State of Our Schools
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
April 19: Margaret Blyth--Mom's Club of Windsor
April 26: Melody Mesmer--Emergency Management Educator and Children's Advocate
GUESTS
We were graced with guests and visiting Rotarians last week. Susan Van Deren brought Marika Ujvari as her guest. Those of you who worked the Health Fair may remember her as one of the volunteers. Shannon Spangler brought her husband Brock. Shane Sparks was a visiting Rotarian from the Loveland club.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We were delighted to induct Bryon McAvoy as our newest member. Bryon is the owner of Tri-Tech Security here in Windsor.
President Ron Clark again announced the District Conference and made a call for items to be sold at silent auction during the conference.
PROGRAM
We are always delighted to hear from our own members, and Karen Trusler did not disappoint us last week. Karen, who is Superintendent of the Windsor RE-4 School District, gave an informative and well planned presentation on the "State of Our Schools". It was obvious from her presentation that she has a passion for education and our community.
She presented information, student counts, history, and other data about every school in the district. There are nearly 3700 students in the district which are served by a full-time staff of nearly 400. Karen said that there are about 600 on the payroll when you count substitute teachers and part-timers. The district is broken up into five areas with a board representative from each of the areas.
The oldest building in the system is the original building which makes up the Middle School dating back to 1927. There have been a number of additions since that time. Karen also talked about the current and planned growth in the area which will demand additional or expanded schools soon. To that end, the District is planning on a bond election next year to fund these new facilities. She said there is a great need for schools in the Severance area.
QUIZ ANSWER
Sir Bruce Fraser, Sir Thomas Blamey, and General Yoshijiro Umezu were standing on the deck of the USS Missouri during the unconditional surrender by Japan on the morning of September 2, 1945? (Aside: It was told to me by a sailor who served on the Missouri that when Adm. William Halsey was advised that Adm. Nimitz and Gen. Macarthur were taking over the ship to go into Tokyo Harbor for the surrender, Halsey announced the move by saying over the ship's loud speaker system, "Well boys, we've been pissed out of our ship").
NEXT QUESTION
At 8 foot, 11.1 inches, he is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in history. Can you name him?
April 19: Margaret Blyth--Mom's Club of Windsor
April 26: Melody Mesmer--Emergency Management Educator and Children's Advocate
GUESTS
We were graced with guests and visiting Rotarians last week. Susan Van Deren brought Marika Ujvari as her guest. Those of you who worked the Health Fair may remember her as one of the volunteers. Shannon Spangler brought her husband Brock. Shane Sparks was a visiting Rotarian from the Loveland club.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We were delighted to induct Bryon McAvoy as our newest member. Bryon is the owner of Tri-Tech Security here in Windsor.
President Ron Clark again announced the District Conference and made a call for items to be sold at silent auction during the conference.
PROGRAM
We are always delighted to hear from our own members, and Karen Trusler did not disappoint us last week. Karen, who is Superintendent of the Windsor RE-4 School District, gave an informative and well planned presentation on the "State of Our Schools". It was obvious from her presentation that she has a passion for education and our community.
She presented information, student counts, history, and other data about every school in the district. There are nearly 3700 students in the district which are served by a full-time staff of nearly 400. Karen said that there are about 600 on the payroll when you count substitute teachers and part-timers. The district is broken up into five areas with a board representative from each of the areas.
The oldest building in the system is the original building which makes up the Middle School dating back to 1927. There have been a number of additions since that time. Karen also talked about the current and planned growth in the area which will demand additional or expanded schools soon. To that end, the District is planning on a bond election next year to fund these new facilities. She said there is a great need for schools in the Severance area.
QUIZ ANSWER
Sir Bruce Fraser, Sir Thomas Blamey, and General Yoshijiro Umezu were standing on the deck of the USS Missouri during the unconditional surrender by Japan on the morning of September 2, 1945? (Aside: It was told to me by a sailor who served on the Missouri that when Adm. William Halsey was advised that Adm. Nimitz and Gen. Macarthur were taking over the ship to go into Tokyo Harbor for the surrender, Halsey announced the move by saying over the ship's loud speaker system, "Well boys, we've been pissed out of our ship").
NEXT QUESTION
At 8 foot, 11.1 inches, he is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in history. Can you name him?
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