Spratt wins CORAS Outstanding Middle School Teacher Award
CAMBRIDGE − During a recent board meeting, Cambridge City Schools Superintendent Dan Coffman recognized sixth-grade math teacher Kellie Spratt who recently won the Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools Outstanding Middle School Teacher Award.
Her nominator, middle school principal Heath Hayes, praised her passion for teaching, commended her for setting high standards for herself and her students, and then helping her students meet and exceed those high standards.
Data supports her success, as there is significant evidence that her students made more than expected growth while in her classroom. In her Advanced Mathematics course, 100 percent of the students scored proficient or higher on the Ohio State Tests with 67 percent of those students scoring at the highest performance level.
Following the presentation, the board visited the Career Exploration classroom to learn about the program from teacher Tamara Gibson. Gibson highlighted the activities that are taught in the Career Exploration program including the student-run store.
Teacher Alexe Nicholes updated board members on her greenhouse class and STEM lab teacher Angela Hannon talked about robotics classes, design and modeling classes, and the air and space courses offered at the middle school.
In other business, the board approved continued participation in the inter-district open enrollment, entering into a College Credit Plus agreement with Muskingum University for the 2023-2024 school year, membership into META to take advantage of cooperative purchasing opportunities, the treasurer to competitively bid for food service management for the 2023-2024 school year, and the treasurer to complete the sale of personal property including entering into a contract with Kaufman Realty and Auctions, LLC.
In personnel matters, the board approved amendments to the existing contracts for Coffman, treasurer Ed Wright, and business manager Dave Caldwell as well as a resolution to approve the 2023-2024 Administrative, Administrative Classified, and personal service contract salary schedules.
The board also approved the resignation of Waylon Mohler and the unpaid leave of absence for Jennifer Hickman, Daniel Seckel, Blake Arnett, Kim Kennedy, the hiring of Holly Ditto as substitute custodian, Eric Vansickle and Michael McLaughlin as head mechanics, Leah Maleski as a cook at Cambridge Primary, Darren Hayes as a custodian at CPS, Nathan Wright as substitute cook, and Olivia Perkins as a kindergarten classroom aide.
The board also approved: the hiring of Elizabeth Patterson as a nurse at St. Benedict’s School, Paige Mathews as a substitute teacher, Breanna Bailey as a CIS teacher, and Aaron Todd as a CATS Club After School Program teacher, the hiring of Austin Campbell as an assistant baseball coach, Bryan Craft, Tim Fox, Isiah Abel, Kevin Gunn, Logan McCort and Melissa Haines as assistant track coaches, Mike Birkhimer as assistant softball coach and Alaina Tharp as cheerleading adviser.
The board approved Pete Messer, Aaron Mathews, Lee Stoner, Jason Kenworthy and Karen Goggin as athletic volunteers.
The next board meeting will be at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 13 at a location to be determined.
Submitted by John Charlton with the Cambridge City School District
This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Spratt recognized for CORAS award at board of education meeting
