Board receives shed donation from Buckeye Youth Football
Serio re-appointed as boys soccer coach
The Buckeye School Board accepted the donation of a storage shed built on district property where Buckeye Youth Football holds practices and games. Photo by ALLISON WOOD
YORK TOWNSHIP – The Buckeye School Board accepted a donation and approved the hiring of a boys soccer coach after a sudden resignation during an Aug. 8 board meeting.
Scott Marcum, a coach with of Buckeye Youth Football, came to the meeting to announce the league was donating a recently constructed shed built next to its fields behind the elementary school. This donation was formally approved by the board later in the meeting; the storage shed cost around $4,300 and came from youth football funds.
“Very few (leagues) have a dedicated area just for their youth sports,” he said, thanking the district for allowing them to play on school property.
Teacher Jill Erb updated the board on the Buckeye Busy Bee Gardeners, a group of students who have been busy maintaining gardening plots behind both the primary and elementary school . The group recently received a donation of monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars, who will eventually be able to feed on the milkweed plants the students specifically planted for them.
Superintendent Kent Morgan announced the dates for open houses and meet the teacher nights; the high school session will be before school starts Thursday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m., while the other schools will host theirs after school starts Aug. 21. These include Aug. 23 for the intermediate school, Aug. 24 for the junior high and Sept. 7 for the primary school.
Morgan said the district is in need of bus drivers and anyone who is interested in applying can call the board office at 330-722-8257 for more information.
Soccer coach
On Aug. 6, Ed Holmes, boys soccer coach, unexpectedly turned in his resignation, citing “personal reasons.” Tom Harrington, who officially started as athletic director Aug. 7, had to find a replacement less than two weeks before the season officially started.
The board approved the reappointment of former head coach Joe Serio and assistant Jeff Koeth and co-head coaches. Morgan said he and Harrington met with players and parents before the board meeting to inform them of the news.
Serio and Koeth resigned in May 2016 after a dispute between the junior varsity coach and a parent that came to the attention of the district’s administration.
Health class
Board President Barb Gunkelman commended high school Principal Gabe Tudor for his work on the new health class format for incoming sophomores and the video he made to explain it.
“I hope they will listen and be ready to make some choices,” she said.
Sophomores, who will be issued Chromebook laptops this year to complete assignments, will be completing their health class requirement online, whether during a class period or remotely if they qualify. Tudor said in both a handout and video message on the high school’s Facebook page that this was done to allow students the opportunity to take an additional class or have a study hall if they choose.
Students who choose to complete classes remotely will have to attend state mandated in-person sessions on CPR and suicide prevention conducted by Buckeye staff. All students in grades 7-10 will now have Chromebooks as part of the district’s 1:1 technology initiative.
Scott Marcum, a coach with of Buckeye Youth Football, came to the meeting to announce the league was donating a recently constructed shed built next to its fields behind the elementary school. This donation was formally approved by the board later in the meeting; the storage shed cost around $4,300 and came from youth football funds.
“Very few (leagues) have a dedicated area just for their youth sports,” he said, thanking the district for allowing them to play on school property.
Teacher Jill Erb updated the board on the Buckeye Busy Bee Gardeners, a group of students who have been busy maintaining gardening plots behind both the primary and elementary school . The group recently received a donation of monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars, who will eventually be able to feed on the milkweed plants the students specifically planted for them.
Superintendent Kent Morgan announced the dates for open houses and meet the teacher nights; the high school session will be before school starts Thursday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m., while the other schools will host theirs after school starts Aug. 21. These include Aug. 23 for the intermediate school, Aug. 24 for the junior high and Sept. 7 for the primary school.
Morgan said the district is in need of bus drivers and anyone who is interested in applying can call the board office at 330-722-8257 for more information.
Soccer coach
On Aug. 6, Ed Holmes, boys soccer coach, unexpectedly turned in his resignation, citing “personal reasons.” Tom Harrington, who officially started as athletic director Aug. 7, had to find a replacement less than two weeks before the season officially started.
The board approved the reappointment of former head coach Joe Serio and assistant Jeff Koeth and co-head coaches. Morgan said he and Harrington met with players and parents before the board meeting to inform them of the news.
Serio and Koeth resigned in May 2016 after a dispute between the junior varsity coach and a parent that came to the attention of the district’s administration.
Health class
Board President Barb Gunkelman commended high school Principal Gabe Tudor for his work on the new health class format for incoming sophomores and the video he made to explain it.
“I hope they will listen and be ready to make some choices,” she said.
Sophomores, who will be issued Chromebook laptops this year to complete assignments, will be completing their health class requirement online, whether during a class period or remotely if they qualify. Tudor said in both a handout and video message on the high school’s Facebook page that this was done to allow students the opportunity to take an additional class or have a study hall if they choose.
Students who choose to complete classes remotely will have to attend state mandated in-person sessions on CPR and suicide prevention conducted by Buckeye staff. All students in grades 7-10 will now have Chromebooks as part of the district’s 1:1 technology initiative.