackathorn, Mrs. Frum, Mrs. Warren, Mr. Hickerson, Mr. Collins, Mrs. Knoch, Mrs. Taliaferro, Mrs. Chase, Mr. French, Mrs. Brenda Huck, Mr. Wainwright, and Mrs. Montgomery for all their work and continuing efforts towards developing the District Continuous Improvement (CIP) Plan.

It is Mr.Caldwell's belief that everyone will be impressed when the plan is finalized.

Wolf Creek welcomes two new staff members.

    f you have not already heard we have two new staff members at Wolf Creek. Mr. Sherman Koons, English teacher, and Mr. Kenley Schwendeman, Vocational Agriculture teacher have joined the teaching staff at Waterford High School.

Community Choir

    Attention all music lovers! A Concert of American Music will be performed Friday, March 31, 2000 in the W.H.S. gymnasium. All Wolf Creek staff, spouses, family and community members are invited to participate. Rehearsals will be on Mondays and Thursdays beginning 2/28/2000 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. For any questions contact Bev Fulmer at 984-2373, or 984-2342.

WHS site coming soon.

    The Web Publishing class is in the process of constructing a Waterford High School web site. The site will feature current events and activities at the school and many other pages including an alumni page. The alumni page will relay important dates for the banquet and reunions as well as an e-mail data base from contributing alumni. Tentative upload date will be mid to late April.