I'd like to call the May 23rd, 2022
meeting of the Derry Township School District Board of Directors to order
and announce that this meeting is being livestreamed and audio recorded.
This meeting is being conducted both in-person and virtually,
and I would like to request four board members
to please state your name and speaking Mrs.
AG Rollcall, please.
Mr. Bennett.
Dr. Cronan. Here.
Mr. Drew. Here, Dr. Cook.
Here, Mrs.
Many here, Mr. Roso. Here.
Mr. Schmidt here.
And this is here. Mr. Singer. Here.
Eight present, one absent.
Thank you.
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 Republic.
For which it stands.
One nation under God, indivisible, with understanding that. All
we. May please have a motion to approve.
The May 23rd, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting Agenda.
So move. Donna Cronin.
Second, Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I, I a opposed agenda is approved.
First up this evening for presentation of proposals,
we are joined by Dr.
De Stall Necker, who is here to share some insight on the work
she does as our school district social worker.
Hi. Thank you for having me.
I do like to do this presentation.
Every once in a while I was expecting more people in the audience, but.
I'm. Just focused on you all.
So I'm Dr. De Stone Ecker.
I am your school social worker.
I'm a license social worker.
I'm also board certified behavior analyst.
And as of the fall, I am a certified high school social worker.
PD approved certification for school social workers back in April,
and I am now educationally certified.
I have some work
history in social work and on a more global level,
I am associated with the Pennsylvania Association of School
Social Workers Personnel.
I am the professional Development chair and I also participate
on the board of the School Social Worker Association of America,
where I am the Northeast Regional Rep.
Those two positions help keep me very informed of what's going on
locally in the state as well as across the country.
So when you hear the words social worker
or what comes to mind, I was going to pull the audience as well.
But all you have.
So my question is what comes to mind?
Pictures, visions, words
most likely this is what you think of
you think of a social worker removing children from home.
Those are child welfare workers.
That's not what I do.
I was a child welfare worker at one point.
That wasn't all that I did as a child
welfare worker, but I'm a school social worker,
so I don't take kids home, take kids away from home.
As for my living,
why do you need to know what a school social worker does?
There's a lot of studies out there.
There's a lot of research that I have personally done
about the public perception of school social work, which is that
we're all child welfare workers removing children from home.
And there's a lot of information out there that administrator is including school
board superintendents, assistant superintendents and principals
really don't know what a school social worker does.
I think it's really important for you to know what I do
because I know you know what your school counselors do.
I know you know what your math teachers do, what your principals do.
I don't think that you really know exactly what I do.
So I like to one of my personal goals and professional goals is to make people
more aware of the role of a school social worker, that it is beyond school,
social welfare, child welfare,
and that it involves working with students
and helping the district achieve their educational outcome goals.
So my
goals as to my goal in this district is to remove barriers
that prevent students from being present in school, present meeting,
not just physically present, but mentally present, being able
to connect to the curriculum and having all their needs met.
I do a lot of truancy work and I also do a lot of home visits.
These are a lot of my tasks.
I'm not going to read all of them, but I do a lot.
I work with various teams, I work K-through-12 who
I work with our are student assistance hip team.
I do work with the McKinney Vento Act, which is our homelessness.
Lisa Steven Miller is our homeless liaison
and I work more with the families
and then she does more of the macro level work
we do at the school based outpatient therapy staff.
I do some mandated reporter trainings for our orientation,
and I work with early intervention
and our school teams.
So I'm going to talk most about the data when it comes to truancy
because I know that folks like data Most of all
shapes are our student attendance improvement
plans, or six student attendance improvement conferences.
We as a district try to do try to do a sweep
after about three unexcused absences.
I did 87 sweeps this year
and I have some pre data and post data.
So of all the shapes that I did
and I just pulled the truancy data, the unexcused
the average
truancy was 9% of those 87 students.
So of like one, we divided the unexcused absences
by the days present or our days eligible.
We got an average of 9% before the state.
We had an 8.31%.
But I had some outliers that really messed up. My dad
this year,
while last year when I did my truancy data, I noticed that
when parents attended the meetings, I still I saw that was just a visual.
I was like, Oh, I think that when parents attend meetings, I think
that there's a decrease in truancy.
So this year I focused on looking at that data
a little bit more clearly.
I also sent I did an intervention which was sending a reminder
email a day or two before the meeting, just, hey,
looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at Zoom, blah, blah blah.
And it was very effective.
So 50 to families were reminded before the meeting,
73 showed up to the 73% showed up to the meeting
compared to 30 folks who were not reminded
and only 27% showed up to the meeting.
So I you know, obviously me sending a short little email,
hey, we're going to meet tomorrow looking forward to seeing you is very effective.
You the other thing I looked
at is pre say post sake.
So if there was no reminder and no parent showed
there was a 14% truancy rate before the state
and it actually went up after the site
when the parent did attend.
Even though there was no reminder
it went from 6.54%, it really went to 2.9.
I had one outlier that messed up everything.
So with the outlier, to be transparent, it went up.
But if I remove that one outlier,
then it actually goes down quite significantly.
The reminder email and a parent didn't show 6 to 4.
And then if they did show and they got the reminder, it dropped down to 3.65.
So what we found is
actually I want to jump now.
I'm not number.
But. Reminder email works and parents attending.
Definitely it has an impact on whether or not the child
is going to come back and start attending school more regularly.
Some additional data that I collect.
McKinney Vento is the Federal Homelessness Act.
So we had 38 students who were homeless.
This year.
We have eight that moved or found housing.
I do a lot of home visits.
I separate them into process resource and risk focused.
So process could be as simple as going out and getting signatures for an IEP.
Some people may think that's very trivial, but it's actually very, very helpful
because sometimes our families can't get back in.
They may not have transportation or they may not understand what is being written.
So it's helpful for me to go out,
get a signature and explain those things to families.
Resource A lot of the food could be insurance applications, things like that.
And risk is the ones that I do most, which is
residency checking for residency
because we have to make sure our families live in our district and for truancy.
The only contacts could be in person, could be phone
did a ton of them and I work a lot with agencies.
Loving family, the Hershey Food Bank, you know, all of our local agencies.
Dr. Stoner, can I just ask a question or
clarification?
The home visits, when you're doing that to verify for residency,
that is not for students who were residents,
but have are now experiencing homelessness? Correct.
I can investigate homeless families of their residency.
But if a student is a resident and becomes homeless,
that does that is not a residency issue.
It's not as. We have an obligation to. Continue.
I mean, it's not a residency.
I think there's sometimes misunderstanding.
But there's a lot of it.
And it makes me sad because I think families try and lie
because they don't realize that their children are protected.
And as soon as I can at Christmas,
Coco Kirk's presence, I had a mom who was actually telling
somebody else about their situation, and I'm sitting right there.
She didn't know that I was a social worker.
And Christine went, You need to talk to her.
And and I went and talked to her
because the mom's like, I'm just going to drive her into school.
And I was like, It's okay.
You're this is what we do.
You don't
you know, if you need transportation, we'll provide the transportation
your child's protected because of the homeless.
We're good.
And she just started crying because it was it was a huge relief
because she wanted her child to stay here.
And they're planning on finding housing in Derry Township.
So, yes.
Speaking of Coco packs, I do quite a bit with Coco packs.
I still am involved, although I'm not as involved as I used to be.
Currently, there's 259 students, Derry Township students enrolled in Coco packs.
There's a lot more other students enrolled in Coco packs,
but 259 in Derry Township, I still do their enrollment.
I'm still involved with the special events that they have throughout the year.
The Coco Packs presents all the little events that we have
throughout, and quite frankly, I've said this over and over Coco Packs
is really having a strong social worker in the district.
I have a lot of the things that I did.
I used to do the coats for Coco.
I don't do that anymore.
I used to do some of the back to school things.
I don't do that because Coco packs not only has the resources
for the items, but they also have the volunteers.
So giving that to Coco packs has freed me up
to do other things within the district, which is very nice.
So how does this all affect education?
Because that's really what really matters here,
because we're not a social service agency in the district.
We are an education facility.
So I try and meet their basic needs.
Looking at those Maslow food, shelter, clothing, having a good night's sleep,
you know, students are more alert in school, having housing, having food,
all of those basic needs help kids be more attentive
when they're here in school.
I have the you know, when you give a pig
a pancake because, you know, truancy is very similar.
When you send a reminder email, parents are more likely attend.
When parents are more likely attend, students are going to show up.
And when students show up, they're going to do better in school
and they're going to do better with lifelong skills.
So truancy is has a big impact on whether or not kids can be successful.
So that's why we spend so much time and attention to it.
I also do this little thing with early intervention transition,
where I meet with families before the IEP.
So the IEP is on a Friday.
I try and meet with them on a Wednesday or Thursday
and I go through the IEP with them one on one.
If you've ever seen an IEP, they're very difficult document.
They're written in a language nobody understands.
There's a lot of acronyms, there's a lot of jargon,
and the whole structure of it is very odd.
And parents walk into those meetings like this with 20 people around a table
and they leave and go, I have no idea what just happened. Dr.
Stone Like, can you. Explain what early intervention is?
Oh, I'm sorry.
Early intervention is there are 4 to 5 years old
before they come to kindergarten.
They may or may have been identified.
Their children
may have been identified with a disability and they get a head start.
They get early intervention services.
So they're getting services through that most likely through the capital area
intermediate unit.
And then they come here in the IEP.
The individual education program is very,
very different because now we're focused on school and education.
So the parents have their normal worries of kids going to kindergarten,
but they're exacerbated because they have a child with a disability.
So just spending some time with them, listening to their, you know,
their worries, their fears and helping them understand the IEP,
I think gives them more confidence walking into the IEP
so that this team can then focus on the programing and not on,
well, this page is about medical assistance
and we can be, you know, get reimbursed for it.
Would you mind signing?
You know, those are the kinds of things that the families like, I don't know
what they want to hear is who's teaching my child,
who's providing the services when and how?
And that's what they get.
Because I've already taken care of the the muckety muck stuff.
So that's that's like one of
my favorite things I get to do is working with families, with ideas.
And now we're trying to expand that
to not just early intervention, but any family that gets
has a child that's newly identified within the district.
Mental health is a big thing.
So children who learn those career
readiness skills, again, it's kind of like baking a pancake.
They have increased at school both socially
and academically, and that also increases their employability.
Parents who are less anxious have children that are less anxious
and they're more present at school, which is our goal.
And we have students with mental health needs.
We also have school based outpatient therapy.
And this year we've made 48 referrals to our school based provider.
And thank you for hiring me.
And if you have any questions,
I'll be happy to answer.
Yes, ma'am.
This is Cathy Seger.
I just want to thank you for everything you do.
You are our first and original social worker.
And how long have you been here?
Since 2013.
Okay. Right.
So I remember, you know, prior we didn't have one before you, so
I'm so happy that we do have a full time social worker that works K through 12.
So I think it's a really important, invaluable thing that you give
the district, you know, dealing with the truancy, absenteeism,
what's going on at home, how can we get these kids here to learn
and, you know, food, housing, mental health issues.
So thank you. No, thank you. Thank you.
I also
just want to echo that this is one, Drew, and say thank you.
I've had a very brief opportunity to have a window into your world.
And last summer filled in for you for a day
delivering cocoa packets to some of our homeless students.
And that is something that will stay with me
for a really long time to know that some of the,
you know, children that are in our buildings every day,
the situations that they're living in there are a couple of times where I had to
just pull over and really take a moment to grasp that.
And so I know that your days are not easy and
are so multifaceted
from truancy and all of those things, but it's a really important part
and I'm really proud that our district has.
You hear
I'm glad that we have a social worker
in general, but I'm really glad to be with you
because I think that you do a really great job and appreciate
you always educating and bringing awareness
and making sure that these things stay present in our minds.
Thank you and thank you for filling in for me left here.
And we do have ride alongs
with delivering coca packs.
I had several staff members come along with me
and I thought that was very important for them to see a different side
and where
some of our kids are living, including hotels.
Any other questions?
Thank you so much for.
Thank you.
I would like to announce that the board met in executive session
prior to this meeting to discuss matters of personnel and information
and the board will also be meeting in post executive session immediately
following tonight's meeting.
Moving on
to our first recognition of citizens period,
this is an opportunity for residents and taxpayers to address
the board on matters related to the agenda.
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for the public comment portion of any meeting,
and I'll ask Board Treasurer, Mrs.
Sicard to please keep time.
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public participation in the audience this evening,
so if there is anyone attending virtually who would like to participate,
please raise your virtual hand. Now.
Okay.
I do not see any virtual hands raised
so we will close public comment period and move on to standing.
Committee meeting reports, General services and Finance both met today.
Mr. Rizzo, do you have a General Services report, please?
I do.
Excuse me.
The meeting started out.
We actually brought it in. Dr.
Cook here to step in for Bob Bennett, who was missing this evening.
And there is four four components to the new business
We talked about reduce proposal for stormwater basin
sinkhole remediation and in some parking lot improvements as well.
So with the stormwater basin,
one thing that the two group had
mentioned, Jim Carl excuse me,
Jim Carlson from DU had talked about
the severity of what's happening in the basin.
So there's a proposal out there that we'll be bringing
that we approved to come to the full board,
but there, there observations are showing 6
to 7 different sinkholes
right now in that stormwater basin.
So the problem is right now they cannot review those
because there is still standing water in some of those basin.
So they will be coming back in doing the the evaluation of that basin.
But they did mention that this cost could be in
excess of $250,000 to repair everything.
So at this point time,
again, we're just kind of in a holding pattern.
There was, I think, a cost of about 70 $200
that had to be used for
the fixing of one area of that basin
to prevent further erosion and becoming an emergency situation.
So we did move forward as a administration on that.
And then again, with the sinkhole remediation, really it's
materials, time, labor to to make sure that all of that is done.
There's going to be an overall study that's going to come through
in this proposal also to look at the overall stormwater management.
And you know, for future projects coming forward
because always seems to be an issue with the township.
And in the last couple of proposals
we're talking about parking lot improvements to the memorial field.
Again, some of that is due to stormwater
to move the water away from the dug it out.
Apparently now the water is coming in on Maple Street
and then running down into the dugouts at the baseball field.
So it would be putting in some berms to make sure that that water
is diverted away from the baseball field and into the effluent
coming away from the from the field itself.
And again, talking about adding some some spaces to that to the parking lot
area where it's already has some macadam and adding some additional grass base.
So it goes into that calculation for
stormwater and
water management.
And then the second piece is up at the softball field
and running McAdam there as well
and coming in with a proposal there.
I think that in a neighborhood of about 125,000 right now,
it's a larger area, it's a it's a bigger piece to be paved in.
Really.
They're looking at it right now as to what's the best design
to to provide maximum all parking spots and also be able to
to retain the food truck and everything in that area.
And again, that's adding a more defined egress
so that the individuals know how to enter and exit versus
just going off the curb, which is not well defined today.
So those things will be coming to the board for proposal.
The second one we have here is the library Dehumidification, the
the library itself has some stratification as far as moisture into that building.
And obviously in a library moisture is not a very good thing in long term.
I think we're trying to prevent problems that could be pretty serious
that we don't want to have to deal with in the future.
So which building is that?
Which which building that is?
Middle school? I'm sorry, the middle school library.
And so
we're we'll be bringing forward his proposal to get that approval
for the Dehumidification so that that can be done over the summer.
So most of the work is internal.
I think there's one gas line that has to come from the outside.
But as far as overall equipment, it's going to be internal equipment
for a different edification. Okay.
And then the third thing was the concession stand fieldhouse
coming back again for, again, updated bids.
And I think, as Dr.
Winslow stated, that, you know,
we as a board, we need to make a decision on
are we going to move forward or are we not, because we continue
to just kind of throw money at bids instead of actually fixing the problem
so that that will come to the full board for review in the next board meeting
and then
we can vote on how we want to move forward and then
Mr. Purcell went through the Capital Reserve Fund priorities,
which the top three subjects were in that fund priority.
And then there was also posted to both finance
and also to general services, as anybody wants to review that.
And that's just a general informational
presentation
for potential capital fund presentation to the board.
Sorry, just
I just had a quick question related to my report.
I should have asked this question earlier, but do we have insurance
that covers.
Some things.
That actually came up in finance as well
might get if one of you want. To?
Yeah, we have a $50,000 deductible.
So we will put that through insurance and hope it's covered.
Thank you.
Any other questions?
Okay.
Thank you. Mr.
Rizzo, as a sicker finance report, please. Yes.
We also review the Capital Reserve
plan, just like General Services did.
Just in
general Services probably did it in more detail, but at the end of June,
the Capital Reserve Fund will be 5 million.
But after but with the proposed expenses for the 2223 school
year, it's 2.7 million plus will transfer in a million.
That leaves us 3.2 million in capital reserve.
And that is kind of low.
So we we do want to try to be fed up some more.
We also reviewed got an update that the Milton Hershey
Medical Center is not renewing their lease in the Granada building.
And so they will be leaving.
That is building A in this building at the end of October.
So that is also an ongoing discussion with our ad hoc Facilities
Use Committee and we will discuss that more in finance.
We discussed a new
structure for the real estate tax payments.
I believe that it was discussed at Derry Township Tax Collector
Collection Association with Donna Cronin and Maria Mimi already currently right now
the three installments one is due at the end of August,
the second end of September the third, the end of October.
Right now, if you failed to pay your second installment, you get a penalty
when in actuality the taxes are not due until October 31st.
So it's kind of a problem.
So the new schedule that will be coming to
the full board will be first installment payment.
If you sign up for installments, would be August 31st, second installment
would be October 31st and third installment will be December 31st.
If you pay the three installments at those dates, you would not get a penalty.
But your full taxes are due by October 31st, or you do get a 10% penalty.
If you do pay before August 31st,
you get a 2% decrease discount.
That's the same as prior.
So we will be voting on that in June
when the budget comes.
We also reviewed the monthly revenues and expenses
and also the final budget projections and assumptions for 2223, as Purcell did,
add back in the pilot payment, which we hope to receive in December.
So the 2223 school year budget
proposed is balanced now,
and that concludes my report.
Thank you.
Recognition of Club Name Change.
Doctor Rizzo.
The listed high school student club name change is recognized.
No limited service contract is associated with this club.
The club currently has a student activity account
that will be updated to reflect the name change and is being changed
from Matthew 516 to Matthew 2819.
Thank you.
Moving on to student representatives report for their final pre graduation.
Student representatives report. Ms..
Oladipo and Mr.
Grant, do you have your report, please?
Yes, we do.
Last Friday, the May 20th, seniors were able to attend their senior
prom at Hotel Hershey.
From the pictures in the illustrious Hershey Gardens
to gourmet meal to night of dancing, the prom was a smashing success.
All of our seniors were so happy that they were able to take part
in such a time honored tradition as their own.
Time and ages just comes to a close.
At the high school, we also have some senior events coming up
that are very exciting.
This Wednesday, the annual senior dinner will occur
with every senior getting free vouchers to eat and enjoy the food trucks.
They'll be present that evening.
Furthermore, there'll be an announcement of the senior superlatives
for this year, and even a hypnotist will perform that night on Friday.
The events will continue as a senior walk through at the middle school
and elementary school and a picnic with the football field
outside of our seniors are super excited to take part in these celebrations.
And furthermore.
Next week, our students will have a trip to Hershey
Park on May 31st, which is a great way to end an already amazing year.
Commencing will be on June 8th at the Giants and overall graduating seniors.
And although I can't speak for everyone, I know that there's a general bittersweet
feeling about leaving HHS and starting the next phase of our lives.
However, we are all excited to have this opportunity
for such an incredible graduation ceremony this year.
We just.
Wanted to say congratulations to the high.
School track and field team.
They made bedpans and a lot of people got their personal best there.
Also, this past Saturday of the 21st, the high school track and field
also went to districts where two school records reside,
and there were 15 medalists as well as 12 state qualifiers.
The elementary school choir and orchestra performance tonight
is in the middle school, and it started at 7 p.m.
at the auditorium there. And tomorrow will actually.
Begin the interview process
for next year's two school board student representatives.
But the daughter and I are so happy to be a part of the process.
We would love to conclude by thanking administration
of the high school for selecting us to be a part of this school board.
For the past. Year.
Thank you so much, the Board, for welcoming us
and being so helpful throughout the entire year.
It's been such an honor to serve on this board and get to know
so many wonderful people throughout our time here.
Thank you. Especially to Ms.. A.G.
and Dr. Smith. And, of course, Ms.. Schmidt.
We have
a parting gift along with your name tags.
So I'm going to figure out, get down to the best.
Okay.
The listed items are on the anticipated June 13th, 2022
Board of Directors Meeting Agenda.
Moving on
to unfinished business, we have a pandemic update.
Dr. Winslow.
Thank you against you.
As is reflected across the county in the state,
our COVID numbers are up a little bit right now.
As of Friday, we had a 14 day total of 79 cases district wide.
The majority of the cases.
I don't want to say the majority of the cases.
The cases the building with the most cases is the elementary with 26.
We did not add any new cases today in our morning testing,
but I think there were probably a few that reported throughout the day.
And just to remind everyone,
the at the elementary level, you know, we talked about 3.5%
is being the threshold that would be 33 cases of that elementary.
So we're still below that.
We're still below it district wide.
District wide would be 140 cases.
So just for for everybody's record keeping purposes,
that's where we are right now.
We do have a pandemic team meeting coming up, and it will be June 6th
where we will be doing the six month review on the health and safety plan.
As of today, the only update we have received from the state
is that we do not have to report numbers to the state through the summer.
We are to end that on June 9th.
So other than that, we have not received any other guidance at this point.
And on June 13th, I will do
a short presentation on the proposed updates for the plan so that the board
has an opportunity to discuss publicly, take questions and so forth.
And then the revised plan will be voted on at our June 27th meeting.
And just to remind everybody how the health and safety plan process
works, we do need to continue to do six month reviews until September of 2024.
That is part of a federal requirement under the pandemic rules
and with the oppressive ending.
So we will continue to do that.
And of course, at any time we can pull the pandemic team together
for additional information.
I do anticipate,
like this past spring, that we will not be getting
many updates from the state.
And so it's not necessarily
needed to pull people together
when we're not getting additional guidance that we need to interpret and analyze.
I'm happy to take any questions that anybody might have.
That concludes my report.
Okay.
Moving on to content agenda.
The content agenda contains routinely adopted items and items
normally do not require public deliberations on the part of the board.
A board member may pull items
which would then be discussed and voted on separately.
May I please have a motion to approve the consent agenda items as listed some.
Of Cathy sticker.
Second Maria.
Mimi, Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I oppose say no
consent agenda is approved.
Business
approval of the ASAP subscription documents.
Then the administration recommends the board approve the contract
with Educational Development Software for an annual subscription to ACE up
an Electronic student assistance program for cost of $4,878
for the term July one, 2022 to June 30th, 2023.
Thank you.
May I have a motion to approve the ace up subscription?
So moved Cathy sicker second.
Maria. Mimi Is there any discussion?
This is standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I see no,
it's approved the approval of the Kayla agreement.
Please, Dr..
Winslow, The administration recommends
the board renew the Capitol Area Online Learning Association.
Kayla, agreement effective July 1st, 2022 through June 30th, 2024.
Thank you.
May I please have a motion to approve the Kayla agreement?
So move Donna Cronin second. Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
I just have a comment.
Our solicitor.
Always.
Reviews all of our contracts. Correct.
Or just want certain ones that are sent
only.
What's that?
Okay.
Was there a.
Specific now, I was just curious.
So any other discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor, please say I mean oppose, say no
approval of the drilling contract.
Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends the board approve the three year contract
with Edu Link Inc.
to use pay it up to document and track teacher observations and evaluations
for an annual cost of $16,981 for the term
July one, 2022 through June 30th, 2025.
Thank you.
May I please have a motion to approve the drilling contract?
So moved Cathy Zucker second.
Mike Rizzo. Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I oppose the no
approval of the Near Pod Inc contract.
Dr. Winsor.
The administration recommends the board
approve the contract with near Pod Inc for a cost of $20,000.
$20,547.50 excuse me,
for the term July 15, 2022, through July 14th, 2023.
Thank you.
May I please have a motion to Approve the near Pod
Inc contract with near Pod Inc Contract with Power School.
Summer of two. Cathy Secker. Second Lecture.
Is there any discussion.
I and other questions?
Is Cathy Ziegler who signed all the contracts?
So at this point they, they come before the.
Board now that they are coming to the board
in the proper facts fashion the Board President previous.
Previous I believe it was the previous
business manager sometimes and maybe other okay times.
Okay.
Thank you.
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I see no
approval of E Finance subscription, please. Dr.
Russell, The administration recommends the board
approve the contract with Power School for the E Finance subscription
and the amount of $41,178.24
for the term July one, 2022 through June 30th, 2023.
May I please have a motion to approve the e Finance subscription with Power School?
So to remove Donna Cronan.
Second, Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
There's a standard voice vote.
Those in favor say.
I. And the oppose say no
approval of the seesaw contract.
Please. Dr. Renzo.
The administration recommends the board approve the contract with seesaw
for 1470 students K through five at a cost of $8,379
for the term July one, 2022 through June 30th, 2023.
Thank you.
May I have a motion to approve the seesaw contract? Sal moved?
Cathy Zucker.
Second. Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice.
All those in favor say I opposed, say no
approval of TMX compliance contract.
Dr. Winsor.
The administration recommends the board approve the contract, the TMX compliance
to document and track licenses, certifications and electronic sign ups.
The contract cost is $5,200 for the term
July one, 2022, through June 30th, 2023.
Thank you.
May I please have a motion to approve the TMX compliance contract
so moved?
Maria May 2nd.
Cathy Singer Is there any discussion?
This is Cathy Shaker.
I want to thank Cheryl Purcell for bringing all the contracts forward
in the proper manner.
I really appreciate this.
It's nice to see it flowing in the proper process.
Thank you.
This is a standard voice vote.
Others in favor, please say I'm I any opposed say no.
The board of directors recommend the approval
of the 2022 and 2023 Board of Directors meeting.
A date Meeting date?
May I please have a motion to approve these?
2223 Board of Directors meeting dates so moved.
Maria Mimi. Second. Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
This is standard voice vote.
All those in favor, please say I oppose.
Say no
approval of the listed presenter Contract agreement, please.
Dr. Windsor.
The administration recommends the board
approve the presenter contract with Jessica Manahan.
May I please have a motion to approve the list to present your contract?
So moved. Maria Mimi Second.
Cathy Speaker. Is there any discussion.
Yet? Could you just remind us a little bit more about the
what this provider is.
Coming. For?
Yeah, her topic is on
trauma informed behaviors and so she does a one.
We're required by the state to offer a training on trauma informed
education and care.
And she is a partner
with Sarah Ward, who we've had in the past
who has presented on executive functioning skills.
So she does a wonderful job of tying together the importance of executive
functioning and behavior as far as accessing education.
We got to see her present in a webinar
during the pandemic, and she is fantastic.
So. Sir, thank you.
So any other discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor, please say I need a personal
approval of students club
student clubs.
Talk to
the administration Recommends Edition of the Club Representation of Asian Students.
No limited service contract is associated with this club.
The club is requesting a student activity account.
Thank you.
May I please have a motion to approve the club representation of Asian students?
So moved. Cathy Singer. Second, Miriam.
Is there any discussion?
This is Cathy Shaker.
I'll just like to say that I'm happy to see this club.
Recently I looked at all the racial demographics of the sevens
and the school districts for Dauphin County Grand Technical School,
and we have one of the highest Asian populations of students at Derry Township.
So of all the seven schools within Dauphin County.
So I think this is great.
Thank you.
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor, please say I oppose, you know,
affirmation
of the 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees.
May I please have a motion to affirm the 2022 inductees
for the Athletic Hall of Fame? So moved Miriam at me.
Second, Terrie Singer.
Is there any discussion?
This is Cathy Zwicker
Just, you know, I've already talked to Mr.
Singer about this as a representative on the Hall of Fame.
I would love to see more female athletes come forward.
I did get a chance to see the percentages of females
who've been brought forth over the history in the last few years, and there's not
a lot of women who are nominated to be in the Hall of Fame.
Therefore, there's not a lot for the the committee to even vote on.
So hoping that we can work with the high school administration
to get the word out to a lot of our past female athletes
that they need to be nominated for the Hall of Fame.
So we can see more of you come through this committee as well.
Thank you for bringing.
That to everyone's attention.
Yeah, it's a very good observation.
Thank you.
I know they're out there.
They're just not coming through the system.
Thank you.
Is there any additional discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
Others in favor, please say I say no.
May I please have a motion to approve
the revised 2122 committee and delegate assignments.
So moves Miriam Miami.
Second Mike.
There any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say I, I and the oppose say no
Election of Board Treasurer.
Section four of four of the school laws of Pennsylvania stipulate
that in each school district of the third class, the school district
shall elect a treasurer to serve for one year,
beginning the first day in July following such election.
With that, I
will accept nominations for the position of Board Treasurer.
I'd like to nominate Kathy Seger.
Are there any other nominations
hearing then?
Nominations are closed.
Is there any discussion?
I would just like to say Thank you, Mrs.
Seger, for being willing, assuming you're being.
Here willingly, willingly nominated.
I accept the nomination.
To continue and appreciate the time and effort
that you put into preparation for the Finance Committee.
There's been a lot on our plate this year
and your attention to detail is appreciated.
Thank you.
It's my pleasure.
Okay.
This is a standard voice vote.
All those in favor say aye.
I any opposed?
Say no.
Congratulations, Mr.
Seger.
Personnel resignations.
Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends the approval of the personnel resignations.
Thank you.
May I please have a motion to approve personnel resignations?
So moved Miami.
Second. Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
This is standard voice.
All those in favor say I.
I say no.
Personnel. General.
Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends the approval of the list
of personnel and recognition of any of the said transfers.
Thank you.
May I please have a motion to approve
the enlisted personnel and recognition of any of those two transfers?
Some some of Donna Cronan Second.
Maria Mimi.
Is there any discussion?
This is general voice vote.
All those in favor say I say no.
Okay.
That ends new business.
The SBA report is attached.
Dr. Crennan, do you have anything you'd like to add?
No, thank you.
Are there any board members who would like to give a report?
This is Cathy
Zager I just cited for Dauphin County Courier and Checks.
I just like to let the world know that I'm still involved
in the union negotiations that are ongoing.
Thank you.
Dr. Winslow, You have a superintendents report?
I do.
Thank you.
Really exciting things are happening right now.
Some of your events that we haven't gotten to have for the last two years,
which is it's just really great
and it's wonderful to see happening.
So this week is the Cranbrook
environmental experience overnight camping trip for the sixth grade.
And it's just it's just awesome if you want to get to go again.
I know the kids were both excited and anxious a little bit, but really eager
to go and the teachers were very happy and you know how happy Mr.
Valentine is. He's staying out there all week. Yes,
I'm sure that he will have a great time,
but we'll probably be thankful for his own bed by Friday night.
And I know the students will have a wonderful time.
It's it's one of those experiences
that kids look back on and talk about their whole lives.
And it was really disappointing for the groups of kids who did not get to go.
Prom was Friday night as the student representatives
shared, It was my first attendance at prom at the Hotel Hershey,
and I was so proud of our students.
Just an incredible group of kids who had a wonderful time.
It seemed like they were having just so much fun.
And it was really, again, just really exciting to watch them
having a normal prom experience.
I believe there are about 270 attendees, which was a phenomenal turnout.
And I learned that we have a very long
tradition of prom at the Hotel Hershey that dates back to the thirties
of, you know, 1930s.
So I just thought that was a really neat thing
to learn and enjoyed the experience myself.
It went a little late for me, but but it was, it was well worth it to be there.
As exciting
and just super,
super proud of our students was very proud
with the way they represented themselves and represented at a Hershey high school
and a huge kudos to the class advisors, Laurie Ogle and Jeff Mcnear.
The event was lovely and I could not see any hitches in how it went off.
I think it went off very smoothly and I know Smokey was there.
I don't think I saw Betty there, right there.
I just didn't get to run into you.
But mostly school was beautiful, just for the record, and I loved it.
We also had, as they mentioned, the pie
state championship track and field is Friday and Saturday.
We have some really highly competitive athletes that are going to
be competing, so keep an eye on them.
In the district championships, our athletes won 15 medals,
so super, super exciting.
And by the time we have our next board meeting on June 13th,
we will have been through commencement
and the students will be beginning their summer break.
So there was a point this year when I don't think some of us
thought it would ever end,
but now these last couple of months have gone incredibly quickly
and it's been really great to have
as much normalcy as possible as well as we came to the end of this year.
And I'm really happy for the kids and I'm excited for that.
We get to have commencement at the giant center again.
And yeah. It's.
It's been a ride, but one that I was very happy to be on
with all of all of them and all of our teachers and staff.
That concludes my report.
Thank you, Dr. Cronin,
for board President's report.
For Winslow, our Dr..
I had an email on my screen from about,
you know, Dr.
Winslow, there's so many doctors around
here.
It's been a long Monday
board president's report.
I was pulling it up to confirm
because I couldn't remember if we had mentioned this last time.
But hearing about track, I wanted to also congratulate the girls lacrosse team
for their Mid-penn conference championship.
And two. Years ago.
Yeah, two years in a row.
So I was looking, as I note, Dr.
Cronin had sent an email about it and I was trying to remember
if the dates lined up to make sure that we recognized that as well.
But also, just as we approached graduation, it's so great
to see things returning to normal with our adopted building program. Dr.
Cook and I are getting to participate in the senior walk this week
with the high school, which I'm really excited to
to experience and
all the all things graduation are happening.
And I also want dang
the music department last over the last two weeks for
the band and orchestra and jazz
band and choir concerts have all been in.
I was able to catch some of the video of the high school performance
and attended the middle school ones, and I'm always just really blown away
by the progress that is made from the
the winter concert until now.
And I think that it's a really great
dedication show of dedication and commitment of our music department.
And with Mrs.
Ty Miller retiring this year,
I just wanted to say
thank you for all that they do for for the programs.
And finally, thank you again to the middle school.
I dropped my own Canberra camper off this morning
and while I was mostly focused on him being, you know,
that anxious, you know, nervousness, I was looking around at all of our staff.
Just thinking how.
Fortunate we are that
people are willing to go take these kids on this experience overnight.
So hoping that they all have a really great week.
It's hard to believe the school year is already coming to a close.
So congratulations once again to our student reps.
Thank you for being a part of this board this past year
and we wish you the best of luck and look forward to seeing your graduation
and moving on to our final 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 at the initial public comment portion of our meeting.
I will ask Board Treasurer, Mrs.
Seger, to please keep time.
Are there any residents or taxpayers who would like to comment at this time?
I will invite all virtual participants to go ahead
and raise your hand because we have no one in person.
Okay.
I was trying to pause because I know the virtual aunt is
being up first, but I'm not seeing any hands raised.
So is there anything else for the good of the order,
the next public Board of Directors
meeting will be held June 13th, 2022, beginning at 7 p.m..
Please refer to the District website
to register for virtual attendance as the meeting draws closer.
As a reminder, the board will now be imposed.
Executive Session.
May I please have a motion to adjourn this meeting?
So moved. Maria May.
Second. Mike Rizzo.
All in favor, say I any person now
meeting is adjourned at 7:58 p.m..
Have a great night.