JCD receives IHSAA award
Cathy May - Contributing Writer

At the regular meeting of the JCD School Board of Trustees, held January 17, Principal Ray Ratledge announced that the school would be receiving the IHSAA Sportsmanship Award for 2004-2005 during the basketball game on Saturday, January 21.

Ray Craft, Associate Commissioner of the IHSAA, was scheduled to present the banner to proudly hang in the gymnasium. Ratledge congratulated the coaching staff, the administration and especially the student athletes for this outstanding achievement.

Fifth grade teacher Goldy Conley will retire at the end of the school year. She started at JCD in 1983. Lynn Davis will also retire this year. She currently is a language pathologist for all 12 grades. She also began her teaching career at JCD in 1983. Stefanie Kelly resigned as a special education teacher.

Gerry Linarducci, Semier Financial Group, discussed the impact of financing further education after high school for students and families, He said further education needs to be started while the students are in elementary school. He has several ideas and would like to share them with students and families. Linarducci will meet with Superintendent Bill Narwold to discuss his ideas.

Corporation Treasurer Ruth Ann Peetz received $6,101.00 from the Commercial Vehicles Excise Tax and $21,843.50 from the Financial Institution Tax through the Ripley County Treasurer. The final property tax draw for 2005 of $862,709.16 was received on December 30. Peetz said this is the first year since reassessment, four years ago, that all tax dollars were received within the taxed year.

David Meister was named chairman of the scholarship committee. Permission was given to advertise quotes for the purchase of three 66-passenger school buses.

All five members of the board were present: Kathleen Dickman, Deanna Young, Charles Hughes, Paul Hardy and John Billman. The next regular meeting of the Jac-Cen-Del Board of Trustees will be held on Tuesday, February 21, in the Jac-Cen-Del Elementary School Library at 6:00 p.m.