Minutes
of the
KUTZTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board of Directors Meeting
Tuesday, January 22, 2002, 7:30 p.m.
The Board of Directors of
Kutztown Area School District met for the regular board meeting on Tuesday,
January 22, 2002 at 7:30 p.m., in the library of the Senior High School
pursuant to due notice to board members and the public.
Absent Patricia
Bealer, Donald Meyers, Carl Ziegler, Ben Haas-Student Representative
Also Brenda Winkler-Superintendent, Gretchen
Diehl–Secretary, Nickolas Sosik–Treasurer,
Present Geri
Miller, Lu Palmer, Mark Erb, Barry Adams, Nick Lazo, Eric Erb, Michele
Fragnito,
Celeste
Brown, Leroy Merkel, Jocelyn Beck, Kimm Montone-The Patriot, Lily
Henning-Reading Eagle, Alan Darion, Rita Schwalm
Welcome President
Vymazal welcomed guests and opened the meeting with a
moment
of silence and Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. He asked that everyone signs the attendance book and marks
their concern next to their name.
He requested that anyone wishing to speak on an agenda item please raise
his/her hand to be recognized.
This meeting was tape recorded.
Approval Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to approve
Of Minutes the
minutes of the December 17, 2001 and January 7, 2002 school
board
meetings.
Roll
call vote: Yes 5 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Abstain
1 (Reppert)
Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Motion
made by Kent Dahlquist, seconded by Dale Reppert, to accept
Report the treasurer’s report of the general account.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion carried.
Ratification Motion
made by Kent Dahlquist, seconded by Dale Reppert, to ratify for
of General payment the general account bills in the amount of
$169,278.98.
Account Bills
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to grant permission to transfer Coca-Cola contract proceeds from the
Kutztown Area School
District general account to the Kutztown Area School District Education
Foundation account.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion carried.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion carried.
Approval Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by James Kramer, to ratify for
of General payment the general account bills in the amount of
$275,711.42.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion carried.
Ratification of Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Dale Reppert, to ratify for
Construction payment the construction account bills in the amount
of $68,727.54.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion carried.
Supt’s January is School Board Recognition Month. Thank you
to KATA and Rita Schwalm for setting
Report up
refreshments to recognize board member’s dedicated service to students and
the
community. All board members were given a gold cougar head pin and KASD pen.
Thank
you for volunteering innumerable hours.
A local business donated $1,400 for 4 scientific
scales to enhance the science curriculum. They
are currently located in the chemistry lab.
KASD Middle School held a Winter Shiver Shake-down -
320 students and 100 parents participated
in this overnight adventure in the building. They worked with Mrs. Imboden and her students to
organize this large undertaking.
On Saturday, KASD administrators got together with
state and local police and borough crisis
management personnel at the Kutztown Elementary School to put together an emergency plan.
Dr. Geri Miller brought in Dr. Ted Hershberg from the
University of Penn to speak to our teachers
and some Brandywine teachers on value added and student achievement - how to gage individual
progress.
Pastor Ritter acknowledged Dr. Winkler speaking to
the Ministerium. She spoke well of the current
educational programs and ongoing student activities.
Committee EIT No report.
Reports Pat Bealer
BCTC Next
meeting scheduled for January 23rd. Last month Mr. Kramer toured
Jim Kramer the
fully renovated machine shop. Top of the line CAD systems and
machining
equipment have been installed.
BCIU Stan
Kita, Superintendent of Fleetwood SD, has been hired as the new Dennis Ritter Asst.
Executive Director. Reorganization was approved. Nancy Allmon will
be strong in those areas Dr. Hohl was not as strong.
Some think BCIU lost focus of servicing school districts and leaned more toward
being entrepreneurial. They will begin to work on this image. Cost for BCIU
support is not expected to increase.
ECC Discussion
items included head football coach and a problem with
Jim Kramer baseball
field topsoil. Intramural program possible for the middle school
next
year.
PSBA
No
report.
Carl Ziegler
Policy & Curriculum No December meeting. Next meeting is January 28th-
7 p.m. HS
Bill Yurvati
Personnel Motion made by Kent Dahlquist, seconded by William
Yurvati, to approve the following
items
#1-#2:
1. Ratification
of Patricia Kokolus as full-time special education teacher effective January 17, 2002 at a salary
of $43,383.00, prorated, as per Master’s column, Step
6 of the KASD/KATA contract for tenured teachers.
2. Addition of
the following persons to the approved 2001-2002 substitute teacher list
at
the current substitute teacher rate:
Bruce
Godfriaux Guest
Teacher Victoria
University, N.Z.
Holly
Andrew Elem.
Ed./Spec. Ed. Kutztown
University
Lori
Yeakel Elem.
Ed./Spec. Ed. California
University of PA
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion carried.
Motion made by James Kramer, seconded by Kent
Dahlquist, to hire Larry Chester as football head coach effective January 22,
2002 for school year 2002-2003, salary as per the KASD/KATA contract. (Ed Myers
fulfilled the 2001-2002 season requirements and then resigned as Head Football
Coach.)
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion carried.
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to grant permission to the administration to hire a .7 secondary vocal
music teacher with ratification at a future board meeting.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion carried.
All
Personnel Are Approved Pending the District’s Receipt of All Mandated
Credentials.
2001-2002 Motion
made by Dale Reppert, seconded by William Yurvati to approve the attached
Bus Route revised
bus/van routes for School Year 2001-2002.
Revisions Motion
carried unanimously.
Van Bid Motion
made by Dennis Ritter, seconded by Kent Dahlquist to reject the van bids opened
on
Rejection January
4, 2002 in order to research a slight modification which could result in
considerable
savings
to the district.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Lenhartsville Motion
made by Kent Dahlquist, seconded by William Yurvati to appoint the position of
Per Capita Director
of Transportation & District Support Services as the Lenhartsville Borough
Per Capita
Tax Collector Tax
Collector effective January 1, 2002 through June 30, 2002 and also to deputize
Tammy
Miller, District Business Office & Education
Support Secretary, to collect the Lenhartsville Borough Per Capita Taxes and to
file the necessary reports at the end of each month effective January 1, 2002
through June 30, 2002.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Ziegler)
Motion
carried.
Mrs.
Bealer arrived at 8:08 p.m.
Discussion Track
Renovation
Items Education
Foundation Kickoff - March 21st 5:30 Kutztown Tavern
Tax
Study Committee Letter
Sunday
Practices
High
School Feasibility Study
School
Year 2002-2003 Calendar
Executive Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Dennis Ritter to enter into an
Session executive
session to discuss a legal matter at 8:52 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously.
The board reconvened at 9:41 p.m.
Adjournment Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Dennis Ritter, to adjourn the
meeting
at 9:42 p.m.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted,
Gretchen
A. Diehl
School Board Secretary