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CIS Supt. works to get financial help for construction Full report of the Monday, January 11 Campbellsville Independent School Board regular meeting Click on headline for full story By Calen McKinney Campbellsville Independent Schools Campbellsville Independent Schools officials are still working to get financial help to complete renovations at Campbellsville elementary and middle schools. At the Monday, January 11, 2016, regular Board of Education meeting, Campbellsville Independent Schools Superintendent Mike Deaton said he would travel to Frankfort the following day to meet with legislators to discuss the project. And Board Chair Pat Hall and Board member Suzanne Wilson will travel to Frankfort on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 20 and 21, to lobby for the District. Construction documents for the CES project were approved last month. The project is expected to cost about $9.6 million. Construction will begin in the next couple of months and is expected to be complete by the beginning of the 2017 school year. Bids are expected to be opened on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m. at CES. Renovations planned at CES include the addition of four new classrooms, a new HVAC unit, a fire suppression system, interior finishes, new kitchen and cafeteria, new restrooms, renovation of existing classrooms, a new playground for preschool students and work to administrative suites, parking areas and the front facade. Once renovations are complete at CES, and then later at CMS, all fourth- and fifth-grade students will be housed at CES, making it a more traditional elementary school, and the CMS building will better suit the needs of a middle school. Asbestos was removed at CES during Christmas break to prepare for the renovations. In his monthly report to Board members, Deaton said the Campbellsville High School News Team presents three shows each week, on Tuesday mornings at about 7amET on Q-104 and K-Country and on Wednesday mornings at about 7:20amET on The Big Dawg. Deaton said the Campbellsville Middle School choir will hosts its Singing for Sweets fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m. in the cafeteria. He said CHS junior Laura Lamb was recently chosen to participate in all-state band, and finished in second place of those auditioning. Deaton said Lamb is the first CHS student to be chosen to participate in all-state band in about 20 years. Deaton thanked INFAC for its recent $2,000 donation to the District for technology equipment for students. Academic Spotlight This month's Academic Spotlight was on the District's librarians. Suzanne Crowder is the media specialist at Campbellsville Elementary School. Sara Cobb serves in the position at Campbellsville Middle School and Valerie Davis is the media specialist at Campbellsville High School. Crowder was unable to attend the meeting, though Davis told Board members about what's happening at the CES media center. Since the beginning of the school year, Davis said, 16,204 items have been circulated at the CES media center. The center has about 85 tablets for student use, she said, which are used by kindergarteners through third-graders to access the Internet, mobile applications and create projects. Davis said Crowder anticipates adding more tablets to the media center's collection. Most classrooms have designated a student who is in charge of checking out the tablets and returning them to the media center. CES also offers a technology leader program, Davis said, in which students apply to participate. They come to the center each morning and afternoon to make sure all tablets are cleaned, charged and ready to be used the next day. The CES media center has hosted leadership luncheons, reading events, BEAR nights, book fairs, meetings, mentor meetings, classroom visits, trainings and much more. Davis said the media center also offers a Makerspace for students to learn and have fun with a variety of activities, from Legos to origami sets. At CMS, Cobb said, there are about 9,000 books, a lab with 28 computers, three carts of Surface tablets, a Makerspace and more. Cobb said a plan is in place to buy two more carts of Surface tablets, which will allow each grade level to have its own cart. The CMS media center is used for research projects, reading tests, Study Island, Accelerated Reader tests, MAP testing, classroom activities and much more. Cobb said the school has had lots of success with AR this year. There are about 120 students in the AR Point Club who have more than 25 points. Of those students, 32 have more than 50 points, 11 have more than 100 and six have more than 200 points. Several rewards are offered for earning AR points, such as Dojo points, homework passes, free time, Sharpen the Saw time and being librarian for an afternoon. The CMS library has hosted many events, Cobb said, including book fairs, a reading challenge, leadership luncheons, Eagle Rally activities and various club and other meetings. Cobb said CMS yearbooks are now being offered online at www.jostens.com. Read Across America Week activities are coming up in March, she said, and all grade levels participated last year by decorating the halls as Dr. Seuss books. She said she hopes to do this again this year. At CHS, Davis said, there are about 7,000 books. While circulation figures aren't extremely high, she said, those who enjoy reading use the library often to check out books. The average age of the collection is 1999, at 17 years old, she said. The CHS media center has two Smartboards, about 50 computers, three carts of Surface tablets, color and monochrome printers, a poster printer, hot and cold laminators, a document/photo scanner, three video cameras and five digital cameras. Davis said 28 of the computers, which are located in a lab inside the media center, are about seven years old and will be replaced next year. The other 20 computers were new last year. She said a fourth cart of Surface tablets is being set up and the plan is for one cart to be placed at each content area. Davis said many services are offered at the media center, including homework help, ACT prep help, internships, RTI, virtual classes, study areas, classroom instruction, meeting space and much more. Also at the Meeting:
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