By By TRICIA PETERS / Niles Daily Star
NILES – Brandywine Board of Education members on Monday voted unanimously to keep their current leadership positions.
Phil Bozung will remain board president. Dennis Cooper is vice president and James Curran, treasurer. Michael Shelton is board secretary and board members Doris Schoenleber, Rick Zache and Dennis Hinsey are trustees.
In addition, a variety of board appointments were made for the upcoming year.
The MASB liaison is Doris Schoenleber with Curran named alternate. Bozung was appointed the Legislative Relations Network designee.
The Berrien/Cass School Board Association representative will be Curran, with Zache serving as alternate.
The following coordinators were also appointed for the 2007/2008 school year: Section 504 – Jim Boger; School Lunch – Sue Furney; Title VI (federally assisted programs) – Greg Jones; Civil Rights – Greg Jones; Title IX – Boger; Sexual Harassment – Karen Weimer; Americans with Disabilities Act – Boger; Homeless Liaison -Boger.
The superintendent's report portion of the agenda included discussion of the Niles Haunted House. Interim Superintendent Gary Campbell recommends that the lessee in the lease agreement between the Haunted House and the school district be responsible for its own repairs if any are required to keep the property up to code.
New Brandywine superintendent John Jarpe is expected to take over later this month.
A discussion item initiated by Cooper concerned the sports seasons and when they would occur during the school year.
Both Cooper and Curran stressed the importance of finding out from the athletic department how the decision was made, how it will impact the district and how it will tax the facilities for future planning.
The board agreed to discuss the matter again after more information had been obtained.