I'd like to call the September 26,
2022 meeting of the Derry Township School District Board of Directors to order
and announce that this meeting is being live streamed and audio recorded.
This meeting is being conducted both in-person and virtually.
I'd like to request four board members to please state your name when speaking.
With. Mrs. AG. Rollcall, please.
Mr. Bennett. President.
Dr. KERNAN.
Here is Drew.
Dr. Cook here.
This is many here, Mr. Rizzo.
Here.
Mr. Schmidt.
Mrs. Seger.
Here. Mr.
Singer. Here.
For the record, Lyndsey Drew will be participating tonight electronically.
I don't know if you heard that, but she's here.
Please rise if you are able, and join me
for the Pledge of Allegiance
to. The flag of the United States of America
and to the Public School Teachers Association
for. Justice for. All.
Now I have a motion to approve the September 26,
2022 Board of Directors agenda.
So move to Kathy Secor. Second Mike Rizzo.
Any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I any oppose
Jim Carrey's?
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prior to this meeting to discuss informational items.
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I will ask our board Treasurer, Mrs.
Decker, to please keep time.
Are there any residents or taxpayers
who would like to comment at this time in person?
Seeing none.
Are there any online?
Mr. Elliott, can you help me with that, please?
Absolutely.
Currently, there are no hands raised.
Okay.
Still none.
No hands raised. Okay. Thank you.
Moving on.
There were no committee meetings today, so there are no reports to share.
I'd like to welcome our student
representatives to their first meeting of the year with us, Representative
Forrester, Representative Patel, and Representative Aziz.
Is that right, Aziz?
We'd love to have you take a moment
to introduce yourself, introduce yourselves before sharing your report.
If you want to tell us a little bit about yourself, we'd love to hear it.
We take this
as a starting now.
Yeah. Okay.
Hi, everyone. My name is Phase Audiences.
I'm in 12th grade senior at Hershey High,
and the reason why I wanted to be a rep was to give back to the community.
Because here she's done a lot for me.
So I feel like this is my way of giving back. Thank you.
Okay.
Hi, I'm Olivia Forester, and I wanted to do
and be a student representative just to have more of a
say and be a communication liaison for the students
that I interact with every day.
Hi. I'm a and I wanted to be a student rep
because I just wanted to be more involved with the school and the larger scale.
Thank you.
Do you have you prepared a report for tonight?
Okay, great.
Okay.
I guess I'll start.
So obviously, the school year just started about a month ago. Now.
We started off with the bridge day at the high school, which basically
where Lincoln leaders would introduce the new freshman class of 2026.
Later that day, we had a block party where basically students
acclimate to their new schedules and met some new teachers along the way.
There was also an open house for students and their parents in the evening as well.
In terms of the middle school, they also had a bridge there
and they also had an ice cream social, which is their way of also
getting acclimated to a new schedule and a new schooling environment.
I would also like to add that this year we've also introduced
a flexible campus schedule
during the first and 10th period of the day,
which is basically where juniors and seniors can leave early or later
in the day based upon their schedules, which is which.
From my perspective, in the student body, it's been met with a good reception.
So far everyone seems to like it as well.
We also also
also we also we have a homeroom period three now in sort of period one.
This is basically our way of getting a period within a day
where we can interact with people in our grade, people
we might not know we get to know them better.
And overall, I think it's a better way of us interacting with our community
along with having a homeroom.
We also have a community, period.
Every Wednesday,
which I think right now is weekly, but it might switch to bi weekly later.
But as of right now, we're basically it's our way of getting to know each other.
We get to decorate the halls,
we get to plan, you know, themes for homecoming, stuff along those lines.
So basically it's our way of getting to know
everyone better and becoming more of a whole community.
Thank you, Mr.
Mrs..
Every month, teachers nominate two students to receive the Trojans
an award, and students are recognized based on the character kindness,
positive attitude and the contributions to the school overall.
And this past September, the Trojan ten, our Josie Barra, Korea.
But All right, Cadence Burkholder and Collins.
Jack Gardner, Hailey Grosse, Taylor, Libby,
Aiden Peters, Haley Russell and Abel Shepard.
And then
homecoming is coming up in the near future as well.
There is going to be a whole decorating contest throughout the school,
and each hallway is corresponds to the homecoming games.
So 12th graders are Cinderella 11th graders are allowed in.
Jasmine 10th graders are Sleeping Beauty and ninth graders, Princess and the Frog.
And with Home homecoming, there's going to be a pep
rally during the school day, which includes teacher
challenges, different relays, and the band and cheerleaders will be performing.
Homecoming is Friday the 14th.
The homecoming game is Friday the 14th.
And the homecoming dance is Saturday the 15th from 7 to 10.
And the theme is Once upon a Time.
Okay.
Earlier this year, we held Meet the Trojans
and that introduced all of our fall sports teams.
And now they are in full swing of their seasons.
Like talking about that.
This past Friday, our Hershey Trojans football team won
against Milton Hershey in our annual cocoa bean game.
At that game, the elementary and middle school bands
join the high school band to perform at halftime.
In recent weeks, the official Hershey High School Instagram page was created
to follow the action at Hershey High School I Hershey High Official
to help build School Pride Keep up to date with school events.
Saturday, the marching band had an amazing opportunity
to participate in the Blue Band Jam at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, Tuesday, the 27th.
There's a financial aid night to help senior families.
With college finances also occurring tomorrow is the NHS induction
ceremony, which will celebrate the current and last year's inductees.
Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to the board.
Always love having you hear what you have to say.
Thank you.
At this time we will recognize add
new extracurricular activities School Club Dr.
Winslow.
In compliance with policy 122 extra curricular activities, the listed
edition of the High School Student Clubs is recognized at the Tech Deck Club.
Thank you, Dr. Winslow.
The listed items are on the anticipated October 11th, 2022.
Board of Directors Meeting Agenda.
We have no unfinished business to attend
to this evening.
The consent onto the consent agenda.
The consent agenda contains routinely adopted items and items
that normally do not require public deliberations on part of the board.
A board member may pull items.
As. A. Or.
A board member may pull items which will then be discussed and voted on separately.
May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items as listed so moved
Kathy Stricker second.
Mike Rizzo Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I any opposed
motion carries
on to new business
approval.
Approval of listed presenter contract.
Dr. Winslow.
Administrator recommends the board approve the presenter contract
with Martz Consulting First Staff and Service Workshop.
May I have a motion to approve the Mort's Consulting Presenter contract?
So move Nancy Drew
second. Donna Karan,
Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I want anyone opposed.
The motion carries.
Okay, this one.
This motion is
we'll be casting the votes for Pennsylvania School Board
Association officers for 2023.
And from what I can tell, none of the positions
there, it's one slate and they're all unopposed.
Unopposed. Thank you, Don.
Would everyone be okay to put all of the unopposed positions
in one motion as a standard voice vote?
Everyone's okay with that.
Okay.
So I'm going to just read down.
Read a motion for that.
Not Yes,
I'm going to say, may I have a motion to elect
the following President elect for one year term?
Michael Gasser, Vice president, one year term.
Allyson Mathias, Central Zone Representative.
This is a three year term for Julie Preston, PSB, a insurance trust.
There are two candidates listed.
This is a three year term which ends on December 31st,
2025.
Well, you can choose up to two candidates
because there's only two on the slate, so they're unopposed.
Kathy Swope Ah, Swoop and Roberta Marcus.
So may I have a motion to elect all of the positions and people?
I just read some of Donna Cronan second Cathy sticker.
Thank you. Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I II any opposed
motion carries.
Thank you everyone for that.
Partnership for Career Development Service Agreement.
Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends the approval of the Partnership
for Career Development Service Agreement for K-12 Career Development
to connect students to post-secondary career options.
May I have a motion
to approve the Partnership for Career Development Service Agreement?
So move.
Donna Cronan Second, Lindsay COC Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I only opposed. My.
Motion carries
personnel resignations. Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends the approval of the personnel resignations.
May I have a motion to approve the personnel resignations?
So move. Mike Rizzo.
Second.
Donna Cronan, Is there any discussion?
So this is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I think any opposed motion carries
personnel.
General Dr.
Winslow, the administration.
Recommends the approval of the list of personnel
and recognition of any list of transfers.
May I have a motion to approve the listed personnel and record
and recognition of any listed transfers?
So move on to second Cathy Seger.
Any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I
opposed
motion carries.
Thank you.
Push the PSB.
I want a delegate report.
Is that correct? I missed anything.
The PSB report is attached. Dr.
Cronan, do you have anything you'd like to add now?
Thank you. Thank you.
The SIU report is attached.
Mrs. Schmidt is not here, so if anyone has any questions, you can see her directly.
Are there any board members who would like to give a report?
I want to apologize.
My computer was not.
Do not have Zoom, so I was trying to join on my phone and then the voice happened.
So I apologize for that.
Okay, let's try to get it to work.
But in any case, I just want to make a comment.
I missed the last board meeting and I know there was some community discussion
about
board stance on bullying or people feeling welcome in the district.
And I just want to say, as one board member,
I take that very seriously and I will
I pledge to work with my fellow board members and Dr.
Winslow to make sure that that this Miss Derry
Township is a safe place for all students of all,
all beliefs, and that education is something that is not staying in anyone's,
anyone's way or everyone's getting an education despite
any other barriers they may perceive that should be removed.
Thank you.
Thank you. Dr.
Cronin, is there anyone else who's a board member of report?
Dr. Winslow, do you have a superintendents report
that the student reps steal your thunder? Yes.
It's never fun following the students.
I know.
So I do.
And it is actually fun following the students.
So welcome to our new newsgroup student representatives.
We're delighted they're here and that's a big time commitment and
something that we are very proud of you for stepping forward and doing
so it's great to have you here for your first meeting.
Friday night was the annual cocoa
bean game between Hershey High and Milton Hershey.
I was delighted that we brought back the beam
that Hershey High School won that game.
And at Rotary today, I got to sit with
a milton Hershey
School person and rub it in the faces a little bit
nicely.
Sorry, not sorry we took back the beam.
The game has been played since 1943 and it is a benefit game.
I'm not sure how many people realize that it is a benefit game
and the proceeds from those sales fund, the Hershey Community Youth
Association and both schools actually do a very intensive drive.
They try to beat each other
and I'm not sure where the tallies have come out this year.
Did you guys have that.
Going into the game?
We were one more win than them, and so now we're two more wins to them.
Oh, no, I meant with like the items that we were collecting for donations.
Yes, we are two more wins than them.
Yeah.
So we, we collected items to donate to Love Inc
and I know that Milton Hershey's kids collected about 700 items.
I'm not sure where our kids were.
I didn't get our numbers yet.
Maybe the reps could tell us next week.
Yes, I can ask over at the high school to see what we got.
So but it's it's a great game.
It was a lot of fun.
It was a very exciting game and a lot of back and forth and
very, very proud of the kids
in all respects as far as how well they played the game,
but also our students and their support and they come out and support the players.
The band did an awesome job and the amount of items
that are collected for love I think is really exciting
and something to be very proud of.
There are a ton of exciting sporting events in the fall.
I encourage anybody to come out and watch the student athletes compete.
It's a lot of fun and it's always great to see kids doing something that they love
outside of the classroom.
Sometimes they love their classroom things,
but it's also fun to see them exercising their talents outside of the classroom.
So I highly recommend that.
And then tomorrow evening, as the student said, is the NHS induction ceremony.
I'm very excited to again
have a more traditional ceremony for the first time in a couple of years.
And I'm looking forward to honoring those hard working students.
We've had a great start to the school year so far.
There's always lots of things going on in the schools and we are
we're very happy to be as close to normal as what we've been for a very long time.
It's it's there's been a lot of joy in school in this last several weeks.
And that concludes my report.
Thank you. Dr.. So,
Ms.. Drew, I know you're
virtual, but do you have a board Presidents report.
Thank you.
Okay.
I'm pretty sweet this evening.
I wanted to say welcome to our three student representatives.
They were amongst a pretty large amount of students
who applied and left the interview process back in the spring.
Their accomplishments
are just really incredibly impressive.
So it's
with us for this next year and that
much as they learn this experience that we can also learn from them.
So welcome.
And I look forward to getting to see you in person at the next meeting.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr.
Mastro.
Okay, so 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 are asked to follow the same guidelines
outlined in the initial public comment portion of our meeting.
I will ask Board Treasurer, Mrs.
Secker, to please keep time.
Are there any residents or taxpayers as first in the audience
that would like to comment at this time?
Seeing none?
Mr.. Is there anyone.
And there are no hands raised at this time
okay.
Sir, anything else for the good of the order,
the next Public Board of Directors meeting will be held
Tuesday, October 11th, 2022, starting at 7:00.
Please refer to the District website
to register for virtual attendance as the meeting draws closer.
May I have a motion to adjourn this meeting?
So moved Cathy Shaker.
Second, like Rizzo.
All those in favor I Anyone opposed?
Meeting adjourned. At.
724. Thank you.