Shooting program, improvement goals top board agenda
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Members of the Montezuma Shooting Sports are: front row, from left, Norman Martin, Zachary Price, Bryce DeKoning, BryanGregson, Dylan Durr, Lex Jack, Brynna Steele. Back row, Weston Widmer, Colton Moore, Victor Bushong, Brett Current, Brandon Sutfin, Levi Hoksbergen, Vincent Bushong, Shawn Seaton, Alexander Coleman, Eric Osborn, Kody Hamilton. |
Montezuma Superintendent Dave Versteeg reported that several Montezuma youth finished with top honors at the 2009 Shooting Sports State Championship held at Big Springs.
The news came at the regular meeting of the Montezuma Board of Education on Wednesday, June 17. The championships consisted of two events. The SCTP (Scholastic Clay Target Program) championships were held on Friday, June 12. The Iowa High School shooting championships were held on Saturday, June 13.
SCTP championship results (senior division junior varsity):
• Shawn Seaton – 10th place overall male individuals with 180 targets out of
200
• Brynna Steele – 2nd place overall female individuals with 173 targets out of 200, qualifying her for the all-state girls team
• Zachary Price – 7th place overall male individuals with 183 targets out of 200
• The five person team of Seaton, Steele, Price, Brandon Sutfin and Levi Hoksbergen finished in 3rd place in the junior varsity division with a score of 853 targets out of 1,000 targets Iowa High School results:
• Shawn Seaton - finished 10th place overall individuals with 94 targets out of 100 • Brynna Steele – finished 6th place overall individuals with 81 targets out of 100
SCTP championship results (Intermediate entry-level category):
• Zuma 2 finished in 2nd place in the intermediate entry-level category with a score of 739 out of 1,000 targets. The team consists of Kody Hamilton, Brett Current, Colton Moore, Bryce DeKoning, and Alex Coleman
• Kody Hamilton finished 4th place overall individuals with 178 out of 200 targets
• Colton Moore finished 6th place overall individuals with 171 out of 200 targets
• Zuma 1 finished in 4th place overall with 658 out of 1,000 targets. The team consists of Vincent Bushong, Lex Jack, Bryan Gregson, Dylan Durr and Norman Martin
This is the first year Montezuma has offered shooting sports as a school activity. Versteeg said 20 students participated in the weekly shoots and various competitions during the spring 2009 semester.
“It is really a good thing,” said Versteeg. “We are hoping to grow it.”
Improvement goals
Following a semi-lengthy discussion, the board approved the Montezuma Community School District Improvement Goals. They are:
• Increase the number of students proficient in reading comprehension, math and science each year.
• Provide professional development to all staff that utilizes best practice and focuses on continuous improvement.
• Provide the resources, including teaching staff, facilities, infrastructure and access to technology, necessary to support high student achievement in a safe and healthy environment.
• Increase meaningful engagement with parents and the community in the education process.
New bus barn
Versteeg reported that he met with Don Vos, Doug Hoksbergen, Steve Audas, John Bushong of Bushong Construction, and Bill Lawrence of Shive-Hatery on Tuesday, June 16, to review plans and possible locations for a new bus barn. He reported that the bus barn could be built two different ways. One way would be to build a wash bay and maintenance bay, with the buses being stored outside. The second method would be to construct a bus barn with wash bay, maintenance bay, and four additional storage bays, thus storing the buses inside.
Facility plan
Versteeg reported the following three items regarding the facility plan, and possible future building projects
• Reviewing local sales and service tax to determine if the district’s revenue purpose statement needs to be changed by a vote of the people to allow the district to borrow against the tax in the future
• Bus barn committee – currently reviewing options and possible locations for the bus barn • Noted that school personnel is going to review the district master facility plan this fall
Other business
In other business, the board:
• Discussed several ISAB (Iowa School Association Board) Legislative Action priorities for 2010. More will follow in a later meeting.
• Approved a special education delivery plan
• Received a report that auditors would be at the school on July 15
• Received a report that school board member nominations papers are now available and can be turned in between July 6-30.
• Discussed use of stimulus money the district received. It was noted that the money was less than stimulating, since it is being used to replace reductions in school funding.
The next regular school board meeting will be Wednesday, July 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the high school library.
UPDATED June 26, 2009 10:04 AM