Minutes
of the
KUTZTOWN AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board of
Directors Meeting
Monday, July
21, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
The Board of Directors of Kutztown Area
School District met for the regular board meeting on Monday, Monday, July 21,
2008 at 7:30 p.m., in the library of the Senior High School pursuant to due
notice to board members and the public.
Also Robert
R. Gross III, Joseph Pugliese, Nick
Lazo, Barb Richard, Rikki Clark, David Miller
Present James Brown, Jennifer McAteer, Howard Breithaupt,
Peter Miller, Matthew Link, Karen Austin, Melissa Blatt, Donna Keglovits, Fay
Rothenberger, Steve Rothenberger, Monte Schroeder, Joan Haring, Melanie
Hartman, Rebecca Ziegler, Matt Cullen, Pam Ashman, Andrea Sanders
Welcome President Vymazal welcomed guests
and opened the meeting with a moment of silence
and Pledge of Allegiance
to the flag. He asked everyone to sign
the attendance book and mark their concern next to their name. He requested that anyone wishing to speak on
an agenda item please raise his/her hand to be recognized. The meeting was
tape-recorded.
Approval Motion made by Pat Bealer, seconded by
Dennis Ritter, to approve the minutes
Of Minutes for the June 16, 2008 school board
meeting.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8
No 0 Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Motion made by Pat Bealer,
seconded by Dan Walter, to accept the treasurer’s
Report report of the
general fund.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8
No 0 Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion
carried.
Ratification Motion made by Pat
Bealer, seconded by Carl Ziegler, to ratify for payment the
of General general
account bills in the amount of $815,830.52.
Account Bills Roll call vote: Yes
8 No 0
Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion
carried.
Approval Motion made by Pat
Bealer, seconded by Harry McGonigle to approve for payment
of General the general
account bills in the amount of $270,800.12.
Account Bills Roll call vote: Yes
8 No 0
Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Ratification Motion made by Pat
Bealer, seconded by Al Darion, to ratify for payment the
of
Construction construction account bills in the amount of $11,616.55.
Account Bills Roll call vote: Yes
8 No 0
Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Supt’s Mr.
Gross reported that this is his first Superintendent’s Report with hopefully
many more to
Report follow.
Mr. Gross is very
pleased to report that all the Kutztown Schools met Annual Yearly Progress for
2007-2008 as set by No Child Left Behind.
Like many other districts, we are struggling to bring IEP students
strongly into the tests. However, the
state is looking to develop a new assessment for 2009-2010 for these students
with individualized plans.
Later this week, the
administration will have three candidates back for High School Principal final
interviews. The administration hopes to
have a recommendation for the Board in August.
Mr. Gross was happy to
announce that the state budget as approved by the Governor and legislation
shows a 3% increase in additional funding, which is an increase from the usual
1.5% increase.
Committee EIT Ms. Bealer reported
that it costs Berks County only $.68 for every dollar they collect.
Reports Pat Bealer She also reported that personal revenues are
continuing to be good and steady.
BCTC No report.
Carl Ziegler
ECC No report.
Harry
McGonigle
BCIU Pastor Ritter reported that the IU
appointed a new Executive Director.
Dennis Ritter
PSBA
Ms.
Bealer reported that the proposed graduation competency assessments have
Pat Bealer been pulled
back for a year.
Ms. Bealer also reported that there
is a court case in Phoenixville where a
teacher was found to help students
cheat on the PSSA tests, and the teacher was
not removed. PSBA is trying to appeal this judgement.
Policy & Curriculum Mr. Walter
reported that they did a final revision of the Student Activity
Dan
Walter Guidelines and the transportation policy. They are also looking into making
students
provide their vacation requests at least one
month prior to their leave of absence.
Personnel Motion made by
Dennis Ritter, seconded by Pat Bealer, to approve the following personnel
items:
1.
Resignation of Lissa Baldwin as a
full-time Middle School Life Skills Support aide, effective July 21, 2008.
2.
Resignation of Janelle Loeb as a
full-time Middle School fitness and wellness teacher, effective June 30, 2008.
3.
Approval of Brooke Roberts as a
full-time Middle School fitness and wellness teacher, effective
School Year 2008-2009 at a salary to be set at $39,975 per Step 3, Bachelor’s
column (non-tenured) of the KASD/KATA contract.
4.
Approval of the following Senior
Volunteer Tax Exchange Program applicants for School Year 2008-2009, effective
July 1, 2008.
Joan Brown
Gladys Derstine
Joyce Dietrich
Patsy Greenawalt
Gertrude Johnson
Lillian and Peter Karch
Catherine Kuhns
Dorothy Bailey
5.
Approval of Kourtney Buck as a
full-time High School physical science teacher, effective School Year 2008-2009
at a salary to be set at $54,027 per Step 5, Master’s column (tenured) of the
KASD/KATA contract.
6.
Approval of Amy Russo as a
full-time Elementary computer teacher, effective School Year 2008-2009 at a
salary to be set at $43,890 per Step 1, Master’s column (non-tenured) of the
KASD/KATA contract.
7.
Approval of Christopher Stofko as an independent contractor
to conduct psychoeducational evaluations for the Kutztown Area School District
at a rate of $50.00 per hour on an as needed basis for School Year
2008-2009. The total cost of services
is not to exceed $4,800.
8.
Approval of Ed Myers to assist in the High School office for
not more than 10 days during Summer 2008 at his current 2008-2009 teacher per
diem rate.
9.
Approval of Tammy Warning as a full-time, 10-month Middle
School office aide, effective School Year 2008-2009 at her current 2008-2009
salary.
10. Approval of
Calvin Fridirici’s hourly pay rate at $10.10 effective July 1, 2008.
11. Approval of
the following 2008 High School Summer Program teachers, effective June 16, 2008
through July 25, 2008 at the current curriculum rate:
Tim Haas
Tom Sally
Suzanne Peters
Jesse Whitehouse
Roll call vote:
Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
All Personnel are Approved Pending the
District's Receipt of All Mandated Credentials
Textbook Motion made by Pat Bealer, seconded by
Dennis Ritter, to approve donating used, outdated
Donation textbooks to Booksavers of Ephrata.
Roll call vote:
Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1
(Ho)
Motion carried.
Sale of F350 Motion made by Pat Bealer, seconded by
Dan Walter, to approve the 1997 Ford F350 Truck
Truck Bed Bed to be sold to the highest bidder,
Micheal Sacks, 14015 Kutztown Road, Fleetwood, PA
19522 for $200.00.
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No
0 Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Sale of Dump Motion made by Pat Bealer, seconded by
Dan Walter, to approve the 1969 International
Truck Harvester Series 1700 Dump Truck and plow
to be sold to the highest bidder, Dale Siegfried, 110 Folk Road, Mertztown, PA
19539 for $1,650.00.
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No
0 Absent
1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
HVAC/RTU Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by Pat Bealer, to approve
M&M Mechanical, LLC of
Installation Fleetwood, PA to install a 5 ton York HVAC/RTU with a heat pump
serving the KASD Central Office to replace an irreparable 1981 Carrer Unit for
the sum of 9,680.00 funded from the Construction Fund.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent
1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Recarpeting Motion made by Al Darion,
seconded by Jo Stevens, for retroactive approval for the following
of KAHS classrooms at the Kutztown Area High School to be recarpeted: B6,
B9, B11, B12, B13, B14.
Classrooms This work is to be done as follows: Materials (28 oz. Non Zipper Commercial
Carpet) supplied by Floor Creations, Inc. of Maxatawny, PA for $9,233.60 and
labor performed by Rich Gill, 56 Treichler Road, Alburtis, PA for $8,592.70,
all to be paid for from the Construction Fund.
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No
0 Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Special
Funds Motion made by Pat Bealer, seconded by Dan
Walter, to approve the first reading of Policy
Policy 618 Special Funds as attached
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent
1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Student Motion
made by Pat Bealer, seconded by Dan Walter, to approve the Student Activity
Activity Guidelines as attached.
Guidelines
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No
0 Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Transportation Motion
made by Pat Bealer, seconded by Carl Ziegler, to approve the 2008-2009 Kutztown
Contract Area School District “Contract for the
Transportation of School Pupils” as per attached.
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent
1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Admin. Motion
made by Dennis Ritter, seconded by Al Darion, to approve the
Administrative
Guidelines Guidelines for Transportation as
attached.
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent
1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Committee Motion
made by Pat Bealer, seconded by Dan Walter, to approve the following committee
Appointments appointments:
1.
Resignation
of Carl Ziegler from the Joint Operating Committee of the Berks Career and
Technology Center, effective June 16, 2008.
2.
Appointment
of Dennis Ritter to the Joint Operating Committee of the Berks Career and
Technology Center, effective July 22, 2008.
3.
Appointment
of Carl Ziegler to the Berks County Intermediate Unit Board of Directors,
effective July 22, 2008.
Roll call vote: Yes 7
No 0 Abstain 1
(Ritter) Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
District Motion
made by Pat Bealer, seconded by Dan Walter, to approve Dr. John P. Boyle,
D.M.D.,
Dentist Kutztown, PA 19530 as District Dentist for School Year 2008-2009 at a cost of
$2.00 per student exam.
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No
0 Absent 1 (Ho
Motion carried.
District Motion
made by Pat Bealer, seconded by Dan Walter, to approve Blandon Medical Group,
Physician Blandon, PA as District Physician for
School Year 2008-2009 at a cost of $10.00 per student exam and $60.00 per
employee physical.
Roll call vote: Yes 7 No
1 (McGonigle) Absent 1 (Ho)
Motion carried.
Discussion Middle
School Summer School Requirements
Items PSBA
Voting Delegates
Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by Harry
McGonigle, to appoint Pat Bealer as a
PSBA Voting Delegate for School Year
2008-2009
Motion carried unanimously.
Public Joan
Haring reiterated what a tremendous job our students did at the National
History Day
Comment competition.
Jo Stevens also added that on the National History Day website, there is a
webcast to see our students receiving their awards.
Adjournment
Motion made by Pat Bealer, seconded by Dan Walter, to
adjourn the meeting at 9:10 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted by,
Rikki
L. Clark
School
Board Secretary