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.

Roll Call Patricia Bealer, Donald Meyers, Dennis Ritter, Don Vymazal, William Yurvati, Carl Ziegler, Lynn Nonnemacher

Absent Kent Dahlquist, James Kramer, Dale Reppert

Also Brenda Winkler-Superintendent, Nickolas Sosik-Treasurer, Gretchen Diehl–Secretary, 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

Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:42 p.m. by President Vymazal.

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.

Treasurer’s Motion made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Donald Meyers, to accept the

Report treasurer’s 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.

Supt’s · Miller Blood Drive – 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 7^th 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.

· Student Recognition

Brad Roth -Outstanding Accomplishments in Swimming at the District, State and National

Levels

Darci Spohn – All-State Band, 3rd Chair Baritone Sax

PA Statistics Poster Competition

Jayna Snyder – Honorable Mention Smoking Battle of The Regions

Dustin Hoffman – 3rd Place PA Deer Harvest

Erica Yurvati – 2nd Place Comparing Coasters: Steel vs. Wooden

Reading Public Library’s Young Poet’s Contest

Alexa Sicher – 3rd Place A Rainbow of Worlds

Gillian Ryan – 2nd Place Spring Is Here

Karl Petr Velik – 2nd Honorable Mention Oh, The Snow

· 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.

· Congratulations to Board Member William Yurvati who will graduate on Sunday with a Master’s in Library Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. This is Mr. Yurvati’s second Master’s 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 Rendell’s appointee for Secretary of Education will be in attendance.

PSBA Legislator’s 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 24^th. 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 7^th 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 district’s 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 – 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 “Evita” at the

Absence Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia as a musical enrichment experience.

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 cont’. 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