Hamilton Southeastern Schools Superintendent Allen Bourff told the school board Wednesday night that Fishers High School Principal Jason Urban earned his paycheck on the first day of school August 10th.  First, a power outage hit about half the building around 7:30am.  Bourff credits Duke Energy for reacting quickly and restoring power the the entire building around 10:30am.  Then the fire alarm sounded in the afternoon due to a small fire in an elevator.  Fishers High School was evacuated, but all students were safely back in the building in time for the end of the school day.

Bourff told the board the rest of the district experienced a trouble-free first day of classes.

In other items from the board session:

Dr. Bourff told the board administrators want to study further the issue of students walking to receive a diploma when not fully meeting the graduation requirements.  Only about 5% of HSE Schools students fit that category, which is a very small number. There have been proposals to only allow students verified to have met all requirements to gradate and receive a diploma as part of the school ceremony.  No decisions have been made to make any changes in that policy.

Chief Financial Officer Mike Reuter told the board kindergarten enrollment came in very close the the projections.  1,475 students are enrolled as of the first day of classes.  Reuter was concerned last month when kindergarten enrollments were running about 200 less than projections, but late sign-ups brought the number of students up to the expected level.

Dan Domsic of the Fishers Parks and Recreation Department explained plans for the Mayor’s Youth Council, allowing local high school students to spend time once a month learning about city departments.  You can view the PowerPoint presentation at this link.

The board honored the Hamilton Southeastern Royals Golf Team…they were the State Runners Up, and senior (now graduate) Cedric McAree was the Individual State Champion.