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   Published on: 4/25/2008   Last Visited: 4/25/2008

   The Jackson School District hired a new financial director and added to the duties of two longtime staff members in a reorganization sparked by the departure of assistant superintendent Dr. Jim Welker, said district superintendent Dr. Ron Anderson.
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   Dr. Beth Emmendorfer, director of special services, will take the title of associate superintendent of student services, Anderson said.
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   "We will be kind of redistributing responsibilities," Anderson said.
   
   Bartels will join the district May 16 at a salary of $74,000 a year, Anderson said.
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   Bartels will be responsible for all aspects of the district's finances, from working out budgets to calculating tax rates, Anderson said.
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   Bollinger's role will be supervising the management of various support departments from food services to building maintenance, Anderson said.
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   "She has been, over the years, taking over more of those programs in addition to special education," Anderson said. "She has broadened her role."
   
   For example, Anderson said Emmendorfer has been responsible for the district mailer used to communicate with parents and worked with parent-teacher organizations at the schools to strengthen those organizations.
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   No decision has been made on pay for Bollinger and Emmendorfer in their new roles, Anderson said.
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   Anderson said the district's finances are solid as it prepares for the transitions. "We say we are in a stable scenario at this time," he said.

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   Published on: 4/24/2008   Last Visited: 4/24/2008

   The board discussed, but did not finalize, start and stop times for the middle school, junior high school and high school students, said Dr. Ron Anderson, superintendent of the district.
   
   The biggest change will be for Jackson High School students, who will see their day lengthened by up to 20 minutes, Anderson said. Students at the high school currently start their day at 8:05 a.m. and end at 2:55 p.m. Those times, if current plans hold up, would change to 7:55 a.m. to 3:05 p.m., he said. At the other grade levels, the changes will be smaller, perhaps 10 or 15 minutes, he said. No changes are planned in the daily routine at the district's elementary schools, he said.
   
   The revisions are necessary to accommodate proposed school bus schedules and the logistical needs of the high school addition that will open next year, Anderson said.
   
   "We need to adjust the time schedule at the high school to accommodate the new facility," Anderson said. "This would be the time necessary to meet their needs."
   
   Some staff at the secondary school level is shared between buildings, and the extra time will allow that function to take place in a smoother manner, Anderson said.
   
   He wasn't sure whether all the extra time would be devoted to instruction or whether some might be used to lengthen lunch periods or other time periods set aside when students are not in the classroom.
   
   "All these things come into play," he said.
   
   In other action, the board appointed Anderson and board member Brent Wills to the commission that will oversee the Jackson Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, district.
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   While a TIF district can create issues for the school district's revenue stream, Anderson said he is sensitive to the needs of the city to add jobs and businesses.
   
   "The statute provides we have representation in the plan," Anderson said.

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   Published on: 3/30/2008   Last Visited: 3/30/2008

   Dr. Ron Anderson, superintendent of the Jackson School District, said that historically performance pay is not well-supported by teachers. He said, however, that many states are implementing programs by choice, and that "I think down the road we will see new things come along.