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CACS boosting support staff pay

Centerville-Abington Community Schools’ board is hopeful that a pay raise will help retain support staff. Currently, those employees receive a pay bump of 10 cents per hour after seven years. Administrators recommended changing the incentive to a 25-cent hourly longevity increase after five years, plus offering a 4% raise for all non-certified staff. Substitute teachers […]

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Water line project moving forward

To get ahead of anticipated federal mandates on water line improvements while funds are available, Centerville’s council unanimously approved a contract toward securing $3 million in forgivable state loans. The $5 million project will replace a portion of the town’s lead lines and inspecting/cleaning/painting water towers. Centerville will be responsible for $2 million. Council President […]

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Centerville, Northeastern cheer teams advance to state

Centerville and Northeastern cheerleaders have advanced to a state championship. Squads competed Saturday, Oct. 21, at North Central High School in the Indiana Cheer Championship varsity preliminaries. It’s a program of Indiana Association of School Principals. During the previous weekend’s competition at Clinton Central, the Bulldogs competed in UCA Game Day and Traditional-Varsity C and placed […]

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CACS receives 1 of 33 global awards

Outside reviewers have given Centerville-Abington Community Schools a rare form of recognition. Jennifer Horvath from Cognia, who was part of the team that evaluated CACS for accreditation earlier this year, presented a certificate to the school board and administrators at their Oct. 18 meeting. Horvath said a total of 25 schools and eight districts around […]

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Teens explore manufacturing careers

More than 300 Wayne County high school students are touring seven local manufacturers this month, possibly inspiring some of them to work in one soon. Economic Development Corp. of Wayne County organized the Oct. 6 tours for Richmond, Northeastern, Lincoln and Hagerstown students at Madison-Kipp, Ahaus Tool & Engineering, Blue Buffalo, Transcendia, SugarCreek and Dot […]