Revised calendars for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years were approved by the Winslow School District Governing Board on March 2. The dates of spring break have been changed to coincide with those of Northland Pioneer College.

The board approved the hiring of Jane Shannon as special education teacher at Winslow High School, Francis McCormack as a district part-time bus aide, and Kenneth Nabors as a special education classroom aide at Winslow Junior High School and Washington School.

Transfers were approved for Deanna McKinney, art teacher at WHS, and Lori Romero, a special education classroom aide at WHS.

Resignations or retirements were accepted for district bus aide Joe Wilcox, WHS art teacher Susan St. Germaine and WHS special education classroom aide Adam Wagner.

Retirement and return to work was approved for Donna Watson, FACS/Science teacher at WJHS.

The board accepted several donations, including a copy of the book “Small-Scale Aquaculture,” valued at $75, for the WHS Library from the author of the book, Steven D. Van Gorder. Also accepted was $1,000 for WHS from Raymond C. Carrington of the Carrington Foundation for Public Art. The donation is to be used for the exclusive purpose of funding materials for student-designed and created sculptures.

A total of $455 was donated to the WHS Baseball Club in memory of Betty Griffith by Georgina Bellman, Jonee Bockelman, Sam Borozan, Loy Engelhardt, Lucy Horner, Emil Nasser, and Frank and Myrtle Stell.

Three children’s books were donated to each library at Bonnie Brennan School, Jefferson School and Washington School, and $50 to each library at WJHS and WHS from Alice Graham, author of the books.

The board approved out of state travel for 11 students, four chaperones and one bus driver to travel to Mohave Valley for the state Speech and Debate competition scheduled on March 18 and 19, with lodging in Needles, Calif.

The board approved a new Governing Board Regulation, JJIB-RA-Interscholastic Sports, which specifies requirements for coaches, and guidelines for conditioning, safety and emergencies, and transportation. This regulation follows word for word the Arizona Interscholastic Association guidelines on the issue.

The board also approved a new position description for technology coach.

The board went into executive sessions for discussions on policies, contracts and negotiations. The results, if any, of those sessions will be reported when available.