Minutes
of the
KUTZTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board of Directors Meeting
Monday, March 19, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
The
Board of Directors of Kutztown Area School District met for the regular board
meeting on Monday, March 19,
2007 at 7:30 p.m., in the library of the Senior High School pursuant to due
notice to board members and the public.
Absent Dale
Reppert
Also Brenda Winkler-Superintendent, Joseph Pugliese-Board
Treasurer, Gretchen Diehl-Board
Present Secretary, Nick Lazo, Eric Erb, Lorraine Felker, Jim Orwig, Barbara Richard, Leroy Merkel,
Nicole Wirth, Matthew McCowan, Ashley Herman, Sarah Ruth, Terry Guers, Melissa Blatt, John Noll, Donna Keglovits
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. The meeting was tape-recorded.
Approval Motion made by Kay Churchman, seconded by Patricia
Bealer, to approve the minutes
Of
Minutes for the February 20 and March 5,
2007 school board meetings.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion carried.
TreasurerÕs Motion
made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by William Yurvati, to accept the treasurerÕs
Report report of the general fund.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion carried.
Ratification Motion
made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Carl Ziegler, to ratify for payment the
of General general account bills in the amount of $1,152,460.35.
Account Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Approval Motion
made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Dennis Ritter, to approve for payment
of General the general
account bills in the amount of $406,506.62.
Account
Bills Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
SuperintendentÕs Report
Senator OÕPake visited the HS and MS. He spent
1½ hours in the chemistry and science labs while they were using data
retrieval probes. The Senate film crew accompanied him to film throughout the
day to give viewers a better understanding of classrooms for the future
initiative.
The MS
award-winning Future Cities team presented to Sen. OÕPake. They are to be
commended for winning the PA competition and placing 4th in the
nation. There were 15 students on the team. Special thanks to Air Products employees
who worked in conjunction with future technology, Tom Green and Betty Imboden
who devoted tireless hours on the project with the students. Dr. Winkler is
trying to schedule the team to present to the board, but with their busy
presenting schedule, are having a hard time trying to fit everyone in.
Congratulations!
Academic Challenge team is #1 in Berks County and the
Debate Team is going strong.
Science Olympiad competition is on Friday and History
Day needed to be canceled due to the weather. A special night to be scheduled
for our participants to give their presentations that they worked very hard on.
Spring sports started.
Festival of the Arts to be held at the middle school
on Friday.
Music trip to Florida begins March 30th.
Band to march down Main Street and the pop group has a good venue to perform
this year.
Dual enrollment – HS students earn college
credit while attending college classes during high school. KU is offering a
pilot program of 10 free seats in KU courses. They may offer a psychology
course for college credit on location at the high school next year at no cost.
Thanks to KU for setting up the program.
PSSAs finished and make-ups will be this week.
Berks County Spelling Bee was held last Thursday.
Danielle Laudadio placed 11th and Erica Yurvati placed 4th.
Congratulations!
Committee EIT Budget to be approved next week. Wyomissing and
another district may have a
Reports Pat Bealer personal
income tax. Budget includes two full time and one part time employee
to equal $100,000.
BCTC The
BCTC won a grant from PDE. Marlin Miller was recognized as a ÒFriend of
Carl Ziegler
EducationÓ. Budget was adjusted. Enrollment is the same for next year. They
accept parochial and homeschool students. Each school will redo a classic car.
ECC No
report.
Pat Bealer
BCIU ÒWomen
with WordsÓ book donated to all districts by American Women from
Dennis Ritter NAACP. Annual BC
School Board Convention to be held May 3rd at Daniel
Boone MS in Douglassville.
PSBA
Senate
bills approved on bullying policies, parental involvement program, FBI
Kay
Churchman clearances, and a bill that allows certified nurse
practitioners and Physicians Asst. to give pre-certification physicals
Policy & Curriculum
Policies discussed on epi-pen use and attendance procedures.
William Yurvati
Personnel Motion made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to approve the following personnel items:
1. Acceptance of the resignation with
regret, of Dennis Hertzog, district interoffice delivery and maintenance
employee, effective June 30, 2007.
2. Approval of Ines Heuser as full-time (35
hours per week, 10 month/year) non-certified student-assigned aide effective
March 19, 2007 at a rate of $9.00 per hour.
3. Approval of Tammy Spaid as a certified,
full-time (35 hours per week) RTI aide effective March 19, 2007 through the end
of School Year 2006-2007 at a rate of $10.05 per hour.
4. Approval of the following personnel as
substitute teachers effective March 20, 2007 for school Year 2006-2007 at the
rate of $93 per day for days 1-20, $103.00 per day, thereafter.
Tara
Fisher English Houghton
College/Kutztown University
Beth
Gross Art Kutztown
University
Jennifer
Shiley English Bloomsburg
University
5. Approval of Stuart Smith as a guest
teacher effective March 20, 2007 for school Year 2006-2007 at the rate of $93
per day for days 1-20, $103.00 per day, thereafter.
6. Approval of the following Krapf
substitute bus drivers for School Year 2006-2007:
Alvin
Millisock Leroy
Kutz
Ashley
Koulter Wilma
(Peggy) Haag
Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
All Personnel are Approved Pending the
District's Receipt of All Mandated Credentials
Conference Motion
made by Alan Darion, seconded by William Yurvati, to approve the conference
Requests request for Celeste Ball to attend
the State Legislative Learning Conference to be held March 25-27, 2007 in Harrisburg and
Hershey, PA at a cost of $366.00.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Motion made by Alan Darion, seconded by Daniel
Walter, to approve the following conference requests for the Pennsylvania
CounselorÕs Association Conference to be held April 19-21, 2007 in Lancaster,
PA:
Stephanie Steigerwalt at a cost of $384.89.
Melissa Till-Smith at a cost of $384.89.
Hallie Schumacher at a cost of $384.89.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Dennis
Ritter, to approve the conference request for Nick Lazo to attend the PAFPC
Annual Federal Programs Conference to be held April 15-18, 2007 in Pittsburgh,
PA at a cost of $1,052.87.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Motion made by William Yurvati, seconded by Patricia
Bealer, to approve the conference request for Bryan Hartman to attend the PMEA
In-Service Conference to be held April 19-21, 2007 in Hershey, PA at a cost of
$787.67.
Roll
call vote: Yes 8 No 0 Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
School Motion
made by Daniel Walter, seconded by Patricia Bealer, to adopt the school real estate
Property
Tax property tax installment payments
per the attached resolution.
Installments Roll
call vote: Yes 7 No 1 (Bealer) Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Discussion Items: Volunteer
Clearances
Dual
Enrollment
KASD
Enrollment 07-08
Facilities
Update
Act
1
Referendum Motion
made by Dennis Ritter, seconded by Daniel Walter, to change the referendum
Question question and non-legal
interpretive statement to reflect an estimated savings of $735
Revision rather than savings estimates for the first and
subsequent years of $478 and $735,
respectively, based on the recommendations from the
State AttorneyÕs office that only one amount is allowed in these documents.
Roll
call vote: Yes 5 No 3 (Bealer, Yurvati, Vymazal) Absent 1 (Reppert)
Motion
carried.
Adjournment Motion
made by Patricia Bealer, seconded by William Yurvati, to adjourn the
meeting
at 9:15 p.m.
Motion
carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted by,
Gretchen
A. Diehl
School
Board Secretary