Minutes
of the
KUTZTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board of Directors Meeting
Monday, July 15, 2002, 7:30 p.m.
The Board of Directors of
Kutztown Area School District met for the regular board meeting on Monday, July
15, 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 James
Kramer, Dale Reppert
Also Brenda Winkler-Superintendent, Gretchen
DiehlÐSecretary, Geri Miller, Lu Palmer,
Present Mark
Erb, Eric Erb, Nick Lazo, Celeste Brown, Barbara Richard, Leroy Merkel, Curt
Clifford-Reading Eagle
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.
Approval Motion made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to approve
Of Minutes the
minutes of the June 24 and June 28, 2002 school board meetings.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
TreasurerÕs Motion
made by Kent Dahlquist, seconded by Donald Meyers, to accept
Report the treasurerÕs report of the general account.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Ratification Motion
made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Kent Dahlquist, to ratify for
of General payment the general account bills in the amount of
$170,425.37.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Approval Motion
made by Donald Meyers, seconded by Kent Dahlquist, to approve for
of General payment the general account bills in the amount of
$206,528.97.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
SuptÕs Dr. Winkler gave an update on the search for an
Assistant HS Principal/Dean of Students.
Report We
have received approximately 25 applications so far.
Committee EIT No Report.
Reports Pat Bealer
BCTC No
Report.
Jim Kramer
ECC No
meeting held.
Jim Kramer
BCIU Minutes
included in the packet from the last BCIU Board Meeting.
Dennis Ritter
PSBA
No
Report.
Carl Ziegler
Policy & Curriculum No
meeting held.
Bill Yurvati
Personnel Motion made by Kent Dahlquist, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to approve the following
personnel
items #1-16:
1.
The administration
recommends the awarding of tenure status to the following
individuals who have
completed all requirements for tenure:
Shelby
Brett Susan
DeAngelis Melissa
DeLong
Kevin
Fretz Dona
Hetman Jodi
Kirstein
Lynmarie
Schroeder Matt
Smith
2. Resignation, due to retirement, of
Richard Voortman, custodian, effective
August 2, 2002.
3. Resignation of Lisa Keenan, secondary
social studies teacher, effective July 31, 2002.
4. Resignation of Margaret Sell, secondary
learning support aide, effective June 5, 2002
5. Resignation of Deborah Kriger, secondary
learning support aide, effective July 8, 2002.
6. Resignation of Laura Wood, middle school
lunch room monitor, effective May 1, 2002.
7. The last date of employment for Darlene
Krause, inclusion aide, to be June 5, 2002.
8. Increase hours of Jennifer Pallela from
10 to 35 hours per week.
9. Increase hours of Robin Rhodes from 30 to
35 hours per week.
10. Approval of
Jason Moore as strength and conditioning coach for Summer 2002 at a stipend of
$650.
11. Change of
status of Charlotte Schroeder from non-tenured to tenured as it pertains to her
part-time (.2) long-term substitute German teacher position. Salary to be
changed to .2 of BachelorÕs Column, Step 1 of the KASD/KATA contract for
tenured teachers beginning day 46 (May 8) through the end of School Year
2001-2002. (A difference of $128.40)
12. Approval of
Thomas Green as Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds, an Act 93 position,
effective July 17, 2002 salary to be set at $52,000 per year.
13. Permission
to hire a full-time elementary vocal music teacher with ratification at a
future meeting.
14. Approval of
John Noll as full-time secondary social studies teacher effective School Year
2002-2003 salary to be set at $31,505 per Step 1, BachelorÕs column
(non-tenured) of the KASD/KATA contract.
15. Permission
to hire a (.5) secondary language arts teacher and part-time learning support
aide (15 hours/week) at a rate of $9.25 per hour with ratification at a future
meeting.
16. Permission to hire a secondary social studies teacher
with ratification at a future meeting.
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia
Bealer, to remove item #10 from the previous motion.
Motion carried unanimously.
Roll call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to approve Jason Moore as strength and conditioning coach for Summer
2002 at a stipend of $650.
Roll call vote: Yes 4 No 3 (Bealer, Meyers, Yurvati)
Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion not carried.
All
Personnel Are Approved Pending the DistrictÕs Receipt of All Mandated
Credentials.
Summer Motion made by Donald Meyers, seconded by William
Yurvati to approve the attached
Transportation 2002 Summer
transportation route revisions.
Route Rev. Roll call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Apple Lease Motion made by Kent Dahlquist, seconded by William
Yurvati to enter into the Apple Equity
Agreement Lease
Agreement with Apple Financial Services as per the attached proposal.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
AED Policy Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia Bealer to approve the second
reading
2nd Reading and
adoption of attached new Policy #822 Automatic External Defibrillator.
& Adoption Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
MS Band and Motion made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Kent
Dahlquist to approve an adjudicated
Chorus Trip trip
to Williamsburg, VA for the middle school band, chorus, pop group and jazz band
to
be held May 8-11, 2003.
Motion
made by Dennis Ritter, seconded by Donald Meyers to table the above motion
until further information is gathered.
Motion
carried unanimously.
2002-2003 Motion made by Carl Ziegler, seconded by Kent
Dahlquist to adopt the attached resolution
Budget which
notes the change of basic subsidy payments to be received from the state from
3%
Resolution to 2% for the 2002-2003 school year budget and the
last paragraph of the
resolution to read:
ÒNOW,
THEREFORE, MOVE that pursuant to Act 88 of 2002, the Board re-open the
2002-2003 school year budget, and in light of the foregoing facts, further move
that the Board re-approve and ratify the 2002-2003 school year budget as
originally adopted by the Board on June 28, 2002 with no revisions thereto.Ó
Motion made by Dennis Ritter, seconded by William
Yurvati to change the ending of the resolution to read:
ÒNOW, THEREFORE, MOVE that the Board determine
that because the revenue to be received in the three categories discussed above
is less than was budgeted for, that there is no need or basis to reopen the
budget as contemplated by Act 88 and that the budget for the 2002-2003 school
year, as originally adopted on June 28, 2002, not be revised.Ó
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 0 Absent 2 (Kramer, Reppert)
Motion carried.
The attached list of high school activity account
balances as of June 30, 2002 was
distributed
to the board.
Adjournment Motion
made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia Bealer, to adjourn the
meeting
at 9:35 p.m.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted,
Gretchen
A. Diehl
School Board Secretary