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
Mrs. A.G. Rocco.
Mr. Bennett.
Dr. Cronan. Here.
Ms.. Drew Here.
Mrs. Many.
Mr. Rizzo. Here.
Mrs. Schmidt.
Your doctor shop.
Here.
Vicar Here.
Mr. Singer.
Here.
Eight present to absent one. Virtual.
Mrs.. E.g.
for the record, I would like to make note that Bob Bennett has an excused absence
for being on vacation and Maria Mimi is ill tonight.
Also, Dr.
Scholl has requested to participate in this meeting electronically.
Does any board member have any objections to this?
Mrs. Agee, For the record, please note that Dr.
Shaw will be participating tonight electronically.
Please rise if you are able,
and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Pledge allegiance to the flag.
Of the United.
States of America Republic, for which it stands one nation.
Under God.
Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
May I have a motion to approve the February 28th,
2022 Board of Directors Agenda.
Sam Lindsay Drew. Second. Mike Rizzo.
All in favor.
This is a standard voice vote.
All in favor. Say, I. I. I.
All opposed. Say no.
Motion carries
Student of the Month Recognition.
Ms.. Wade.
Good evening.
I'm Larry Wade.
I'm one of the STEM principals at the high school.
I'm here on behalf of.
Mrs. Schmidt. And Dr. Smith.
It's our pleasure to
acknowledge the students who have achieved academic success
and to recommend to the
Federated Women's Club of Hershey and the Hershey Rotary Club.
Our Students of the month.
Our first student that we're recommending is Elizabeth Zachary.
And I called the teachers today.
And for some words,
and they just gushed.
About what a wonderful child this is.
And so I think it's.
Fun for us to hear what they said.
They said she puts forth the best effort.
That was good.
But they.
Said this is just a. Wonderful young woman.
A. Kind person who will help out whenever.
She participates.
In the musical and then link through as well to her academic.
Success.
So we're really proud of Elizabeth.
Our second recommendation is Peter Verbeke,
and the words that describe Peter were.
Oh, he's one smart cookie.
He's conscientious and
intelligent and willing to help others.
So these students.
Are not only.
Academically successful, but they represent the kind of passionate,
interested people that we get to spend our days with.
So I'm very, very proud to be here.
My understanding is that they have a little speech
that they're going to give proposals.
And then you get to see.
Them.
Hi, my name is Elizabeth
Zachary, and I am so beyond grateful to be February student of the Month.
I would like to start out by thanking my amazing parents Chairman Chris Zachary.
I would not be where I am today without their endless love and support.
I would also like to thank the Rotary Club,
as well as the Federated Women's Club, for this amazing
recognition of my hard work. I really appreciate it.
The amazing administrator mission and the inspiring teachers
that I've been lucky enough to have at Hershey High
School have really aided in my success in so many ways.
As far as my activities and school go,
I'm an avid member of Hershey High Hero, so I have been lucky enough to be in
some of the fall plays and all of the musicals during my time at HHS.
This year we're doing Beauty and the Beast, which I am super excited about.
I am the Wardrobe as well as the Enchantress and Dance Captain,
and I've been lucky enough to be dance captain last year and this year.
And that's a really amazing opportunity that I've been lucky enough to have.
I am also a member of his audition choir Cantabile
and a choir secretary, so that has been super fun as well.
I'm also a member of the crew, so what we do in my crew
is we help acclimate the new the incoming freshmen
to high school life because it's all very new and exciting,
and that's been a really awesome opportunity as well.
I'm also a member of the senior class representatives for student council,
so we get to plan things like Homecoming, which was super fun this year
and we did a block party back in August.
That was awesome too.
And just like Spirit Weeks
and things like that, it's been a really, really awesome opportunity.
I'm also a member of National Honor Society, as well as Spanish
National Honor Society.
So as far as like outside of school
activities go, I'm a dancer at Hershey School of Dance
and I love all types of dance, tap,
jazz, ballet, contemporary, you name it.
I probably take classes at it.
So it's been really, really great.
And I'm also chanter at Saint John of our church.
I love to sing.
So that has been a really, really great opportunity for me.
I'm also a member of the Youth group, their life team.
So not only do I get to go to really fun meetings, I also get to do
great volunteer opportunities like clothing drives and food drives.
Another volunteer opportunity that I've really loved over these past
few years is the Hershey Area Playhouse Theater Gardens Camp in the summer.
It's a two week camp for kids to come and learn how to act,
and we put on a super cute show at the end of those two weeks,
and it has been such a pleasure to work with those kids.
Another kind of ongoing service project that I've had in my life
is donating my hair.
So about every two years since I was seven, I've donated ten inches of my hair.
So to organizations like Children with hair loss.
So this goes to kids fighting cancer or conditions like alopecia.
So I've been really grateful to do that.
So looking into my future, I don't know what college
I want to go to yet, but I do know that I want to major in nursing.
So I chose nursing because I love helping people and caring for people.
And I like the medical field as well.
So it's kind of a perfect balance and I would really be honored to be there
for people in those hard life changing situations.
So just to wrap up, I would like to thank again
the teachers, faculty, peers, my friends, all the people
that have shaped me out of Hershey High School, my parents, obviously.
And then, of course, the Rotary Club and the Federated Women's Club
for this recognition.
Thank you guys so much.
And I hope you have an amazing day.
Hi, my name is Peter Beck and I'm a senior.
I'd like to thank the Hershey Rotary Club and Hershey High School Administration
for Recognition
and Hershey High School teaching staff for four wonderful years of education.
My parents, Thomas and Sarita Verbeek
for being there for me every step of the way.
In our school, I participate in Cross-country Science Olympiad accuracy
using urban
National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Music Theater.
During my time in high school, I've been honored to be a National Merit
Scholarships and a finalist and to receive varsity letter in cross country.
I've also gotten the opportunity to help our community through code acts
as a runner, and volunteering for Bennington Day was uniquely special.
Outside of school, I keep myself busy by running, skiing,
programing, learning Chinese reading, and spending time with my friends.
After high school, I'll be going to college to study biomedical engineering.
I would like to go to Georgia Tech, but I have yet to receive a decision.
After undergraduate education
and medical school and pursue a career in medicine.
Once again, I'm honored to receive this recognition and thank you
all for your time.
Thank you.
I would like to announce the board met in executive session prior
to this meeting to discuss personnel matters and legal issues.
Now we have an opportunity for residents
and taxpayers to address the board on matters related to the agenda.
Citizens wishing to speak should come to the microphone, phone
or raise their virtual hand once recognized or unmuted.
Please state your full name and address for the record
to provide equal opportunity.
Each speakers limited to 3 minutes.
If necessary, the board may set a maximum time
for the public comment portion of any meeting.
I will ask Board Treasurer Mercieca to please keep time.
Are there any residents or taxpayers who would like to comment at this time?
There are no virtual attendees.
Okay, thank you.
Standing Committee reports.
The Finance Standing Committee met today, Mr.
Speaker, to have a finance report.
I do. Thank you.
We had a presentation from Fulton
Financial Advisors regarding the Milton Hershey Trust Fund.
At the last meeting, we had asked them to run the parameters
on what a 4% versus a 5% distribution would look like.
And they did give us a presentation.
She started out the presentation saying that 4% is the most prudent
distribution that is generally, generally accepted by trustees
because it's based on a balanced and growth
investment portfolio.
So and in order for us to do
1% higher to 5%, we need to show
that there is a clear need to cover revenue.
So we are still fleshing that out right now.
We need about four more weeks.
We need to have our March meeting
to see clear numbers are where we are with this year's revenues and expenses.
But to give you some
idea of which, what 4% and what 5% look like,
the presentation was attached to the finance Committee.
But I'll show you in ten years, kind of like the middle of the road
estimate on what the balance of the fund would look like.
If we did a 4% in ten years,
it would could potentially be 67 million.
If we did a 5%,
it could potentially be 66,000,332.
So it would be about a $700,000 difference
in estimating if we took that 1%. Now,
what does that 1% mean to us for next year's budget?
It would be about potentially a $450,000 increase in the
in the one time distribution
or actually 460,000.
So the 1% would next year would give us 460,000.
And in ten years we would see the growth
less by 700,000, if that makes sense.
So once again, we do need to
show that we need to cover revenue expenses by doing this,
because if we basically we're going to plan on going with 4%
and then seeing if we need 5% in March or not because we have to justify it.
And then this does have to be reviewed by a trust committee because there are
many laws governing the trust and how it's the distributions we take,
because what we ultimately need to watch out for is sustainability.
So, you know, whatever we do to this fund, it has to sustain and grow
for the future so we can continue taking out 4% year
after year after year.
Anyone have any questions about that?
Okay.
Then we also did a review of where we are year to date with revenues
and expenses under new business.
Just to give you some of the highlighted
items, the amusement taxes year to date at 1 million.
It does look like we could end up
closed to 2.1.
3 million by the time we finish the school year.
And to give you an idea of where we were in 2019
pre-pandemic, we were at 1.4 million.
I said that right.
So we could potentially get close to where we were pre-pandemic.
I think the amusement park tax is a good idea
of how the economy is rebounding because it's based on ticket sales.
So I just pulled that one out to give you.
But there were more examples if you listen to the audio.
We did look at what would it look like if we did a tax increase.
And if you remember, we can go up to the index this year, which is 3.4%.
So just to give you an idea, and
Mrs. Purcell did a
great job of kind of running
the numbers for Derry Township,
the median assessed value of a home in
Derry Township is 161,300.
So if we did a 1% tax increase, that would increase
that person's taxes by $30.
So if you think about your assessed value
on your own, your house
161,000 is a $30 increase at a 1%.
If we went up to the index, did
a 3.4% tax increase.
That median assessed value
would get an increase of $103 a year
if we did the 1% tax increase.
You say, what do we get for that in the general fund?
We get an additional $383 and 700
$383,714 a year.
If we would do a 1% tax increase.
And so we're still just information
going through these numbers right now as a finance committee, hopefully
to get into March to finalize where we think
the budget needs to be for next year and what our numbers look like all around
with having to put money back into the fund balance that we took out,
what distribution we need, do we need a tax increase, and if so, what?
What level of a tax increase do we need?
Just one thing I'd like to point out.
If you think about a 1% tax increase gives us 383,000 more dollars,
we typically think of an employee as costing us 100,000 roughly with benefits.
And so
we also reviewed
there are some great attachments on the Finance Committee meeting
if you want to pull those up.
The Act one index of the history of the
the school district shows the increases every year.
For example, we haven't raised taxes at all for the last two years.
There's the document I was referring to the real estate
tax millage increase document
that shows the median assessed value and all those figures.
And there was this the proposal for the state's budget
right now, which we're pretty sure we will not get, it will get cut.
But there are some big numbers being flown around at the state capital right now.
The last item is
Cheryl Pearson, our new business manager,
has organized a new template for the board.
It will track our contracts for board approval, which we're very excited about.
So what what will happen in your March board brief is you'll probably see
a new table document that lists all the contracts
that are going to be need to be reviewed by the board soon.
Their expiration date and a brief description,
and we'll use this document
that will be provided in the board brief to track contracts that are coming due
so we can keep better organize on top of things and when they're renewed
and why they're renewed and when they're coming.
And that concludes my report.
Great. Thank you.
Any questions for Ms.. Seger?
Student Representatives Report. Mr.
Ladipo and Mr.
Kerlikowske, do you have a report?
Yes, we do.
So, good evening.
At the high school last week, we continued this month's theme of Spirit Days.
So on February 22nd, the school participated in a twin
day in which you and a friend, just like
the high school play, will present Beauty and the Beast this weekend.
Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday and Wednesday.
There will be a preview.
For the play at the high school in which students can get a sneak peek.
Of the performance they have been working on.
The boys basketball team tonight has a district
semifinal game tonight at Lampeter Strasburg High School.
Many students and staff will be there to support our Trojans tonight.
March 10th, the high school junior class will be going on
their much anticipated class trip to Washington, D.C.
They will have the option
of visiting the area's major attractions, such as the National Mall, this Mrs.
Smithsonian Museum and the Air and Space Museum.
On Thursday, February 24th, Student Council hosted a student form
at the high school during all three lunches
since are welcome to talk about various topics such as community periods,
social and emotional learning, scheduling and morale.
Nathan also completed a bear fundraiser that raised
$305.60.
Bears are placed in classrooms, and the classes had to raise at least
$5 to manage, and the bear moved the bear to the other costume.
It was a costume of their choosing.
The goal is to not have the bear in the room,
and the Nathan is so happy to have raised over $300
on Wednesday this week, March 2nd.
It will be giving them a rethought.
Their donation made to four
diamonds would be matched by them and given to 80 Tasmanians on the links
can be sent from students and the age as many on Instagram will also have them.
We would also like to congratulate, congratulate Bryant
Liu, Karen Lu and Alicia Xie for making all state orchestra.
And congratulations to Sophie Kam for making all statement.
Thank you.
Wonderful.
Thank you.
Me listed items are on the anticipated March 14th,
2022 Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
and Pandemic Update.
Dr. Winslow.
Spoke.
Thank you, Dr.
Cronin.
Today we did have communication that went out to our families
On Friday evening, a little after 5:00, we received
word from the CDC that the transportation Board
mandate for masking on school busses and bands was lifted.
So we did email
all of our district families that this morning to let them know that
and did let drivers know first thing this morning so that. If.
Families had heard at the time
that that nobody really fighting with kids to wear masks on the busses.
So we didn't really appreciate the late Friday
evening notification for trying to get that out to all of our staff.
But we did manage to get it out all this morning
so that everybody was aware with where we were.
So that
was that was good news for lots of folks.
And just a quick update given it's been just about a week
since we have gone to a mask optional learning environment.
We did provide care, 90 fives at each of the buildings
for anybody who wished to stop in and pick them up.
At the middle school we've given out, it's about a total of 24.
At the elementary, we've given out about 13
and at the high school we've given out about 25.
So about five a day is what we're seeing at the high school and middle school
and at the elementary.
It's just a little less.
It's more sporadic, I guess,
And seems like at the middle school, about 60 to 70% of the students
have continued to wear their masks, particularly if they're walking around.
But when they're seated, a lot of them are starting
to feel more comfortable taking them off at their seats.
At the high school, it's about 5050 and at the elementary,
it seems to be a healthy mix of about 5050 also.
And we did not receive
any large influx of students asking for Kayla.
We really didn't see anything other than our normal marking
period changes that we that we normally see with Kayla.
So looking forward to continuing to move forward.
If the numbers are updated on our website, you can see that districtwide.
We are at a total of 22 positive cases
and we almost got to a place
where we had no staff out with COVID this week.
Very close, didn't quite make it.
But you can also see in our graph that there have been many days
where we've had no new cases reported.
So it's it's really great.
And we're happy that the predictions that we saw coming through
have panned out that that the cases are dropping.
And and as we move to spring, we should see even
more of that.
And it's very, very exciting to move forward with
spring activities and to be outside.
And it's just it's a good feeling and I know I expressed
to the board last week with the groups that I met with that
it was really wonderful last week to do actual school work.
It wasn't necessarily COVID related.
Maybe remind me why I was here.
And it's very exciting and look forward to continuing to doing that good work.
And that's my. Report.
Excellent. Thank you very. Much, Dr.. Winslow.
Consent Agenda Items.
The consent agenda contains routinely adopted items and items
that normally do not require public deliberations on the part of the board.
A board member may pool 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 Lindsey drew.
Second. Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote.
All in favor. Say I. I, i.
All oppose. Say no.
Motion carries
approval of Summary Board of Directors Meeting minutes may have a motion
to approve the February 14th, 2022 Summary Board of Directors meeting minutes.
No. Move on to Newbern.
No, I'm sorry I missed that.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Sorry.
So start crossing that out before we get moving.
Sorry. New business.
Approve of the 2020 2021 audit report?
The approval audit. Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends the board approve the 2020 2021 audit report
prepared by the firm of Boyer and Ritter LLC.
I'm going back.
May have a motion
to approve the audit, so move to Kathy Zwicker.
Second, Lyndsey Drew.
Is there any discussion?
Standard voice vote, all in favor?
Say I, I all oppose.
Say no.
The motion carries.
The. Approval of HAC amended sponsorship agreement. Dr.
Winslow The administration recommends the approval of the five year, five year
amended sponsorship agreement with the Harrisburg Area Community College
starting in the fiscal year 2022 23.
May I have a motion to approve the hack amended sponsorship agreement?
So moved Lindsey drew second.
Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
Yes, Madam President.
I kept Shaw here as the delegate for the last four years
to pass on some information to the board
so we kind of know what we're voting on
over the last well in excess.
Now, I've only been delegate for four years, but in excess of five years.
I'm hacks, hacks.
Enrollment has been uniformly declining
and there's kind of no end in sight for that.
Projections that are presented.
In addition to that, they've been running a significant
budget deficit.
Again, no end in sight.
There. There.
I mean, they're making more changes.
They can, but there really is not
doesn't seem to be the demographics
or the
will to
on the part of the public to enroll and act.
Now, this budget agreement,
you'll notice if you turn to the Exhibit A,
there are 22 supporting schools for Hacc.
And what the supporting schools get is you get a
tuition reduction, not elimination of tuition reduction.
It's less than $50 per credit
for those students who are doing well.
The other thing that you get is you get for alumni
after alumni you also receive they'll those alumni.
This doesn't go to the school, it goes to the alumni.
They also receive a tuition decrease.
So in aggregate, over the next
five years, if we enter into this agreement,
over the next five years, it'll be about $710,000.
That's the that's will be our
our contribution to the sustaining school.
Now, we have currently
we have only eight dual
enrolled students and
we also have additionally,
we have
about 120 alumni
who are enrolled in at the current average
age of the alumni is 23 years old.
So these are people now that have been
high school grads for
the members look like they're starting to
get relatively
older as a group.
And again, I'm not
I think Hacc is.
I think it's it's an
it's a good educational system.
We I'm concerned that,
you know, that the public and parents will want to know.
Well, heck, if you're enrolled at Hack,
you're getting help with your tuition.
Well, I won't help with my my kids at Penn State, Harrisburg.
And I won't help with my tuition, my kids at LV C, I won't help with tuition.
I mean, just because a dollar is spent on dollar,
spent on health care or defense
or or
climate change doesn't mean it's spent.
And so that's why I just want folks to understand
kind of what you're voting for,
the terms of this agreement.
There's
not much in the way of an escape clause either.
So just want to present that as information
and then answer any questions that folks have.
And thanks for that cap.
This is Terry Singer calling.
Calling, speaking.
So do. You have a do you support.
This cap.
Terry?
This has got to be one of the things that I have probably wrestled
with the most since I became a delegate
and during my time on the board,
because I think on balance,
I don't see $710,000
over the next five years given budget circumstances.
I don't
I don't see that as money well-spent,
although I understand that
education is extremely important and that's why I'm on the board.
But Terry, I'm not sure that I do.
All right.
This is Donna.
You mentioned that you don't see a path out. Out.
What does what did you mean by that?
Well, well, this is a five year agreement.
And so our next our next chance to not enter
a sponsorship agreement will be it C
2023 2027
So this would be our agreement until 2027.
Okay.
So you met no path out in the next five years, right?
I'm sorry, I.
Can't say no to this.
Okay. All right. I'm sorry.
I didn't really complete the statement, but, you know, we're we're
locking ourselves in
to that annual contribution.
And I guess it would be getting back to Terry's question,
it would be a lot different if I didn't,
you know,
we as the delegates, when we go to the meetings,
we're we're given the same
they're the same talking points.
Every meeting that enrollment
in community colleges is
countercyclical, meaning that
if the economy's doing well, that
enrollments tends to decline.
So but even in the stretches in the last five years
when the economy has done badly,
the enrollment has has continued
to decline on.
Madam President,
I will be abstaining from this vote as it is my employer.
And I you know, and I understand that, you know,
I feel really bad bringing this up
because I know that puts you in a awkward spot.
I appreciate your comments on
that. Mr.
Z, may I make a comment if I'm abstaining or do I stay out of the discussion?
You can make a comment.
I would just say that
the comparison to like a four year institution, I'm not quite
sure is very fair.
Because, you know, the community colleges
give people who are in a different socioeconomic status
the ability to at least start their degrees at an associate's level,
a diploma level, certificate level, and also go back to repurpose
and find a new career without going to a four year institution.
And I think this is historically
an agreement that we've entered into years and years and years.
And it gives people a very it's
a very valuable asset in the community.
So I would hate to see it fail from being passed,
because if you look at the attachment, you will see
all the other school districts that are sponsoring school districts
and they are our neighbors and friends.
And for us not to be a sponsoring school district
means that you're
giving residents in this township
they have to pay a higher credit rate
and so do our joint Dole enrolled students.
And we just approved a class at the high school for DOE enrollment,
and we would then be not agreeing to give our own students
a sponsoring school district credit rate.
So you may not be able to answer this kit, but I
one of my questions has to do with
the fact that we only have a dorm
room and students and I'm not sure if this is a question for.
Can I clarify the difference between dual enrollment and college in the classroom?
Sure.
Because we do have students that are duly enrolled.
So those eight students would be those students.
So they are taking classes simultaneously in the high school and through Hacc
and receiving credits at both institutions for those live or classes.
I don't know which ones they're doing.
They can they have option of doing either.
We do have a class that we just approved, which is college in the classroom,
and so that will be an intro to business course and could be as many
as 25 to 50 students, depending on how many sections we're able to
accommodate and how many students are interested in signing up.
And then those credits do transfer
to other institutions.
I think it's when you're talking about being a sponsoring district.
Part of the reason that Hacc exists is because we entered into this agreement
with the other 22 districts or the other 21 districts at the time of its founding.
If we all decide to pull out of our agreement,
Hacc will no longer exist and we will no longer have a community college
for our students and for our alumni.
And I think that's a really important consideration when
when thinking about this,
you're not just deciding whether or not you want to participate.
You're deciding whether or not you want this institution to survive.
So this is Donna Krohn.
And so my my comment has to do with the fact that $710,000 is a lot of money.
Eight students enrolled in Durham.
It is very small.
What can we do to take advantage of what
Hacc offers to have more than eight dual enrollment students?
Whether I know HAC
is far away and the timing of a schedule would be very difficult to be there live.
Virtual options are important, but can we and this may be a rhetorical
question, but
can we make at it to one of many priorities
that our high school guidance guidance counselors have to offer?
This is an option because I don't know if it's on the course selection guide.
And most students that I talked to have no idea that there's handle enrollment.
So can we do a better job of marketing this great opportunity
for something that we pay a lot of money for to open it up for more students?
Yeah, that's something we can absolutely do.
That would be something that not that my vote is continued on that,
but you know, in voting for that, I'm voting for the confidence
that we will
do our best to provide this opportunity, make students
aware that we have this opportunity and make faculty aware of the college.
And in high school, you know, we have one course,
I believe annual Cliona has at least five
or six college and high school courses with Lebanon Valley College.
So we're really behind in that opportunity.
Granted, that's very close there, right there.
I don't know what what we can do to facilitate our scheduling or whatever,
or maybe we provide a van to get to hack, because I know that's a problem.
Students want to do do enrollment, but they can't get there.
So I think if we're going to invest this much money, I think
as a district we to make it actually viable
for students to take advantage of this because it is a great opportunity.
So it disappears too.
I'm sorry, 25 students in in high school at the business,
one on one class is a three credit class.
So they can choose to pay for those three credits at Hacc
as a sponsoring school district.
It's a discounted rate and actually get three credits of business
while they're taking that high school out.
So it's more like he said eight dual enrolled.
There's 25.
So whoever are taking this,
they also pay for the sponsoring school start right next year.
Right.
They'll be going into it.
It was just approved. Right.
I'm saying even that college and high school program I think is critical.
But, you know,
I'd like to see a commitment to try to expand on that with our staff.
But a dual enrollment students I don't think is enough.
And I don't think it's because students don't want to do it.
I don't think students my guess is not it's not well known
or well understood
and facilitated to make it possible because you need to work
with your guidance counselor to fit something like that into your schedule.
And it's difficult.
It's easier to not do it.
So we need to remove the barriers, is what I'm saying.
Remove the barriers to enrollment so we can actually the students can benefit
from it, staff can benefit from it, and then we don't have to feel like we're
tossing 710 and not getting a good return on our investment.
Let's improve the return on investment.
Yes, This is Lindsey Drew, if I could just comment first,
I just want to make sure everyone understands
that that $700,000 is over the life of the agreement, not annually.
So on that other attachment, it is
$135,944 currently.
So I think it's important to put that into the perspective of our overall budget.
I'd also like to just add that it's not just for our students,
but I think it's an important aspect from a community perspective.
Anyone who is a resident of a local sponsoring school
district is able to receive that tuition reduction.
So our taxpayers also are able to do that.
And I know so often we look at the impact of taxpayers,
you know, on folks who don't have children currently in the district but are paying
their equal share of property taxes to be able to
support our budget.
So I think that that's an important component because it adds into
just another one of the benefits of living in Derry Township
and having access to that. And I also think that
as we are looking ahead
to so many different things economically,
that HVAC is a really valuable asset to have as a community college.
There is, you know, a number of trade and technical and health
care professions that are really desperately in need of
increased labor workforce and having that
there and available, you know, into the future I think is
something that's going to be really important.
So I would just ask everyone,
consider that to I certainly understand the
wanting to make sure that the return or doing anything it's Dr.
Cronan said to increase
the enrollment is certainly something that we want to be able to do.
But I view this as important
as our participation in Dauphin County Technical School.
So. So KIPP, is it is it not just for alumni,
then that discount is for anyone in Derry Township, any taxpayer?
Okay. I just want to clarify that.
And just just to put some numbers on this,
and I and Kathy's comments are exactly spot on.
So I don't I don't take this lightly at all.
But I think, again, Bonnie,
your comments need to be acted on.
We need to we need to tear down the barriers to see
if we can help make those things more.
I mentioned there 20 to a
sponsoring a local regional school districts
PAC serves 65
local regional school districts, so only a third are sponsoring.
That's just well, and then as I mentioned, the accretive savings
is about $42 credit.
And so that the cost for a student
instead of $226 of credit,
they're paying $184 of credit.
So that's just
some some some other numbers.
So because
because because I mean, it's clearly that what Donna has said
needs to happen because everything that said is true.
But in the face of all of that, the enrollment
in those programs is declining.
And that's just
I'm sorry, but I mean, that's just that's just the numbers.
That's just the data. So
thank you so
and the other discussion,
I think, Stacy, you've heard us loud and clear.
Okay, great.
May I have a motion to approve the way we had the motion?
This is the discussion.
Sorry, this is a standard voice vote.
Voice vote.
All in favor. Say I. I.
But any oppose, say no
motion carries. Good. Discussion.
Thank you.
Approval of contingency savings Agreement.
Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends approval of the agreement with CCG Premium Recovery
Group LLC in order to conduct an audit on our workers compensation insurance.
May I have a motion to approve the Contingency Savings
agreement?
So moved Lindsey drew second.
Mike Rizzo. Is there any discussion?
Yeah.
This is. Terri Singer.
I really don't understand exactly what it is.
Do we get this done periodically or
just maybe just a little explanation
of what it is.
I can't speak to.
This is your personal business manager.
I can't speak to what was done in the past.
Our age,
who is our liability insurance carrier brought this forward.
It's a worker's comp review.
The state of Pennsylvania has changed a lot of workers comp.
How they refund.
Or reimburse or set that reimbursable your your rate.
So what has. Happened? They are covered.
I think those rates have been skewed maybe a little bit is what they're saying.
This is an a company that will do perform.
Basically they can request from the state and from our carrier all of.
Our workers comp claims. There's no cost to us.
There's only a shared return if they come back.
And find that we have somehow been improperly.
Rated at the state level,
we could possibly get.
Money back on anything that has been.
Already paid out.
So and then we would share that refund with this company.
It's good practice.
Again, I don't know if it's been done in the past.
It is good practice just to have this done every 5 to 7 years.
This is kind of what our agent has said
and then what it will do.
Even if there isn't a refund to us, it will reassure us that when we are rated
for this current policy starting July one of.
2022, that it's an accurate rating.
So it's it's a win win. Either way.
It won't cost us anything if we don't get money back.
And then. We're assured that.
Things are set. Right for us.
Thank you.
Hey, this is a standard voice vote.
All in favor.
Say I, I.
I. All oppose. Say no.
Motion carries.
Personnel resignations.
Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends the approval of the personnel resignations.
And I have a motion to approve the personnel resignations.
So move.
Lindsey drew.
Second. Mike Rizzo.
Is there any discussion?
I would just like.
This is Lindsey Drew, I just
there are a couple of retirements on here this evening.
And every time we have retirements of teachers
and educators who have been part of the district for so long,
I think it's really important that we recognize them.
And I see there are two from the elementary school,
and I know Mrs.
Miller has just been really instrumental in the orchestra and really helped
bring music to a lot of students and helped kind of spark that.
So I just wanted to say thank you to them and then also to Mr.
Dr. Smith as
as he moves on
and thank him for the opportunity that I've had to
to work with him and interact.
And this is Donna Cronan.
I just want to recognize
Mrs. Bloom, second grade teacher.
I don't want to say how many years ago my son had her and she was phenomenal.
We're going to miss you so much, Katy and Mr.
Smith, also.
Dr. Smith Sorry,
I think I had four students at the high school with him
and just really appreciate his continued support and I'll miss him.
Thank you.
So this is a standard voice vote.
All in favor.
Say I. I, i.
Any poe say no.
Motion carries personnel.
General Dr. Winslow.
The administration recommends
the approval of the list of personnel and recognition of any listed transfers.
May I have a motion
to approve the listed personnel and recognition of any listed transfers?
So move Nancy Drew.
Second, Microsoft.
Is there any discussion?
This is a standard voice vote. All in favor.
Say I, I all oppose say no.
Motion carries
delegate reports.
The PSB report is attached and with I have nothing to add.
Dauphin County Technical School news video was attached. Mrs.
Seger or Mr. Rizzo.
Do you have anything to add?
No. I didn't.
Okay.
Are there any board members who would like to give a report?
Yes. This is Mike Rizzo.
So just reporting on Adopt a School
was at the high school on
not past Thursday, but the Thursday before and had the opportunity to meet with Dr.
Smith and some of his staff member members. So,
again, it was a very good meeting, a couple of things that were highlighted
during that that opportunity I was able
to get into one of the science labs
and at the time they doing DNA testing.
So it was pretty interesting and to see that the students were very enthusiastic
and actually getting the experiments done during that laboratory time.
So kudos to the science department there is very interactive.
And in second I met with
Barb Clouser and Derek Dietz in regards to the link crew as
well, our student of the month mentioned.
And so they're starting to have their conversations now
for the beginning of the 2022 23 school year.
So a lot of effort going on there.
I believe they're picking up their conference from 2020
that was canceled and they'll be going out to the 2022 version of that
to to gain additional training for the link crew.
And a couple of things for those that don't know what's happening
there is really it's a high school orientation for the incoming freshmen.
So it starts out with Bridge Day
and really gets the the freshmen coming in to understand the school.
But then it takes on a life of its from there
where you're having the juniors and seniors that are qualified
are there as mentors for the the younger students.
So you know looking at the academics, looking at the social needs
of those individuals coming in and being available for them
to help them bridge that gap between the middle school and high school.
So kudos to the team.
Looks like it's
one of those activities that takes a lot of time to to get,
you know, built for the coming year.
Thank you. Excellent. Thank you.
Dr. Winslow, do you have a superintendents report?
I do. Thank you.
And a couple of things.
Always following the students.
The spring musical is coming up this weekend.
Like I said, at our last board meeting, I got to see
a little preview of that at our Rotary
on the 14th from Valentine's Day.
And it was awesome.
And I think it's going to be a great show.
So that's very exciting.
I did want to take a moment to thank Dr.
Smith for his service.
He's been a great team member.
We wish him well as he transitions to his new position.
It will be a fast turnaround for him.
He'll be starting at his new school on April 1st.
While he's been with us, he has led the high school
and becoming an Apple distinguished school.
They've expanded blended learning.
They implemented Link Crew and Bridge Day.
Bridge Day was Dr. Smith's idea.
And so some really
great things have happened under his leadership.
I am sure that he will very
much appreciate the extra 2 hours in his day that he will be getting back
by shortening his commute significantly with his new position.
So we wish him well and wish his family well, and I think that's going
to be great for him and he will be missed here.
I also did want to give a Hershey Winter
sports update because it was we wrap up the winter season.
It's been pretty exciting.
And there are a few highlights that I want to share for wrestling.
The team won four dual matches, which is the most they won in over three
years, and Trystan Bingham qualified for the District three tournament.
So that was very exciting.
Definitely.
I would say that we are
in a rebuilding stage of wrestling, but it's really great to have
Mr. Buker and Mr.
Walzer and Mr.
Paynter, all three teachers in our building coaching wrestling again.
So it's awesome to see that back
for swimming.
They'll be competing in the district three meet this weekend at Cumberland Valley.
The boys team is the Keystone Division champion and both boys and girls
teams won numerous medals at the Mid-penn Conference Championship Meet.
They will compete at the PGA Championship meet March
18th and 19th at Bucknell.
Boys basketball they're playing this evening have not gotten any updates yet.
So I'm wondering how things are going.
But they finished the season as the number four seed in District three
and they're playing tonight
at Lampeter-strasburg in the District three five semifinal and finals game.
And the boys have also qualified for the tournament, which will begin
on March eight.
Girls Basketball.
The girls won four in a row to close out the season
in qualifier for the District three tournament.
Unfortunately, they lost in the opening round game,
but they played their very best basketball to close out the season,
an indoor track, which is a club.
Justin Rogers jumped 16 feet four inches
at the state Indoor championship for Pole vault.
And Justin now holds a state record for indoor pole vault.
And we look forward to seeing him jump during the spring track and field season.
And a daughter who was a pole vaulter, she never got that high.
And I think I think my colleagues are hearing me
give this report and my checks are coming in.
And let's see, there's one quarter left and they were tied at 38,
38 as of 6 minutes ago. So
how's that
for an update for how it's going at the games?
And I get did you know about the ice hockey team?
The ice hockey team.
I did find out that they were playing in the championship game on Friday evening.
Is that correct? Yes. To Bear's Cup.
And that's at 8:00, I think.
Yeah.
So lots of great winter sports as we wrap up that season.
And I believe spring sports begin practicing on
March 6th on Monday.
So. Correct.
Yeah. So it's exciting.
You got to get warm.
And that concludes my report.
Great.
I don't have a presence report.
We'll move on to 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 was board Treasurer, Mrs.
Ticker to please keep time again,
are there any residents or taxpayers
that would like to comment at this time?
There are currently no virtual hands raised.
Okay.
Is there anything else for the good of the order?
Okay.
The next public Board of Directors meeting will be held March 14th, 2022,
starting at 7 p.m..
Please refer to the district website to register as the meeting draws closer.
May I have a motion to adjourn this meeting?
So move. Lyndsey drew.