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Over winter break and during December when schools were on remote learning, members of the Newton Falls maintenance staff and bus and cafeteria staff cleaned up and sanitized the closed elementary school building. Peg Zwierlein, a paraprofessional, left, is shown one of the cleaned classrooms by Joellen Seidner, maintenance supervisor, during a tour of the building last week following a board of education meeting.
NEWTON FALLS Over winter break, Newton Falls classified workers spent time getting the former elementary school building ready for future use as a possible preschool and training rooms.
In November, the board of education toured the building that had tables, chairs and televisions piled up in hallways and in classrooms. Last week, the board went through the building a second time to see classrooms lined with student desks spaced apart following social distancing guidelines and hallways cleared of tables, desks and cha
PRESENT: Amie Crowder, Brent Powell, Julie Stimpert, Teresa Oakes and Chris Mazur
The board:
• Named Crowder as president and Powell as vice president;
• Recognized the junior and senior high for receiving the 2020 Bronze Award by the Ohio Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Network for the implementation of schoolwide positive behavioral intervention and support;
• Received an $18,000 donation from the First Congregational Church for various clubs, sporting groups and programs at the schools;
• Hired Kaitlin Groscost as part-time Title I intervention tutor effective Jan. 4, not to exceed 29 hours per week;
• Set board meetings for 6:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of each month at high school board room. The board will act on committee appointments at the Jan. 28 meeting.