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The Butler County Board of Education held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night at Butler County High School.  Superintendent Scott Howard announced the upcoming retirement of North Butler Elementary Principal Elaine Daugherty.  After 34 years of service Mrs. Daugherty will official retire July 1. 

Howard also announced that First District School Board member Greg Moore will step down after the June meeting.  Moore has finished his degree in education and plans to pursue a teaching career.

The board approved Howard's recommendation to reduce the number of of extended days of employment starting with his position. For the 2013 school year the following days will be cut:

Superintendent- 6 days, Central office staff -4 days, principals-4 days, assistant principals- 2 days, counselors and librarians- 1 day. 

"This is a start at reducing the budget," said Howard.

The board recognized several students and teachers during the meeting: 

BCHS Student Tristan Elmore – 1st Place High School Division – 2012 BRIMS Regional Bridge Building Championship
        
BCHS 2012 FCCLA STAR Events Region 4 Competition Participants.  All 1st Place Winners Have Advanced to the State Competition in March.   Chapter Service Project Manual, Senior – 2nd Place - Tessa Dalton, Logan Lawrence, Rachel Rose; Chapter Showcase Display, Senior – 1st Place - Brittany Barks, Clay Embry, Madison Embry;  Early Childhood, Occupational – 1st Place - Taylor Renfrow; Entrepreneurship, Junior – 2nd Place - Payton Howard,     Lennon Johnson, Alexis Keown;  Environmental Ambassador, Junior – 1st Place - Kylee Meza, Hannah Renfrow; 

Focus on Children, Junior – 1st Place - Bailey Hunt, Rachel Johnson, Allison Kurfiss;  Focus on Children, Senior – 2nd Place - Chelsea Dockery, Laura Hunt, Maddy Roche;Illustrated Talk, Junior – 2nd Place - Whitney Jenkins, Abby Mencl; Illustrated Talk, Senior – 1st Place - Ashley Bell, Mahkala Burden, Austin VonAxelson;  Interpersonal Communication, Senior – 1st Place - Sydney Crawford, Mary Johnson, Emily Pace;  Nutrition and Wellness, Senior – 1st Place - Sierra Fields; 

Parliamentary Procedure, Junior – 2nd Place - Kortney Barbier, Callie Dockery, Matthew Embry, Sarah Johnson, Jacob Mudd, Kassie Phelps, Molly Sanders

Parliamentary Procedure, Senior – 1st Place - Laura Baseheart, Becca Daugherty, Caitlyn Ford, Whitley Grubb, Jailyn Oaks, Allie Romans, Hallie Jo Waddle, Ashlenn White
Promote and Publicize FCCLA, Senior  – 1st Place - Brittany Bingham, Cassie Bratcher.

Teach and Train, Senior – 1st Place - Audrey Porter

BCHS 2012 FCCLA State STAR Event Winners.  FCCLA Chapter – Gold Honor Roll status. According to Mrs. Embry BCHS is only 1 of 14 Gold Honor Roll winners in the state.

Focus on Children – 1st Place - Allison Kurfiss, Rachel Johnson, Bailey Hunt; Parliamentary Procedure Team – 1st Place – Allie Romans, Caitlyn Ford, Whitley Grubb, Hallie Jo Waddle, Becca Daugherty, Laura Baseheart, Jailyn Oaks, Ashlenn White; Nutrition and Wellness – 2nd Place – Sierra Fields; Illustrated Talk – 2nd Place – Mahkala Burden, Ashley Bell, Austin VonAxelson; Teach and Train – 3rd Place – Audrey Porter

 Also recognized were: BCHS Teacher Lee Ann Daugherty – Kentucky Agriculture Teacher of the Year, BCHS Student Tori Fugate – Green River Region FFA President, BCHS Student Chanda Hampton – BCHS Representative for the UK Class of Kentucky, and BCHS Student Zane Nevins – KMEA All State Chorus

BCHS Teacher Brandon Embry and BCHS Team Brilliance Members Matthew Embry, Brittany Gruber, Emily Rich, and Abbigal Mencl – 1st Place in the David Ricardo Division – Kentucky Economics Challenge.

BCHS Students Alex Hall, Austin VonAxelson, and Sierra Fields – Acceptance into Governor’s Scholars Program

The board also recognized students honored at  Butler County DAR 41st Annual Silver Tea Awards - DAR National Level Junior American Citizen Art and Creative Expression Contest Winners - MES Students – Stamp – 3rd Place – Devin Poston; Stamp – Honorable Mention – Jenna Johnson; Poster – 3rd Place – Kaden White.

Stamp-3rd Place – Steven Rojas;

Stamp – 1st Place – Solomon Flener;

Stamp, Honorable Mention – Trenton Daugherty;

Poetry – 1st Place – Katie Putnam;

Stamp - 1st Place – Michelle Cardwell

Conservation Writing District Winners – 1st Place – MES Student Aubrey Hall

1st Place – BCMS Student Tori Hampton;

Good Citizen Awards – BCMS Students Ernest Lee, Zoie Pendley, and Madison Wells;

New Frontiers of Education Award – BCHS Student – Hollie Coleman; Outstanding American History Teacher Award – BCMS Teacher Amy Smith Thomas; 2012 Outstanding History Student – BCHS Student Laura Hunt; DAR Good Citizen Award – BCHS Student Madison Embry; Butler County Chapter DAR Scholarship – BCHS Student Noah Gary.

According to federal guidelines the board had to approve a 10 cent raise for student lunches for 2013.  A student lunch will cost $1.75.

The board approved the following:

Approve BCHS NJROTC Team Trip Request to Attend Basic Leadership Training at the Artemis National Guard Training Facility in Barbourville, KY in June, 2012.

Approve BCMS Boys’ Middle School Basketball Trip Request to Attend Basketball Camp at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN on June 6th-8th, 2012.

Approve BCMS Boys’ Middle School Basketball Trip Request to Attend Basketball Camp at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN on June 13th-15th, 2012.

Approve FY 13 Salary Schedule

Approve FMLA Requests for BCHS Teacher and for School Bus Driver

Approve Request for Shortened School Day for MES Student

Approve FY 13 Property Insurance Bid, FY 13 Fleet Insurance Bid, FY 13 General Liability, Errors and Omissions Insurance Bid, FY 13 Workers Compensation Insurance Bid

Approve FY 13 School Picture Renewal with Graham Photography

Approve FY 13 Student Accident and Student Athletic Insurance Renewal with Roberts Insurance

Approve FY 13 Evaluation Plan

Approve Authorization for Application for Federal, State, and Private Grants for the FY 13 School Year

Approve Participation in Non-Certified Substitute, Emergency Substitute, and Paraprofessional Programs for the FY 13 School Year

Declare Deep Fryer as Surplus Property and Approve Method of Disposal

Approve Method of Disposal for the Old School Bus Garage