By Justin Jaech
The Times 

Dayton principal position full-time

Athletic Combine to continue with more shared oversight.

 

Courtesy photo

Guinevere Joyce

DAYTON – The Dayton School District held a special board meeting on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. in the Dayton High School Auditorium and on Zoom. For the first hour, the board held a joint meeting with the Waitsburg School Board to discuss the DW Combine.

The combined school boards discussed ten items that were previously identified as issues that required further clarification. The two boards agreed to change policy to require principals, or their designates, to attend the monthly Combine meetings and work together closely to administer discipline for athletes. The combined boards agreed to allow sixth-grade participation at the superintendents' discretion based on recommendations from the principals and athletic director. 

Finally, the combined boards discussed how the Combine would handle transportation and the financial aspects. To ensure closer cooperation, the boards agreed to meet jointly, at least once per quarter.

The combined meeting adjourned at about 5:50 p.m. The Dayton School Board continued their special session at 6:05 p.m.

The board acted on two issues; the first was to renew the contract with Athletic Director Sam Korslund for the 2022-2023 School Year. The board agreed unanimously; however, some details will have to be approved by the Waitsburg Board since the Athletic Director is a combined position.

The board discussed language modifications to Resolution 2021-05 Administrative Restructure needed to hire Guinevere Joyce as the full-time secondary school principal. The current version of the administrative restructuring resolution limited the secondary principal position to part-time.

Strot said the board could pass the resolution with modified language, which would change the principal to a full-time position. He also said the board should consider new language changing the classification of the Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA), for discipline, to administrative staff.

This change of the TOSA position to an administrative title, such as Vice Principal, gives this position more latitude when dealing with disciplinary issues. For example, a vice-principal can place a student on in-school suspension, but a TOSA cannot.

In Strot's estimation, even though this change increases the full-time equivalent (FTE) positions for administrators, the district would still save money compared to last year's administrative structure.

Neither version of the proposed resolution was made available to the public at the time of the meeting.

The board approved the resolution with the change to the principal position and will study the proposed change to the TOSA reclassifiction. The meeting adjourned at about 6:30 p.m.

 

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