N-O-W raises substitute pay

In an effort to remain competitive with area school districts, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Board of Education agreed to raise substitute pay Aug. 13.

The wage for substitute teachers will go up from $100 to $108 per day; for substitute support staff, from $10.50 to $11 per hour; and for substitute bus drivers, from $40 to $42 per route.

Superintendent Kelly Burhop noted that it was particularly difficult to find substitute bus drivers.

Other business

• Nonperishable food items may be used in lieu of admission fees for the Friday, Sept. 21, football game against New Lisbon. The items will go to the school’s Falcon Food Pantry.

• In conjunction with homecoming week, a mock crash focusing on texting and driving was set for Tuesday, Sept 18.

• The board hired Rebecca Collins as a new high school science teacher.

• The 2019 graduation ceremony was set for 7 p.m. Friday, May 24.

• Burhop noted that the district would soon receive tax revenues of $746,857.80.

• The board approved four alternative open-enrollment applications to attend the N-O-W School District and six open-enrollment applications of resident students attending other districts.

• Elementary school principal Gayle Luebke noted that the school is participating in the Book Trust Grant, which allows students in 4-year-old kindergarten through third grade to pick out free books each month.

• Forty-one students are participating in football.

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