There's gonna be more information to come for the entire board.
I went over the New New Zealand that we will be publishing quarterly.
That includes information about a club or a team. Articles from administrators, highlights of cocoa principles, and also just events, job opportunities and just other news going on in our district where using this as a way to engage the entire community not just parents and families but everyone in the larger
Hershey, Humlestown community. We also highlighted the Golden Age Club, which is for members of our dairy township that are 65, and older.
They can come in, attend regular season, sporting events, musicals, plays.
They just need to come to the district office and pick up a club sorry I pick up a card, and it's completely free.
So really fun opportunity for maybe some of our senior citizens to come back into the schools and see some of the fun things going on I gave some highlights about the high school internships that we will be having now.
So I have one right now she's a photography internship and a senior who's doing an awesome job.
And I have someone a junior who will be a senior next year who's already reached out to me for a full year internship, and she will, pending all everything she needs to get done.
She'll be coming on board and learning more about social media digital communications.
Graphic design web design stuff like that so excited about that excited that students are engaged and wanting to learn more about what school communication looks like.
And then, lastly, we started to discuss the transition of our new website.
So we're going from blackboard who is purchased by a company called Final Site.
We the board had approved the contract in December, so now we're starting to do a migration, picking out layouts and stuff like that.
We had a robust discussion about testing how to show the community and our parents where things are located.
Now what makes the most sense logically, throughout the website we talked about clubs and teams and teacher pages.
And there's a lot more to come on that there's a lot to work to still be done.
I think that's it. Thank you, Miss Carpel.
Mister Smith. Anything else they had, I think she covered it.
Okay, thank you. And thank you, Mrs. Bevy, for the services chair of the committee up through today. Much appreciate it.
Mrs. Sick, or do you have a financial report? I do thank you, Mr.
Singer. We had a finance committee meeting where we got a review of our past 2021, 2022 audit by Boyer and Redder.
They gave us the results that they are pleased to report that they're testing did not identify any material weakness or significant deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting.
Nor did they identify any instances of non-compliance material to the financial statements.
They also said so. Basically, it was a great audit.
There were no uncorrected mistakes. The adjustments that were made were.
Just very minor, and they were not significant to the financial reporting of the district.
There were no districtagreements with management. There were no significant issues, discussed with management, and there were no significant difficulties encountered in performing the audit.
So that was good news. We also review the 2023 24 budget.
We looked over the budget, calendar. All the departments have submitted their budgets with a message to try to stay flat and explain any increases at our March Finance Board meeting.
We will probably spend that whole meeting discussing next year's budget, and then as well in April, and give a recommendation to the Board for a May eighth final budget vote.
It's good to note that the governor announces the State's budget on March seventh, so that also ties into our budget, planning as well.
We did a review on Monday review of our 2223.
General fund revenues and expenses, that's all.
Looking on track right now. We got an update on the tax association that the employees at the Tax Association.
Their last day is Friday, and Mrs. Percell is working diligently to finalize all those numbers, and that whole situation, and then we did a quick review of the contracts.
The bid. Documents were on the Finance Committee.
There's some of those contracts are on the meeting for tonight, and there were no questions.
Okay. Thank you. And congratulations, Mrs. Purcell, and do to you the business office for again that getting through the audit and getting really great review.
Oh, thank you!
Moving on to item 2 E student representatives report representatives Aziz or or Patel.
Do you have a report? We do. Okay, thank you. This is Disha Patel, a brainbusters competition aired on February 20, fifth National Honor Society held a bake sale last week per court yard of honor which is an organization that raises money to build a
memorial in downtown. Hershey, honoring local heroes.
And then Mini on is next Friday, March tenth, from 12 to 10 p.
M and community hour is 5 to 7. If anyone from the community wants to go and indoor garden percussion, both placed first at the competition at Ld.
Representative disease here wrestler is Tristan, Bigamman and Christian Berg, placed first and third place in the 2,023 South central region.
Trip triple a championships, senior scholarships for seniors who are applying to college are due March first, 1159, p.
M all over the musical has a preview on Thursday which is free for all our senior citizens, and Friday through Saturday's the opening weekend, and we look forward to showcasing our talents of the community the Hershey elementary school also had a science fair on February 20 third with over
50 plus participants.
Yeah, this is Olivia Forster. Speaking, there is a regional science fair at the Lancaster County Day school this past Saturday, in which many of our students attendended and did well, boys, basketball has Exeter part of district playoffs that began tonight at 7 0 P M.
And they are currently playing several swimmers will be participating in the district. Purple.
A competition at Cumberland Valley. This weekend also, students are very excited for spring sports to start next week.
That is everything.
Okay, thank you very much. Moving on to item 2 F. The listed items are on the anticipated March thirteenth, 2,023 board of Directors meeting agenda.
There they are, up on the screen.
Thank you. Item number 3. There is no unfinished business moving on to item 4.
The consent agenda contains routinely adopted items, and items that normally do not require public deliberations on part of the Board.
Hey? A board member may pull items which will then be discussed and voted on separately.
I have a motion to approve the consent. Agenda items as listed so moved Lindsey cu second Donna Cronin.
Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice. Vote all in favor. Please say Hi!
Any opposed? No!
Thank you.
Moving on to items. 5.
New business. 5. A request for proposal for architectural services.
Dr. Winslow. The Administration recommends the approval of the request for proposal for architectural services I have a motion to approve the Rfp.
For our architectural services, so moved to Mariami, second, Lindsey drew.
Is there any discussion?
All those in favor, please say aye, any opposed? No.
Thank you. Motion carries. Item, 5 B. Did docs for singles? Dr.
Winslow. The Administration recommends the approval of the Biddocuments for the sinkholes in the Stormwater Basin by the he school.
So we know where this is.
I have a motion to approve the bid Docs for this incoming. Second Maria, Mammy.
This is a standard voice. Vote all in favor. Please say Hi!
Any opposed, no moving on to item 5 c. Approval of the audit report.
Dr. Winslow, the Administration recommends the Board of the 2,021, 2,022 audit report.
Prepared by the firm of Boyer and Ritter, Llc.
Please have a motion to approve the 2,02122 order report.
So moved down a cronin, second Maria, Mammy, is there any discussion?
Yeah, this is Mike Razzo. I just wanted to say thank you to Ms.
Purcell, and and she's not here anymore. So, but also for to the, to the business department.
But job well done. So things are came through pretty nicely.
Thank you. I wanted to say the same thing what people did not see was them working until 780'clock at night, and weekends and it was a really really intense process to get this together, because there were a lot of missing pieces.
They, Mrs. White and Mrs. Purcell, really really work their tails off?
Thank you. Both this is Lindsey Drew. I would just like to echo those comments, but also go further to say, Mrs.
Purcell and the entire business office. There's been a lot of transition.
You've just recently celebrated your wedding anniversary with the district so far, and have just been a really great addition to the team.
This audit is reflective of that, and we appreciate the time and effort. Above and beyond that you go on a regular basis, whether it be with the tax collection or the audit report, or any of the other things on your plate. It doesn't go unnoticed.
Well done. Thank you. Thank thank you. Everyone. We had a motion.
We had a second. So is, this is standard voice. For all those in favor. Say, aye, any opposed.
No, thank you. Motion carries. Item 5 d. Personnel resignations. Dr.
Winslow. The Administration recommends the approval of the personnel.
Resignations. I have a motion to approve the personnel resignations so moved Tooriam. Emmy, second Donna Chron, is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice all in favor, please say Aye.
Any opposed? No, a motion carries moving on to item 5 E.
Personnel, General Dr. Winslow, the Administration recommends the approval of this personnel and recognition of any list of transfers.
I have a motion to approve the listed personnel and recognition of any listed transfers so moved Lindsey. Second Maria. Mammy, is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice. Vote all in favor, please say aye. Any opposed.
No motion carries. Thank you.
Moving on to Item 6, delegate reports. There are no delegate reports attached to the agenda.
Does anyone have one to share?
Okay.
We'll move on to item 7 special reports. Are there any board members who would like to give a report?
Mister Singer, this is Lindsey Drew. I just wanted to say also in kind of acknowledgement, and thank you to Miss Carpel.
I've been really impressed lately with our district social media and the amount of information that's being shared and recognition, you know, that's getting put out there.
I think you know if I remove my school board hat and look at it through the lens of a community member and parent, the the amount of recognition of employees of things happening in the classrooms, and just all the ways that around the district folks go above and beyond has really started to see
a lot more light, and it's appreciated. Thank you. Best.
True.
Any other Board member reports.
Hey, Dr. Winslow, do you have a superintendent's report?
I do. It's much shorter than what it was when I started.
I always think I'm gonna get something, that they don't get.
Hardly ever anything very what I have been kind of following here is updates for the basketball game.
So boys are currently up 2214, with 2 min left in the second quarter.
So that is super exciting. So little update on that.
And then I did wanna share that Samantha Stark won the rotary essay Contest.
I think of what a 144 of our ninth graders, participated in that contest and presented it today at the Hershey Rotary meeting on the the theme is on truth.
It was phenomenal and she'll go on to the district contest now, and that is all that I have.
Okay, thank you. Dr. Winslow. Item 7 C. Board. President's report.
I don't have any report moving on to Item 8 recognition of citizens.
This is an opportunity for residents and taxpayers to address the Board on matters related to the agenda, or matters of district governance, not on the agenda those who speak arrest to follow the same guidelines outlined at the annual public comment portion of our meeting I last board treasurer Mrs.
Hickert to please keep time. Are there ready residents or taxpayers that would like to comment at this time?
Again. No one in the room, Mr. Aila. Anyone online at this time?
There are no hands raised.
Okay, no. Hands raised, still no hands raised. Okay.
Is there anything else for the good of the order?
Okay, moving on to a Jordan adjournment.
The next public board of Directors meeting will be held March thirteenth, 2,023, starting at 7 p.
M, please refer to the district website to register for virtual events.
As the meeting draws closer, madam, motion to adjourn this meeting, so moved Lindsey cups second, Lindsey drew all those in favor bye anybody opposed meetings adjourned.
Thank you very much. Have a good day