Minutes
of the
KUTZTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board of Directors Meeting
Tuesday, April 22, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
The Board of Directors of
Kutztown Area School District met for the regular board meeting on Tuesday,
April 22, 2003 at 7:30 p.m., in the library of the Senior High School pursuant
to due notice to board members and the public.
Absent Kent
Dahlquist, James Kramer, Dale Reppert
Also Brenda Winkler-Superintendent, Nickolas
Sosik-Treasurer, Gretchen DiehlÐSecretary, Present
Geri
Miller, Lu Palmer, Mark Erb, Eric Erb, Eric Sills, Nick Lazo, Celeste Brown,
Tom
Green, Leroy Merkel, Eric Veronikis-The Patriot, Mary
Paterno, Barbara Weston, Denice
Coles, Jayna Snyder, Vincent Snyder, Lori Snyder,
Madison Snyder, Quinn Snyder,
Constance B. Schweyer, Sandy Daniels, Bethany
Daniels, Barry Hoffman, Dustin
Hoffman, Zachary Hoffman
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 Donald Meyers, seconded by William
Yurvati, to approve
Of Minutes the
minutes of the March 17 and 31, 2003 school board meetings.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
TreasurerÕs Motion
made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Donald Meyers, to accept the
Report treasurerÕs report of the general account.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Ratification Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia Bealer, to ratify for
of General payment the general account bills in the amount of
$86,799.04.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Approval Motion
made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by Donald Meyers, to approve for payment
of General the general account bills in the amount of
$231,426.12.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
SuptÕs á Miller Blood
Drive Ð Erin Wolfe explained to the board about the campaign that is
coordinated
Report by Mrs. Heiter and her students. It will be held
Wednesday, May 7th from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Breakfast and snacks will be available for all
donors. Donors must be 17 or older and over 110 lbs., in good health, no
strenuous activity prior to donating and a high iron count is important. It
takes a total of 45 minutes. Their goal this year is 120 people.
Pre-registration forms are available.
á Student Recognition
Brad
Roth -Outstanding Accomplishments in Swimming at the District, State and
National
Levels
Darci
Spohn Ð All-State Band, 3rd Chair Baritone Sax
PA
Statistics Poster Competition
Jayna
Snyder Ð Honorable Mention Smoking
Battle of The Regions
Dustin
Hoffman Ð 3rd Place PA Deer
Harvest
Erica
Yurvati Ð 2nd Place Comparing
Coasters: Steel vs. Wooden
Reading
Public LibraryÕs Young PoetÕs Contest
Alexa
Sicher Ð 3rd Place A
Rainbow of Worlds
Gillian
Ryan Ð 2nd Place Spring
Is Here
Karl
Petr Velik Ð 2nd Honorable Mention Oh, The Snow
á Nick Sosik announced that PASBO (PA School Business
Officials) awarded Barbara Richard the distinction for Registered School
Business Officials. This program requires educational accomplishments,
achievements and service works.
á Congratulations to Board Member William Yurvati who
will graduate on Sunday with a MasterÕs in Library Information Science from the
University of Pittsburgh. This is Mr. YurvatiÕs second MasterÕs degree.
The board took a short recess from 8:09 p.m. to 8:27
p.m.
Committee EIT No meeting.
Reports Pat Bealer
BCTC No
report.
Jim Kramer
ECC Meeting
minutes were in the board packet. The KASD Education Foundation
Jim Kramer will
contribute money towards the perimeter fence around the high school
stadium. It is hopeful that the project will be
completed this summer.
BCIU County
meeting to be held in Oley next month. Dr. Vicky Phillips, Gov.
Dennis Ritter RendellÕs appointee for Secretary of
Education will be in attendance.
PSBA
LegislatorÕs
meeting was held in late March. Local legislators were in
Carl Ziegler attendance. The budget was the main discussion item.
Policy & Curriculum Meeting
held March 24th. Items discussed: 2003-04 elementary
Bill Yurvati schedule,
summer schedule for staff- flexible scheduling, MS math course
failures and possible remedies, initial writing
results , Kindergarten enrollment exception was discussed but not granted,
summer programs and fees, policy on Do Not Resuscitate orders, new chaperone
requirement, 2002-03 Kindergarten schedule change, and student request for
leave.
Personnel Motion made by Donald Meyers, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to approve the following
personnel
items #1-#9:
1. Approval of
the resignation, due to retirement, of Amanda Stump, middle school spanish
teacher, effective the last school day of School Year 2002-2003.
2. Ratification
of Kay Gernert as substitute aide effective April 8, 2003 for School Year
2002-2003 at the current substitute aide rate.
3. Approval of
Janelle Loeb as Track and Field Assistant Coach for School Year 2002-2003 at a
salary of $2,282.
4. Approval of
Rick Kline as Head Golf Coach for School Year 2003-2004 at a salary per the
KASD/KATA contract.
5. Approval of
Doug Hatch and Andrea Jones as substitute teachers for School Year 2003-2004 at
the current substitute teacher rate.
6. Approval of
Denise Elshahed and Jonathan Haggar as a guest teachers for School Year
2003-2004 at the current substitute teacher rate.
7. Approval of
Diane Thomason as a VanLear bus
driver for School Year 2003-2004.
8. Approval of
the following school bus and van drivers for School Year 2003-2004:
Shane Ritzman, Nancy Peters, Tessie Adam, Ronald
Richard, William Greenawald
Substitutes: Shirley
Burkhart, Nevin Smith, Scott Warmkessel, Leroy Merkel,
Mark George
9. Approval of the attached Summer staffing proposal for
Summer 2003 Programs.
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia
Bealer, to remove item #3 from the previous motion.
Motion carried unanimously.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Motion made by Donald Meyers, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to approve Janelle Loeb as Track and Field Assistant Coach for School
Year 2002-2003 at a salary of $2,282.
Roll
call vote: Yes 4 No 2 (Bealer, Yurvati)
Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion not carried.
All Personnel are Approved Pending the
District's Receipt of All Mandated Credentials
Conference Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia Bealer to ratify the
conference
Requests
request for Doug Matz to attend
the PMEA In-Service Conference that was held April 9-12,
2003
at Hershey, PA at a cost of $400.00. (Mr. Matz chaperoned a student to the
all-state
band
festival.)
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Dennis
Ritter to approve the conference request for Brenda Winkler to attend the
Teacher Inquiry Institute to be held May 2-3, 2003 at State College, PA at a
cost of $338.40.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
(These
conferences were requested on the canceled April 7th meeting
agenda.) .)
BCIU Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by William
Yurvati to nominate Dennis Ritter
Representative as the Kutztown Area School District representative
to the BCIU Board of Directors for a
three-year
term from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2006.
Motion made by Donald Meyers, seconded by William Yurvati, to close nominations for BCIU Representative.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Motion
carried unanimously for Dennis Ritter as the districtÕs representative to the
BCIU
Board of Directors.
School Year Motion made by Patricia Bealer seconded by Donald
Meyers to approve changing the
2002-2003 School
Year 2002-2003 calendar in that the last day for all kindergarten students to
be
Calendar June
10 instead of June 12, 2003 with June 11 and 12, 2003 designated as staff
development
Update Days
for kindergarten teachers. (Weather make-up days caused the last day of School
Year
2002-2003 for the district to be moved from June 6 to June 12, 2003.)
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Revised Bus Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia
Bealer to approve the attached
Routes revised bus routes for School Year 2002-2003.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Do Not Motion made by Dennis Ritter, seconded by Patricia
Bealer to approve the first reading of
Resuscitate new
policy #209.1 Ð Do Not Resuscitate.
Policy Roll call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Custodial/ Motion
made by Donald Meyers, seconded by Patricia Bealer to approve the following
General/Art bid
items #1-#3
Supplies Bids 1. To award the custodial supplies
bids to the lowest responsible bidder who has met
the
specifications as listed on the attached summary sheet.
2.
To award the general
supplies bids to the lowest responsible bidder who has met the specifications
as listed on the attached summary sheet.
3.
To award the art
supplies bids to the lowest responsible bidder who has met the specifications
as listed on the attached summary sheet.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Grant Money Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia Bealer to accept grant money
Acceptance in
the amount of $48,949.45 that was received for the following State &
Federal Programs
to
incorporate these revenues and expenditures into the 2002-2003 budget:
PSSA $16,194.00
Transition Mini
Grant 5,874.95
Safe Schools
Initiative Grant 5,427.50
Safe and Drug
Free Schools (BCIU) 6,603.00
Agricultural
& Rural Youth Program Direct Grant 2,500.00 (from last year)
Agricultural
& Rural Youth Program Matching Grant 10,000.00 (from last year)
Agricultural
& Rural Youth Program Direct Grant 2,350.00 (from this year)
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Emergency Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Donald Meyers to approve the attached
Assistance Act resolution to designate an agent for the purpose of
requesting the Kutztown Area School
Resolution District
to obtain financial assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency
Assistance Act (Public Law 93-299 as amended by public Law 100-707).
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Architect Motion
made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by Donald Meyers to approve the attached
Contract contract for architectural services through AEM
Architects, Inc. to facilitate the high school
construction
project.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Point-of-Sale Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Carl Ziegler to approve the purchase of
System Nutri-Kids Point-of-Sale cafeteria system through
LunchByte Systems, Inc. per the attached
Purchase proposal
at a cost of $26,295 and yearly maintenance $1,340 per year.
Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Track & Field Motion made by
Patricia Bealer, seconded by Donald Meyers, to approve Janelle Loeb as Coach Track and Field Assistant Coach for School Year
2002-2003 at a salary of $2,282.
Roll
call vote: Yes 5 No 1 (Yurvati)
Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Discussion Kindergarten enrollment 2003-2004
Items Graduation
details
Summer Motion
made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by Dennis Ritter to approve the attached
Programs summer programs and fees for Summer 2003.
2003 Roll
call vote: Yes 6 No 0 Absent 3 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Pastor
Ritter left at 9:10 p.m.
Excused Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by William
Yurvati, to approve the equivalent
Student of
14 excused days for elementary student #102336 to participate in ÒEvitaÓ at the
Roll
call vote: Yes 5 No 0
Absent 4 (Dahlquist, Kramer, Reppert, Ritter)
Motion carried.
Don
Meyers left at 9:57 p.m.
Discussion Business Manager Search
Items contÕ. Sacony
Commons
2003-2004
Budget
Facilities
Committee Meeting
Adjournment Motion
made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by William Yurvati, to adjourn the
meeting
at 10:12 p.m.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted,
Gretchen
A. Diehl
School Board Secretary