May 5, 2012
Carlisle Teachers Receive Excellence Award
Congratulations to Becky
Sherwood and Sara Ward!
Congratulations to CTA member Becky Sherwood for receiving
"Teacher Excellence" and CTA member Sara Ward for receiving "Innovative
Teacher" for 2011-2012. They were both recognized at the Warren County Area
Progress Council Teacher Excellence Dinner on May 2nd. In addition to their
families, attending the dinner in support and celebration of Sara and
Becky were Board members Tammy Lainhart and Bill Jewell, as well as
Superintendent Larry Hook, Principals Mike Milner and Jodi Leichman, and
several CTA member colleagues. Congratulations to Mrs. Ward and Mrs.
Sherwood on an honor well-deserved! See more details in the
Western Star article and the
Middletown Journal
article.
April 28, 2012 Updated May 5, 2012
Combined Bond Issue, Levy Fail Twice; Carlisle Local School District Cuts
Eight Teaching Positions
Support for students reduced -
For years we have worked to do more with less.
The district has cut administrators, teachers, and classified positions, and
cut the expenses of daily operations. Still, we worked to provide better and
better instruction, each year improving our scores on the district report
card. This year Carlisle earned an "Excellent" rating.
Meanwhile, state
legislators chose budget cuts that harm public education, not only in
Carlisle but across the state. New Governor Kasich threw out the funding
model implemented by former Governor Strickland, one which had been
researched for years through a bi-partisan effort of all the
stakeholders, and had promise in finally "fixing" the court-ruled
unconstitutional school funding formula in Ohio. Kasich's replacement? A
temporary bridge formula that is insufficient and that school districts
had no time to plan for -- one which de-prioritizes public education in
Ohio and diverts funds to charter schools.
This year the Carlisle Board of Education
asked the community for support for a bond issue/levy, citing the
opportunity of getting almost $30 million (about 50% of the cost) from the
state tobacco settlement funds to help Carlisle build new schools for their
entire school population. There was a tremendous response of "YES" votes,
however there were even more "NO" votes and the issue/levy failed, twice. As
a result, the district, in order to remain in the black, has made more cuts
to expenses. The positions being cut will result in reduced services to
Carlisle's students:
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1 Media position
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1 Secondary Math position
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1 Secondary Language Arts
position
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1 Gifted Interventionist
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1 Title 1 position
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1 Primary position
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1 Intervention Specialist
position
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1 Physical Education position
Superintendent Larry Hook states
that the district will continue to watch for opportunities to responsibly
cut costs and trim the budget as additional retirements and resignations
occur.
Class sizes, course offerings,
and programs/support for students all depend on having adequate resources. See the
Middletown Journal articles..
Fall,
2011
Carlisle Schools
Rated EXCELLENT!
At the Fall Homecoming
football game, Carlisle Local School District was officially
recognized for its EXCELLENT rating by the Ohio Department of
Education. This rating can only be achieved through the combined
efforts of excellent educators, students, staff, parents, and
community. Congratulations, everyone!
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