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Page 2: YouTuber Cont.
Page 3: Senior Profile
Page 4: Stinger Fashion
Page 5: FCCLA Movie Night
Page 6: A Hero’s Journey
Page 7: Stinger Rides
Page 8: Weekend Plans
Page 9: Frosh Bball Pics
Page 10: Farewell Mrs. S
Page 11: Frosh Bball Pics
Page 12: Novelas
Page 13: 7th Hour @ KHS
Page 14: BOE Minutes
Coming Next Issue:
Wrestling Homecoming
Wrestling Senior Night
Senior Profile
Stinger Fashion
February 2, 2016
“I may not agree with what
you say, but I shall defend to
the death your right to say it.”
Voltaire?
Yellowjacket YouTuber to Watch By: Laryn Schemmer/kk
Kingfisher High School sopho-
more, Cole Matthews has a substantial
amount of subscribers on YouTube for
living in small town, Kingfisher, Oklaho-
ma. In the course of one year Matthews
channel, Glitched Mayhem, has accumu-
lated over 35,000 subscribers by showcas-
ing videos on how to “cheat” on Grand
Theft Auto (GTA).
When Matthews first started to
make these videos, it was for the sole
purpose of enjoyment. Now, because of
the number of subscribers he has, ads are
played on his videos. The number of
views he gets results in a monthly
paycheck. He now considers making these
videos his job. During the month of December, Cole accumulated $500. Since he has been rolling
in the dough, making over $5,000 total.
Everyday, or close to it, Cole is working hard at home on his videos using his Elgato HD
60, a system that captures the activity that is happening on the screen. Glitch videos are exploit
videos, which are tutorials that show you how to cheat on the game. Matthews has made around
270 games and doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon.
Matthews' channel and videos receive thousands and thousands of views. Not only does
he rack up the subscribers, views, and likes, but also gets many, many comments. His top viewed
video received over 270,000 views. On a similar note, he also has many fans, and stalkers for that
matter. Cole stated that he will go into a game and will end up with multiple players just following
him around and watching his every move.
Cole makes all of his videos on
GTA. He plans to only make videos over
GTA in the future and only expand to other
games if the other games are other games in
the GTA series. Each video lasts around 4 to
5 minutes and has a different hack that you
can use in GTA.
He also used his video making skills
to tell his side of the story in regards to a re-
cent accident he was involved in. He used
GTA to create/recreate the wreck that dented
his beloved red pickup.
It even happened right
in front of our very
own KHS on 13th
Street at the beginning
of this semester.
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February 2, 2016
Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Soto
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Daniel Tautkus Chief Photographer Sean Borelli
Asst. Chief Photographer Sam Walter
Compositing Editor Kaden Baartman Managing Editor Laryn Schemmer
Advisor Mr. Kurt Kaya Advisor Emeritus Dr. A.J. Johnson
High School Principal Mr. Todd Overstreet
Superintendent of Schools Mr. Jason Sternberger
Senior Reporters Janelle Hawk, Teresa Rangel, Clairanda Porter,
Blanca Barcenas, Logan Hightower, Reporters: Lisa Baxter, Alma Padilla, Martin Padilla,
Robert Haynes, Alma Atondo, Michael Sutton,
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Wilczek, Jared Hughes
Photography Interns Roberto Tafoya, Colton Koska
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without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, qualified handicap, or veteran
status in its educational programs and activities. This includes, but is not limited to,
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Inquiries concerning application of this policy may be referred to Jason Sternberger,
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Matthews has no favorite YouTubers but does enjoy watch-
ing Jstu Studios. His favorite video is Eating Loudly in the Library
which coincidentally was composed by Jstu Studios.
On his own channel, Cole's favorite video is, “The one with
the most likes or views.” A quick Google search revealed that Cole
also has a second channel called Glitched Mayhem 2, with over 1,800
subscribers and over 10,000 views. A quick check of his first site re-
veals his YouTube Channel is sitting at close to 2.2 million views,
with the most popular video (Solo Unlimited Money Glitch) raking in
273,431 views.
Cole Matthews is Kingfisher High School's own online ce-
lebrity. Go check out his YouTube channel, Glitched Mayhem, and
subscribe to his channel. If the hits keep coming and his channel gains
followers the way it has been, he’ll be at 50,000 before Spring Break.
Cole also has a Twitter account, @GLITCHEDMAYHEM,
so go and give him a follow. He would really appreciate it.
School Photos Available
To view and order photos from this school year.
Be sure to visit the website at:
www.khsphotography.com
2016 Kingfisher High
School Track Schedule
March 10 – Marlow
March 25 – Woodward
April 2, Kingfisher
April 8, Catoosa
April 12, Oklahoma Baptist University
April 15, Chisholm
April 19, Pauls Valley (Conference)
Kingfisher High School
December Student of the Month Recipients
Emily Garrett-Freshman Cole Daugherty-Sophomore
Sam Walter-Junior
Harrison Powell-Senior
February 2, 2016
Senior Profile: Hayden Turner By Teresa Rangel/ls
January 22, 1997 a free-lance artist, Hayden Cole Turner, was born to parents Stacy Turner and Mike Ritz “Crackers” (*eyebrow
wiggle*) in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Scooter, as his primary acquaintances might call him, is an active member of Band, Vocal, Speech, Debate, Drama, and The Span-
ish Club. The sport he plays is Marching Band. (Yes people IT IS A SPORT!) The grammatically eloquent whiz of the school, Mrs. Harris,
is Scooter’s favorite scholar at KHS.
Scooter’s favorite subjects are Band and Choir (You just can tell his going to be a successful entertainer someday!). His plans for
college are to go to OU in Norman and Major in Music Education (Obviously *eye roll* :P). It is quite expected from this social ball of joy
and musician to say that in the future he sees himself as a music teacher here
in K-town, carrying down the torch of his predecessors.
If you ever run into Hayden (or if you’re really close friends with
him) you know you can catch the bro chilling on the couch with his Nintendo
DS playing Pokémon “Catching them all!” or showing off his extremely awe-
somely, ostentatious, legendary collection of Pokémon or Yugi-Oh! cards that
is ENDLESS.
You may catch this dude cruising down the road in his 1999 silver
Saturn, jamming to KJ 103 (AKA 102.7 FM). The music he is MAJORLY
enthusiastic about is, “ALL FLAVORS AND TYPES!” Rather Be by Clean
Bandit Ft. Jess Glynne is his ideal song. K-town’s very own high school band
is his favorite. “Dee-Dee!” as quoted verbatim from Mrs. Torres.
In his free, outside-of-school time Hayden likes to collect stuff and
shopping at Vintage Stock! Seriously though who isn’t a hipster now-a-days?
All State Choir 2016 and Choir King for all four years are his notable all time
achievements of his high school career.
RANDOM FACT! Hayden’s hair isn’t red; it’s more of a strawberry blondish
color. His favorite TV show is Dexter. He’s best friends with Darius “Rage”
Redus (Majestic name bruh). Favorite hue is Cobalt Blue and his favorite
nom-noms for his tom-tom is Spaghetti O’s and Dots candy. His current em-
ployment is Braums.
Now freshie if you want to be just like Hayden-senpai take to his
advice and “Don’t procrastinate!” It’s not cool for your grades, them colleges
will look on your score and judge you like man vs. society. Honestly who’ll
miss High school after they graduate? He will not definitely miss the kids! His
last fellow words to senior are “Adios Muchachos!”
“Geronimo!”- Hayden Turner
February 2, 2016
Stinger Fashion: Kylee Payne By: Teresa Rangel/ls
Salutations Yellowjackets and welcome to the Stinger Fashion Watch
column! Every week Blanca or I will be picking a random, average joe
boy or girl to have their most extraordinaire outfits featured in this
column of The Stinger. The random selection for this week is Kylee
Payne (Senior) and her eye-catching outfit is composed of the follow-
ing:
Dillards top- $50
Dillards cardigan- unknown price
Tilly’s Shoes- $50
Tilly’s leggings- $3
Kendra Scott necklace- $100 something
Kendra Scott bracelet- $ ?
If you have an outfit you would like featured, or you know someone
who is a die-hard-for attention seeking narcissist and thinks they
should be featured, then please contact Blanca Barcenas or I in the
hallway (Yes you can talk to us. Don’t be shy I won’t bite your head
off.) on campus or during sixth period in Dr. Johnson’s classroom.
Geronimo! Hope you enjoy the fashion shoot!
February 2, 2016
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Great Minds of
Filmmaking By: Martin Padilla/kk
With his start in music videos to
directing one of the best thrillers of
the last decade, being nominated
over 10 times for best director we
have one of the best minds in film-
making, David Fincher. In 1992 we
were introduced to his directing in
films with the third installment in the
Alien franchise. It made $19 million
on its opening weekend, that’s more
than the first two made their open-
ing weekend combined.
The years following he made a
number of films that are now recog-
nized in Hollywood as huge thrillers
that will never go away. Thrillers
like Fight Club, and psychological
thrillers like Seven that shocked au-
diences and made an impact in the
film industry.
In 2007 one of his biggest films
was released telling the story of the
Zodiac killer, Zodiac. It received
tons of praise from critics worldwide
and made it to the top of the box
office opening weekend. With a run
time of almost 3 hours this is a mov-
ie that must be watched.
It is available to watch on Net-
flix, and Amazon Video. A year
later his film The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button was released, a
movie based on the Novel by F.
Scott Fitzgerald, another project
featuring Brad Pitt who was also in
one his earliest films Seven. The film
features a story about a man who
ages backwards with a great cast,
amazing story, and a powerful end-
ing.
In 2010 Fincher’s most awarded
movie The Social Network hits thea-
ters, starring Jesse Eisenberg telling
the story of how Facebook got start-
ed and his issues with lawyers and
lawsuits. 2 years later a remake of
the Swedish version of The Girl with
the Dragon Tattoo was released, it
didn’t do very well in American
theaters but is still one of his best
films in my opinion.
In 2014, a film adaption of the
novel by Gillian Flynn was released,
Gone Girl.
Staying at the top of box office
for a number of weeks and earning a
box office of over three hundred
million dollars this film shocked
audiences everywhere. Ben Affleck
and Rosamund Pike deliver a strong
performance on screen with a huge
ending. The film started filming a
year before before the film was re-
leased.
He started working on this pro-
ject following the release of The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo. My favorite
from this director is Fight Club but I
highly recommend you watch any of
his numerous films.
FCCLA Movie Night Opinion by: Lisa Baxter/ls
(CAUTION: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)
On January 25, 2016 I went to the FCCLA movie
night to see The Boy. It was an hour and 38 minutes. The
movie overall was good, it had a few good scares throughout
it and had a shocking ending.
The storyline says, “A young American named
Greta takes a job as a nanny for an 8-year old boy in a remote
English village. To her surprise, Greta learns that the child of
her new employers is a life size doll.
They care for the doll as if it was human, which
helps the couple to cope with the death of their own son from
20 years earlier. When Greta violates a list of strict rules, a
series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring her worst
fears to life, leading her to believe that the doll is alive.” The
genre of the movie is Thriller/Horror.
I for one though did love the movie and was so sad
when the doll had its head broken. It was creepy and makes
me hate dolls more than I already do. I still thought the doll
looked cute and creepy at the same time, so when Brahms
kills Cole I was actually really happy!
February 2, 2016
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A Hero’s Journey Opinion by: Alma Atondo/ls
This hero’s journey is about my
dad. My dad lived in Mexico, where he met
my mother. Victor was a teacher in Mexico.
My parents got married and they
had my brother. The economy in Mexico is
very tough. It is hard to get money in a de-
cent way. Working as a teacher, for my dad,
was not enough and he needed more money.
It just was not enough to support my mom,
brother, and I.
As soon as I was born, my dad had
less and less money. My aunt found out I was
born and she noticed that my parents did not
have the money to support us decently. My
aunt gave my Dad a call. She talked to him
over the phone and said that he could proba-
bly get more money over here in the United
States. She told him he could come down to
Oklahoma where she was living.
My dad took the decision. It was a
tough one, because that meant either we all
went at the same time with him or he would
go and check it out. It was hard for my dad to
just leave us like that, he was scared of leav-
ing us alone, but he knew that my mom’s
family would take care of us while he was
gone. My dad said he was only going to be
gone for a few months.
He ended up finding a good job
down here and ended up staying longer than
he had said he would. My mom decided that
we should come down to him, with my aunt.
She could not stand living in Mexico without
my dad. We went to the United States a year
later than him. We lived with my aunt in
Dover, Oklahoma, for a year and a half.
My dad did not like that we had to
live with my aunt. We had to get a place of
our own. My dad had to work hard every
day and night. He probably even worked
almost every single day. From five in the
morning to late at night (around midnight,
maybe?)
I was young, so I did not really
notice the effort he made for us because of
me being so young. Now I honestly realized
he could of died or had an accident in work-
ing in the oil field, especially if he works up
at the top of the rig machine.
He went to jail two years later. He
got pulled over and went to jail in the city for
no license. We did not know how to get him
out of there. My mom was really scared.
Eventually, a day or two later, my aunt’s
husband got him out with some help.
My mom was so glad. My dad then
came back and started working again. He did
not work as much just to appreciate his time
with my brother, mother, and I. He realized
he did not need to buy anything material wise
to make us happy and that changed him en-
tirely.
Prom Opinion by: Lisa Baxter/ss
Prom is just around the corner so any-
body who needs a date better ask, get your
tux’s and dresses, plan how you’re going to
get to prom, and what you want to do when
it ends.
The theme of this years Prom is Mid-
summer Night’s Dream. The juniors are
planning what they need to do. Usually it’s
only a junior and senior prom and if you’re
not either the only other way is to be asked
by a junior or senior who is going to prom
or be able to be a sophomore server. Other
than that you can’t go to prom.
I am kind of excited to go. I am per-
fectly fine going by myself, because of the
following: I won’t have to pick anybody up,
I won’t have to pay for anybody, and I
won’t have to dance with anybody!
I already have my dress and what I plan
on doing so I am set to go. All we have to
do now is finish planning, decorate, and
have prom! There is one more thing that
you should know, and that is be safe be-
cause you don’t know what could happen at
prom., before, during and after.
February 2, 2016
Stinger Rides By: Stinger Staff
This week in Stinger Rides, the 1989 Chevrolet
C1500 pickup belonging to sophomore Cody Williams is
being featured. The maroon and primer Stepside has been
in William’s family for 9 years, although Cody made
claim to the truck the day they brought it home.
The bowtie shortbed runs a stock Vortec-head
350 c.i. small block Chevy powerplant, backed up by a
700R4 HD overdrive tranny and a 10-bolt one-legged rear
end.
The little pickup has gone through 3 motors and
4 transmissions in the 9 years that Cody’s family has been
thrashing on it, all small blocks with OD trans. Future
plans for the exterior of the pickup include finishing out
the front end with paint and detailing.
Two years ago the brakes failed and it ended up
hitting the rear of a wrecker. Very convenient since the
pickup was disabled after the wreck and they needed it
towed home.
Power hits the pavement via a set of matching
American Racing 15” rims with some beefy 50 series
Hankook meats on the rear. The interior has some added
value features including a trick header panel/headliner
containing multiple speakers, a retro 70’s era Hang Tentm
footsie gas pedal, a woofer box that rides shotgun on the
bench seat, and a Jeg’s monster tach mounted high on the
steering column complete with shift light.
Not satisfied with the 190-230 horses from the
stock powerplant, Cody is eyeing a 383 stroker motor
(being built by local dirt track racer Ronnie Raymer) to
drop in the engine bay in the near future. With 400+ hors-
es and monster torque at his disposal, Cody plans to back
it all up with a shift kit for the 700R4 along with a Posi-
tractiontm centersection with 3:73 ring and pinion gears
out back. Plenty of go for the 1989 pick ‘em up truck.
February 2, 2016
Messi's Biggest Fan By: Andrea Jimenez/ss
Everybody knows Lionel Messi. Messi is considered
one of the time's greatest soccer "futbol" players. He plays for
the FC Barcelona and Argentina national football team. Not
to mention his salary is about 26.5 million euros per year.
It's obvious why he has so many loyal and enthusi-
astic fans. However, there is one special five-year old fan that
has captivated the world's heart. I'm talking about young Mur-
taza Ahmadi from Afghanistan. Murtaza Ahmadi is a five-
year old Messi fan whose picture went world wide on the
web.
The picture shows young Murtaza Ahmadi in a stripped plastic bag with
Messi's name and number (#10) scribbled in blue ink. His father, Arif Ahmadi, says
that Murtaza would wake up crying saying that he wanted to meet Messi.
He later asked his father for a Messi jersey which was impossible for his fa-
ther. "I told him that we were living in a poor village far from the city and it was im-
possible for me to get him the shirt," says Ahmadi. Heartbroken, Arif and Murtaza's
brother, Hamayon, made him a Messi jersey out of a plastic bag.
This "jersey" meant the world to Murtaza. Now Murtaza wishes more than
anything to meet his idol, Lionel Messi. Last week, a fan account of Messi's tweeted
that they had received a DM from Leo's team that says they want to know who the kid
is so they can arrange something for him. T
he exact tweet reads, "We got a DM from Leo's team. They want to know
who this kid is so that Leo can arrange something for him. RT & spread." The accounts
name is Leo Messi (@messi10stats) and we should all re-tweet this and help Murtaza
meet Messi.
Lego Marvel Avengers:
Game Review By Nick Bradford/kk
Lego Marvel Avengers came out January 26 and already I am liking it. In
the game players go through the past Marvel movies, such as Ironman 3, Captain
America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor :The Dark
World, The Avengers, and The Avengers Rise of Ultron.
You can play as a lot of different Marvel cast members such as The Hulk,
Ironman, Spider-man, Captain America, Quicksilver, Black Widow, Black Panther,
Hawkeye, Thor, War Machine, and a lot more people as you go through different cit-
ies and locations. New York, North Africa, Barton Farm, Asgaard, Shield HQ Base
and Malibu. The actors and actresses from the movies provide the voices of the cast.
But there is a bad thing about this game. The plot is mixed up and out of
order and the players can get easily confused when you play. The co-op on some lev-
els is bad when often you have to wait until the other player is done or drop out. The
levels are a little hard (be warned not to play with a 5-year old that will fight with you
about the game).
The game has funny team finishes from the movie as well. However, this
game gets a little boring after a while, although it is fun destroying stuff as the Hulk,
flying around as Ironman and swinging through the streets as Spider-man.
The first add-on is a couple of Ironman suits but if you are like me I would
just buy the season pass for the game instead of buying the add-ons later because this
game can get a lot of more cast than the 200+ it already has and they might be better.
Before you buy this game I would watch some game film on it and see if you like it.
Better yet, get it from Red Box.
Weekend Plans Opinion by: Janelle Hawk/ss
This weekend I have a peyote ceremony
to go to. This will be my first time ever going. My
mom explained to me what it was like and what to
do. I’m kind of nervous because I’ve never done
peyote. She said it makes you see “the way.”
My friend’s grandma found out she had
cancer last week. So we’re all going to go in and
pray for her all night. We will stay up until ten or
the afternoon. Then we will send people in with
the food and water and before we eat we’ll bless it
Then, we will get a small bowl and feed
the spirits. All through the night spirits surround us
with there strength to make sure everything will be
alright. They run off the bad ones and bring the
good ones.
My mom said that sometimes she can
here people laughing and talking outside the tee-
pee. She said the last time she went in she could
here some lady laughing.
It’s kind of scary to know that, because
you don’t know if it’s good or bad, but they say to
never worry about that. Just listen and sing along
with the music.
The music is beautiful all through the
night. We sing 16 songs until the morning, and
then you go outside and sing to the morning star
until it rises completely. We come back in and
drink some more peyote. The person that is sick is
supposed to eat this coal and as we sing they throw
it up to get the sickness out of them. Hopefully, I
won’t mess up. That’s one thing I’m scared of
doing.
Advisor’s Note -Want to know more?
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
online peyote has two definitions as follows:
1)a small, low spineless cactus of the south-
west United States and Mexico having round-
ed stems covered with jointless tubercles—
also called mescal.
2)A hallucinogenic drug containing mescaline
that is derived from peyote buttons and used
especially in the religious ceremonies of some
American Indian peoples.
Further research reveals the following:
“Although ceremonial use of peyote was
also illegal at one time, the United States
now exempts this type of peyote use as le-
gal. However, legal peyote use is restricted
to the Native American Church.”
peyote.net
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Novelas Opinion by: Andrea Jimenez/ss
Ahh... novelas. La mejor forma para
relajarse. Para ser especifca, telenovelas. Las
telenovelas son series de ficcion que suelen
pertenecer al genero romantico. En otras
ocasiones, tambien pueden ser mas de accion
que de romance. Telemundo es uno de los
mejores canales de telenovelas. A mi me gustan
mas las telenovelas de accion que las de ro-
mance. Una de mis favoritas series ha sido
“Senora Acero.”
“Senora Acero” es un telenovela basa-
da en la vida de Sara Aguilar de Acero, mejor
conocida coma la Senora Acero. La vida de
Sara se vuelve todo un torbellino despues de la
muerte de su querido esposo, Vicente Acero.
Supuestamente, Vicente era un traficante de
drogas a las espaldas de Sara. Vicnete muere
por orden de Acasio Martinez alias “El Teca.”
“El Teca” es uno de los narcos mas
buscadoes de Mexico y esta perdidamente en-
amorado de Sara. Sara, sin saver que “El Teca”
es un hombre malo y de su amor secreto por
ella, empiza a hacer tratos con “El Teca” y se
vuelve una de las mejores lavadoras de dinero
en Mexico. La serie esta llena de emocion y
mucha accion.
Ya van dos temporadas de esta teleno-
vela y yo ya estoy lista para la tercera. Se las
recomiendo a todos. Pueden encontrar la pri-
mera temporada en Netflix con subtitulos en
ingles incluidos.
What is Social Awk-
wardness? Opinion: By Robert Haynes
We’ve all occasionally said something
really stupid, which is pretty much every thing, I say
but that’s beside the point. Social awkwardness is
defined by a lack of social awareness and social
nervousness so basically getting super nervous in
every conversation and not being able to understand
social cues is a sign that you have social awkward-
ness.
But don’t worry there are ways to remedy
these symptoms. First, find out why you’re nervous
in conversations and also socialize more. Yes I’m
telling to do the thing you’re awkward at. Haven’t
you ever heard of getting rid of you’re fears is to
confront them.
So by socializing more you will be able to
understand how people feel when you say something
or how they’ll feel when you act in a certain manner.
Get a grip if people are going to be mad at you or
make fun of you for saying something. They are not
worth being around, trust me. Whatever you do, do
not and I repeat do not try to act cool. It will back-
fire tremendously since in your head you’ll be acting
cool but to everyone else you’ll just be acting awk-
ward.
So you should just go with the flow and act
natural Trust me, you’ll be way cooler. Acting cool
is bad enough, but worrying about who’s cool and
who isn’t is just as bad.
One more thing, always remember just be
yourself and you’ll do just fine.
February 2, 2016
February 2, 2016
February 1, 2016
The Kingfisher Board of Education met in regular session on
Monday, February 18, 2016 at 7PM with all members present. Pres-
ident Mike Copeland called the meeting to order and after hearing
from Superintendent of Schools Jason Sternberger concerning up-
coming school activities, the Board approved previous minutes.
After a short discussion over current encumbrances (bills) the
Board approved all accounts and turned to a presentation from the
district’s financial auditing firm “Britton, Kuykendall and Miller,
CPAs” represented by Mr. Kuykendall. Handing each Board mem-
ber a copy of the report, Mr. Kuykendall reported the audit success-
ful finding only a few, minor problems that can be worked on. Over
all, he said, “…the school is in excellent financial shape.” He did
mention a decline in revenue and the excellent efforts to reduce
spending to compensate. He added the “internal controls” for
spending are excellent and the district is in compliance with all fed-
eral programs. He also commented with some shock and pleasure
that the district’s activity fund (money raised from the community to
support programs) exceeded $795,000 in the previous school year.
The Board approved and signed the report.
The Board approved a number of out-of-state trips for the high
school FFA program and signed a continuing agreement with Amer-
icorps to keep 6 full and part time workers. They also approved
keeping ADPC as the financial accounting firm for the district.
The Board approved a fund raiser for the Native American Club
and the district calendar for 2016-2017 which concluded the first
semester on Dec. 21 and allows for all Fridays off in May when
activities are peaking. A faculty committee had recommended three
possible choices and the teachers had voted overwhelmingly for
“Calendar Gold.”
The Board agreed to ask the State Department of Education for
the usual waiver that permits the district to host two night Parent
Teacher Conferences and then not have school on the following
Friday. This is something the district has done for many years.
The Board accepted the resignation of a paraprofessional helping
with special education at the Gilmour School and hired a replace-
ment.
Mr. Sternberger told the Board of various meetings and encour-
aged their attendance. He also reported the Multi-Purpose Building
at the school is entering its final construction stage with completion
likely in two to three months and “certainly by August!” He also
said steel should be going up on the new Bus Barn located just
northeast of the round top building where the activity buses are
housed.
After a 20 minute executive session, the Board returned to re-
employ all building principals and the Special Education Director.
They also discussed and rejected a proposal to purchase property at
1499 S. 13th Street saying with the current downturn in state financ-
es, the district just couldn’t afford to purchase the property.
With no further business, the Board adjourned at 801PM.