WEST LIBERTY – The West Liberty-Salem Board of Education approved contracts with 14 coaches/supervisors/advisors for the 2012-2013 sports season during its June 19 meeting.

The following individuals were awarded contracts for the upcoming sports season: Joe Taylor (head seventh-grade boys basketball), Jon McGill (varsity football assistant), Mike Freese (varsity football assistant), Rod Hager (varsity football assistant), Jenny Peterson (varsity volleyball assistant and head seventh-grade girls basketball), Aaron Hollar (head varsity boys basketball), Darrin Leichty (varsity boys basketball assistant), Greg Thomas (varsity girls basketball assistant), Toby Smith (winter weight room supervisor), Amanda Strickland (fall and winter middle school cheerleading advisor), Dennis McIntosh (head varsity girls basketball), Melissa Louden (head eighth-grade girls basketball), Larry Searles (head varsity boys and girls bowling) and Mike Louden (head eighth-grade boys basketball).

The BOE also approved the following individuals as volunteer coaches for the 2012-2013 school year: Mike Baumgardner (football), Ryan Ormsbee (football), Dick Cordial (football), Andy Hoover (cross country), Jason Steider (golf), Scott Baldwin (volleyball), Sherry Barger (cheerleading), Stan King (boys basketball), Steve McCullough (boys basketball), Mandy Lauck (girls basketball), Rich Johnson (girls basketball) and Haleigh Hickenbottom (girls basketball).

Back in 1999, the school district began preparing its annual financial statements in accordance with GAAP or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a widely accepted set of rules, conventions standards and procedures for reporting financial information.

After researching the cost of GAAP, the board found the cost of preparing financial statements using GAAP “significantly exceeds the cost of non-GAAP financial statements.

In light of the findings, the board decided to use non-GAAP financial statements through OCBOA or Other Comprehensive Basis of Accounting beginning on June 31. According to the district, the statements will cost 58 percent less to prepare using OCBOA instead of GAAP.

In other business, the board:

•Approved the following breakfast/lunch prices for the 2012-2013 school year: Elementary ($1 for breakfast, $2.25 for lunch and 50 cents for milk), middle school/high school ($1.10 for breakfast, $2.50 for lunch and 50 cents for milk) and adults ($1.15 for breakfast, $3 for lunch and 50 cents for milk)

•Agreed to three waiver days (no school) on Sept. 4, Nov. 9 and March 1 for next school year

•Agreed to one-hour delays for professional development on Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 9, Feb. 13, March 20 and May 8 of the 2012-2013 school year

•Approved Treasurer Steve Godwin to seek bids for a 72-passenger conventional school bus to be purchased using permanent improvement funds

•Agreed to continue to use the Ohio School Plan (Stolly Insurance Group) as the district’s insurance carrier for liability, property and vehicle insurance coverage at a cost of $27,011, an increase in the amount of $3,172 for last fiscal year

•Accepted the resignation of Jeri Harman, paraprofessional, for the purpose of retirement

•Approved changing the high school accounting fee to $45 due to an increase in the cost of accounting workbooks for next school year

•Approved to an IT professional technical services contract and staff augmentation for technology service with SMS proTECH at a rate of $9,183 per month for the period of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014

•Agreed to a contract with Excel Sports Medicine for athletic training services for the upcoming school year

•Reached a contract agreement with SPORT SAFE for drug and alcohol testing for student-athletes for the 2012-2013 school year

•Approved a contract with Pepsi Beverages Company for the WL-S Athletic Department