Minutes
of the
KUTZTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board of Directors Meeting
Monday, May 19, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
The Board of Directors of
Kutztown Area School District met for the regular board meeting on Monday, May
19, 2003 at 7:30 p.m., in the library of the Senior High School pursuant to due
notice to board members and the public.
Absent Dale
Reppert, Dennis Ritter
Also Brenda Winkler-Superintendent, Nickolas
Sosik-Treasurer, Gretchen DiehlÐSecretary, Present
Geri
Miller, Mark Erb, Eric Erb, Eric Sills, Nick Lazo, Celeste Brown, Michele
Fragnito,
Tom
Green, Mark Whitehouse, Carol Whitehouse, Nicole Yergey, Melissa Blatt, Debra
Solivan, John Ebner, David Carroll-Reading Eagle, Andy Sabetti, Claire Kempes,
Andrew Crow, Austin Crow
Welcome President
Vymazal welcomed guests and opened the meeting with a
moment
of silence and Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. He asked that everyone signs the attendance book and marks
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. This meeting was tape recorded.
Approval Motion made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Kent
Dahlquist, to approve
Of Minutes the
minutes of the April 22 and May 5, 2003 school board meetings.
Roll
call vote: Yes 5 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Abstain
2 (Kramer, Meyers)
Motion carried.
TreasurerÕs Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia Bealer, to accept the
Report treasurerÕs report of the general account.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
Ratification Motion
made by Donald Meyers, seconded by James Kramer, to ratify for
of General payment the general account bills in the amount of
$112,273.80.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 1 (Dahlquist) Absent 2
(Reppert, Ritter)
Motion
carried.
Approval Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia Bealer, to approve for
of General payment the general account bills in the amount of
$212,080.82.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
Approval of Motion
made by Donald Meyers, seconded by Patricia Bealer, to approve for
Construction payment a construction account bill in the amount of
$1,450.00.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
SuptÕs á Dr. Sills
commended the high school students for outstanding behavior during the past
week.
Report A week that included the funeral of Zachary Snyder,
10th grade student, but also the Prom and playoffs for sporting
events.
á Dr. Winkler noted on May 27th the board
will have a retreat to discuss the recent trip to Apple headquarters and how it
relates to future projects.
á Disney visited the high school last week to film
Celeste Ball and her classroom because she was named Outstanding Educator by
Disney. Tom Green and the maintenance crew are diligently working to complete
the new greenhouse.
Committee EIT No meeting until June.
Reports Pat Bealer
BCTC No
report. Meet next week.
Jim Kramer
ECC No
report.
Jim Kramer
BCIU No
report.
Dennis Ritter
PSBA
No
report.
Carl Ziegler
Policy & Curriculum Meeting
held April 28th. Items discussed: Achievement classes,
Bill Yurvati support
staff vacation policy, HIPAA Policy, status of full-day kindergarten in
PA, AP courses and test payments, PSBA policy review.
Next meeting June 17.
Personnel Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by James
Kramer, to approve the following
personnel
items #2-#6:
2. Approval
of the following advisors and stipend amounts for School Year 2002-2003. These
positions are not part of the KASD/KATA contract:
Middle School Student Council Co-Advisor Jeff
Huffert $350
Stipend
Middle School Student Council Co-Advisor Lorraine
Felker $350
Stipend
Middle School Yearbook Diane
Shaw $1,000
Stipend
Middle School Berks Teen Institute Mary
Ann OÕNeil $275
Stipend
Middle School Technology Student Assoc. Matt
Cullen $1,200
Stipend
Middle School CTV Matt
Cullen $500
Stipend
High School Biology Club Advisor Sue
Hieter $500
Stipend
High School Debate Coach Scott
DeLong $1,100
Stipend
High School FFA Advisor Celeste
Ball $500
Stipend
3. Approval
of Maria Mogford and Sandy Klemmer as VanLear bus drivers for School Year
2002-2003.
4. Approval
of Nicole Kerschner as substitute custodian effective May 20, 2003 for School
Year 2002-2003 at the current substitute custodian rate.
5. Approval
of the attached new job description for Maintenance-Electrician.
6. Approval
of Tom CapparellÕs change of position from Maintenance-Grounds Worker to
Maintenance-Electrician at a rate of $12.00 per hour.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia
Bealer, to approve an unpaid child rearing leave of absence for Daniel Yurchak
during School Year 2003-2004.
Roll
call vote: Yes 4 No 3 (Kramer, Meyers, Vymazal)
Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
All Personnel are Approved Pending the
District's Receipt of All Mandated Credentials
Conference Motion
made by James Kramer, seconded by William Yurvati to approve the
conference
Requests
requests for Dennis Kutz (2
days) and Mark Erb (3 days) to attend the MacWorld Conference
to
be held July 14-16, 2003 at New York City, NY at costs of $427.00 and $677.00,
respectively.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
School Board Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Donald
Meyers to approve a stipend of
Secretary $1,800 for the position of Board Secretary for School
Year 2003-2004.
Compensation Roll call
vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion
carried.
District
Motion made by Carl Ziegler seconded by Donald Meyers
to approve the
Depository reappointment
of National Penn Bank as district depository for School Year 2003-2004.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
Budgetary Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by James Kramer
to approve the attached
Transfers list of budgetary transfers for School Year 2002-2003.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
Special Ed. Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Kent
Dahlquist to approve the attached
Plan 03-06 Special
Education Plan for School Years 2003-2006.
Roll call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion
carried.
Policy Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia Bealer to approve the second
Adoptions reading
and adoption of new Policy #802-Privacy of Health Information (HIPAA).
Roll call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia
Bealer to approve the second reading and adoption of revised Policy
#537-Vacation.
Roll call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
2003-2004 Motion
made by Kent Dahlquist, seconded by Carl Ziegler to adopt the 2003-2004
Kutztown
Tentative Area
School District tentative operating budget totaling $19,977,204.00 with a
millage
Budget of
21.77 (an increase of .90 mill).
Mr.
Ritter arrived at 8:44 p.m.
Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by Kent
Dahlquist to direct the administration to incorporate the attached list of
expenditure reductions with the exception that $17,900 for Capital Reserve For
Band Uniforms to be changed to $2,460 thereby allowing the total expenditures
to equal $146,601.00, the reduction amount needed for a .90 millage increase
for School Year 2003-2004.
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion carried.
Roll call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion carried.
Mr.
Kramer left at 8:50 p.m.
Discussion Item - High School Project
Activity
account balances as of April 30, 2003 were distributed to the board as
attached.
Adjournment Motion
made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by William Yurvati, to adjourn the
meeting
at 9:02 p.m.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted,
Gretchen
A. Diehl
School Board Secretary