001Welcome everyone to the Wattsburg Area School District where we are student centered and future focused. I hereby call this work session of September 8th, 2025 to order. Would you please stand for the pledge of allegiance? >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> May we have a roll call, please? Mr. Blazer. >> Mr. Brumagen, >> present. Mrs. Berlingham, Mrs. Heatherington >> here, >> Mrs. Lee >> here, >> Mr. Morvet >> here, >> Dr. Pushchek >> here, >> Dr. Williams >> here, >> Mr. Young. >> Okay, thank you. We are now moving on to school reports. Uh, Mr. Berlin, will we have a school report for next week? >> Yeah, we
002will. uh Senica High School will be doing a presentation. >> Okay. Thank you. Moving along to guest and citizen comments. Do we have any citizen signups for tonight? >> We do not. >> Thank you. Moving right along. Sure. I got everything. Uh superintendence report. Dr. Berlin, will we have a superintendent report for next week? >> Yes. uh we'll have a few things to share with the board. >> Thank you. And moving along to item number five, our business administrators report, Mrs. Bendig. Thank you, Mrs. Lee. Uh for tonight, um the general fund, I have some treasures reports. general fund. Total in that account as of the end of August, August 31st, 2025, $5,414,254.37. Capital Projects has $1722 in that account. The cafeteria fund as of the end of August has $823 yeah 80023,31687. the student
003activities balance as of the end of August um total in those collective accounts $68,5302. Um the rest of the reports will be ready for next week's meeting. And then the bill lists for tonight that were work written between the last board meeting and the work session this this evening. um general fund $166,5456 and cafeteria bills totaling $41056. Uh the rest of the bill list will be ready for next week. That is all I have. >> Thank you, Mrs. Bendig. Any questions for Mrs. Bendig? If not, that will be on the agenda for next week. Moving along to legal advisement. Uh we do have one um item for the agenda next week. They include the ARPser health and safety plan by annual review. Um, do we have any questions on that one? >> Madame vice president.
004>> Yes. >> Just a question. Um, I know that I mean it seems like it's a very uh beneficial plan and review process, but with the grant money being gone, is there do we still are we still tied to that? I guess my question I didn't know if that's in perpetuity now or I I like the plan but I'm just wondering you know what I'm asking. >> Oh yeah yeah that's a good question. Um there's not a clear answer to that right now. Uh it it is a requirement >> of the monies that we received and there was not a sunset announced >> fair with that regulation. That doesn't mean there won't be in the future but right >> there's no there's no downside to the plan. I'm just wondering. Yeah. Yes, exactly. I understand.
005>> Thank you. >> Okay, thank you. Any other questions regarding the safety bannual review? >> Okay, that will be on the agenda for next week. Moving along to finance, I recognize Dr. Andy Pushchek. >> Thank you, Madam Vice President. One item for the board's consideration next week, that is to transfer the amount listed from committed fund for the facility improvement grant project to unassigned fund balance toward the FIG application. 002. >> Thank you, Dr. Pushchack. Do we have any questions regarding this item? All right, that will be on the agenda for next week. Moving on to buildings and grounds, we have one item that would be under consideration. It will be the YMCA child care program agreement. Um, file as attached. Do we have any questions regarding this? Okay, that will be on the agenda
006for next week. Moving along to personnel, we have a few items that will be under consideration for the voting session next week. They include A resignations as listed, B appointments as listed, C ESS substitute list additions, D conference requests as listed, and E tuition reimbursement as listed. Do we have any questions on any items? All right, thank you. We will have those on the agenda for next week. I'm sorry, Miss Le. Did you mention uh letter F, service substitute? >> I did not. My apologies. Um, we do have one more addition. Um, I'm sorry. My apologies. It would be the service substitute list additions to be included under the personnel section for next week. Do we have any questions on that one? Okay, thank you. that will be on the agenda for next week. >>
007All right. Item number 10. Uh we don't currently have any items listed. Uh moving along to curriculum. I recognize uh Mr. Steve Morvet. >> Madame Vice President, there are currently five items on the agenda for next week. Uh under curriculum, the first one is the uh item A, graduation requirements um for the Senica High School graduation. Um, item B is the Bot Vin Life Skills Training Middle School program as listed for the attachment as well as then the uh item C 202526 Northwest IU5 contract agreement between Watsburg Area School District and the IU5. Uh, and then uh item D, Beacon Light Academy agreements, uh, as listed. And then lastly is item E, the 95% group tier 3 program uh, item as listed. Those will be the items on the agenda next week. Madame Vice President,
008>> thank you. Mr. Morv, do we have any questions on any of those items? >> Mr. President, >> Mr. Baggin, >> uh, item E, 95% group tier three program. First off, my wife and I are static that that has came to the board and for implementation. Um, as the board, although I do have some concerns around it that I would like to ask questions on. Um, as the board knows, you know, we've had to seek uh some leg legal uh counsel in regards to my son and some of it a lot of it is around this 95% group or items uh around IEPs and again I think this program is awesome. My concerns are though the fidelity of the programs and do we actually have the teachers and resources to be offering the programs in
009the full fidelity and scope that they're supposed to be offered which is something that we found was not the case with our own child. Uh you know introducing 95 literacy interventions straight from their website identifies identifying and closing skill gaps early is essential and provides a strong foundation for reading success. couldn't agree more that early invention uh is super important. That wasn't the case for our family. We were told we're going to wait till third grade. We're going to wait till third grade. So I one question is as we roll out this 95% thing is is that now changed? What are we doing for early intervention uh for our kindergarteners which we were told direct quote we don't care yet at the end of kindergarten. Uh first grade we were told similar quote. Second grade
010we were told similar quote. So early intervention is one thing but fidelity of the program is the biggest. Um we had to extend our son's school day per his IEP to reach fidelity of the program. So, how are we going to enroll this tier three which per their website is 40 minute blocks four to five days a week in its fidelity uh would be my concern. How do we how do we give that to the kids that need it in their small group instruction without extending their school day especially kids that have multiple um services that are being offered to them. So their time is very very limited. >> I So I can speak to some of that. So uh part of the the 95% group what we're doing right now is getting uh and
011this is paid for through title four funds um is getting three teachers at the elementary center trained. It's a pretty extensive training. some of it's you know kind of on their own doing you know watching webinars and things and then some of it is um their kind of facilitator coming facilitator coming in to train them. Um so the way that it works right now uh we use uh title one teachers to identify students that aren't uh meeting grade level requirements. Uh and so they start to get pulled in and receive interventions from those title one teachers. Um, and then if those interventions continue not to work, that's where the third grade thing comes in. Typically, you know, IEPs are identified around that age. Uh, so as far as the actual how the program works, I
012mean, uh, Lisa Jablowski would probably be better situated to answer like how that time is going to be spent, things like that that I don't know. >> My concern is how it's how we find the day time of the day in the kids' schedules to offer 40 minute blocks four to five days a week, which is what the curriculum requires for its fidelity. So that would be a concern of mine. I mean I love it. I think it's awesome. I think we need it. Uh my concern is how do we implement it per the program guidelines. >> Good good questions. And we can follow up with Dr. Jablonsky. Uh being a tier three program, it is intensive. So it would take priority and students identified for that intervention, they're they're going to get pulled and
013put uh into that instruction on a very consistent basis. Um that's that's the intention. So that's but we we can confirm um with Dr. Bonsky the the details of how staff may be reassigned to accomplish that. >> Okay, any other questions? >> Okay, thank you. Those items will be on the agenda for next week. Moving on to technology, I recognize um Dr. Jesse Williams. >> Thank you, ma'am. I will have only one thing on the agenda for next week and that is the Edling Comply volunteer module agreement. um as listed. >> Thank you. Any questions on the edgulink agreement? >> Thank you. That will be on the agenda for next week. Moving on to transportation. I recognize uh Mr. Greg Formagen. For next week, I'll have one item as well for underneath transportation request item
014A to approve the transportation requests and ratifications of field trips since last meeting as attached. And that is all. Thank you, Mr. Bumagen. Do we have any questions on transportation? All right, that item will be on the agenda for next week. Moving on to athletic and extracurricular. I recognize Mrs. Leah Heatherington. Thank you, Madame President. I will have two items. Um, a volunteer list additions and b game help list additions as listed on the agenda. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions on the volunteer list or game health list additions? All right, those items will be on the agenda for next week. Uh item 15, miscellaneous. We do not have anything currently under there. Um moving on to item 16, the Erie County Technical School. Uh Mr. Moore, will you have a report for next week?
015>> Um Madame Vice President, no, I will not. Since we had our board meeting after the August uh joint operating committee board meeting, that was my report at our last meeting. Got it. Uh our September uh tech school board meeting is not until after our board meeting. So I will have one in October, but not in September. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you. Moving on to Northwest Tri County Intermediate Unit. Um Dr. Andy Pushchek, will you have a report for next week? >> Yes, madam vice president. Brief report next week. Thank you very much. Moving on to board correspondence and dialogue. Uh do we have any comments tonight for the board? >> Mr. Burman. >> Yeah, I would like to congratulate uh the team for being published in this month's PESBA school leader. Dr. Berlin
016and uh Dr. Pushchek and Mr. Young are all mentioned in here in that and um I think a lot of that is is very truthful. I think the weekly updates and everything are awesome. Uh but as we go into a new election cycle, I think there's a few things that we potentially could add to board uh orientations and things as well. Uh PSBA actually lists out that perhaps we should have a mentoringship program um or um as one item. I know when I came on the board, I followed up with a letter, you all are aware, I sent out several emails when I first came onto the board. Um, I sent a letter out January 15th of 2024 to the team of 10 on board orientation. Um, I think in 2025 and I think now
017that we have the new curric the new technology, it might be a little bit easier um with Dr. Berlin's uh board meeting that he has with the new members coming on in the 21page PowerPoint or whatever page PowerPoint goes out. Uh I think very easily we could also make sure that the board members have the curriculum, the facilities planning, the career comprehensive plan. I had to we had to search and look through that stuff. You know, it wasn't really given to us in in a clear concise uh or or in a print handout. Uh, I think some of those things would be awesome, especially with the upcoming election season coming on with potentially new members coming in if we could um increase some of that communication. I think would be awesome. Uh, you know, for
018instance, the audit, you know, I didn't have access. I think that was one of the specific things that says we were supposed to have, but, you know, we didn't have access to it. So, um, if you wanted to refer back to that email back, you can, but I think there's a couple things that I wrote in there as a new member that, uh, I think could easily be addressed and updated. So, but congratulations on having that article. Good job. >> Thank you. Any other comments for tonight, >> Madam Chair? >> Yes. >> I just wanted to compliment you on running an efficient and effective meeting tonight in the board president's absence. We will give him a very good report. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any last comments for tonight? >> Madame Vice President, I know
019we had discussed in the past and maybe Dr. Berlin already had um brought it up when you mentioned that there's going to be a high school report uh next week. Is that on academics? Is that on um test score? Oh, just can you give us a little brief preview? I know I remember we did it building by building last time and I just didn't know what what that would entail coming up. >> Okay. So, uh, next week is going to be, uh, you know, a student feature and, uh, most likely a teacher recognized. >> Okay. >> Uh, as Dr. Williams had had mentioned in August at our meeting, um, and, uh, PSSA scores are finally getting um, attributed to buildings for accountability purposes. We and we've had the raw scores for a good two months
020probably. Um, but there's a process to attribute students that transferred in, transferred out, um, length of time, when they started at our school, when they exited from another school. So, and there's a lot of back and forth data verification because it it's all part of the accountability system. So, we typically that's not going to be done until probably next week or the end of September. uh so that in October then we'll start uh an academic meeting you know for each building and try to get >> well when we'll probably do something similar as last year like October work session October regular session and then we can get another one in in November so you can see all three >> and and I recall Mr. Angler gave a pretty good presentation with the various data points
021and the the tracking of the uh year-over-year as well as the within the year so that that was helpful to me last time. Okay. And so if that's uh you know on the uh agenda that would be great. Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. Morv. Last questions comments. >> Okay with that I'd like a motion to adjurnn please. >> So move push check. >> More second. >> All right. Thank you everybody. We are in adjournment. Have a good evening.